Cobb
Former
Hogan
&
Lovells
partner
turned White
House special
counsel
(in
the
Trump
I
regime) Ty
Cobb is
back
on
the
cable
news
circuit
to
make
some
biting
comments
about
his
former
boss.
Cobb
left
the
hallowed
halls
of
Biglaw
to
join
the
first
Trump
administration,
but
he quickly
left. Since
then,
he’s
taken
to
the
airwave
with
his
signature
facial
hair
with
a folksy way
of cutting
through the right-wing
BS.
Cobb
told
Ari
Melber
on
MS
NOW’s The
Beat
last
night,
that
it’s
pretty
obvious
that
Donald
Trump
has,
erm,
lost
the
plot.
Commenting
on
a
recent
Trump
interview
that
went
on
for
two
hours
and
struggled
to
remain
on
point.
“I
don’t
think
there’s
anybody
outside
of
the
United
States
who
believes
that
Trump
is
sane,”
said
Cobb.
It’s
pretty
clear
Cob
thinks
this
is
a
new,
and
scary,
development,
because
Melber
asked,
“Since
you’ve
worked
for
him
in
the
White
House,
when
you
make
that
reference
to
‘sane,’
do
you
mean
problems
with
how
he
approaches
things
that
have
long
been
there,
or
are
you
referring
to
some
decline?”
And
Cobb
responded,
“No,
I
think
there’s
been
a
significant
decline.
He’s
always
been
driven
by
narcissism.
But
I
think
the
dementia
and
the
cognitive
decline
are
palpable,
as
do
many
experts,
including
many
physicians.”
Lots
of
people
have
made
similar
comments
about
Trump’s
mental
well-being,
but
Cobb’s
remarks
struck
a
nerve
in
MAGAland,
with
White
House
Communications
Director
Steven
Cheung
telling
the
Daily
Beast,
“Ty
Cobb
is
an
eternal
stain
on
the
great
name
he
shares
with
a
baseball
legend.
He
should
change
his
name
to
Ty
Loser.”
…Which
only
makes
it
more
likely
Cobb
will
wind
up
back
on
TV
to
get
under
the
collective
skin
of
the
administration.
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