The other day I was in conversation with a conservative journalist, a person whose name you know but whom I shall otherwise identify only as X.

X: "How can you support Donald Trump? He's so obnoxious! So rude! Not a gentleman at all."

I asked whether X had ever met Trump. Answer: No. Had X heard second-hand reports from people who knew him? Another no. (To be fair, X's particular journalistic beat isn't one that would have intersected with Trump's activities.)

Well, I've never met Trump myself, but I know four people, all truthful and trustworthy, who have had first-hand dealings with him. All give him a good report.

Here is one of those people: Tom, over at Radio Free New Jersey. Note that Tom has not been much of a Trump supporter—check his previous posts.

He has met the man, though, and gives him the same good press I have heard from others.

This post of Tom's is from a couple of weeks ago, the day before Trump hosted Saturday Night Live.