For nearly two full weeks, nobody told Vice President Pence that he had been misled by national security adviser Michael Flynn. “Does this episode strengthen Pence or weaken Pence?” asked William Kristol, editor at large of the Weekly Standard, a conservative magazine and who served as chief of staff to Vice President Dan Quayle. Aides to both the president and vice president say the two men speak on the phone or in person multiple times a day. “The vice president is a very forgiving man,” said one White House official. Those who know him said he is thinking ahead, believing that as vice president, he is likely to outlast advisers whose positions may be more tenuous.

Source: Washington Post February 15, 2017 02:13 UTC