I played an insignificant part in Trump’s campaign except for one
meeting with the candidate on Friday morning, September 23, at Trump
Tower, three days before his first debate with Clinton. Hillary and Bill
were a year ahead of me at Yale Law School, so, in addition to discussing
national security, I offered Trump my thoughts on how Hillary would
perform: well prepared and scripted, following her game plan no matter
what. She hadn’t changed in over forty years. Trump did most of the
talking, as in our first meeting in 2014, before his candidacy. As we
concluded, he said, “You know, your views and mine are actually very
close. Very close.”