pulled into the private dining room off the Oval Office to share a cheeseburger with the president. It was quickly apparent to Corker and others that decision making was essentially random, as much about who got to talk to Trump, and when, as anything else. White House staffers were soon calling Corker with strategic advice on how to be the last voice in Trump’s ear: “I would get calls at 6:30 in the morning from a staffer asking me to weigh in on a decision that was going to be made at 10,” Corker would recall, “and they asked me to call him at 9:45.” Over the holidays, Corker had spoken with
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