POTUS may not 'need' Root's advice, but what do you think of the strategy?  I think it's a bit over the top...especially the cards.  If Trump would do the card trick, he needs only one that says 'False!'. Also, as I recall, only the first two minutes of each topic involve muted microphones.  I didn't see that the moderator (no relation ;-)) would be allowed to mute Trump if he said something verboten.