Maureen Groppe

USA TODAY

Now that the Internet has had its say on Vice President Pence’s rules for avoiding temptation as a married man, the president has weighed in.

Before signing executive orders on trade Friday, President Trump made a few remarks before slapping Pence on the back.

“I tell you one thing,” the thrice-married Trump said of Pence, “he has one hell of a good marriage going.”

A recent Washington Post profile of Karen Pence brought up the fact that when Pence was in Congress, he told The Hill newspaper that he never eats alone with a woman other than his wife and wouldn’t attend events featuring alcohol unless she was there.

The practice is common among many evangelicals and is called “The Billy Graham Rule.”

Critics called it sexist and old-fashioned, while some on the right said liberals' outrage showed how out of touch they are with family values.

Comedians, including The Late Show’s Stephen Colbert, got in some digs.

But liberal Slate came to Pence's defense.