With leadership elections in a bit more than a week, you couldn’t ask for a better sound bite if you’re tom emmer.
Per WH pool:
… Majority Whip Rep. Tom Emmer, whom [trump] called “a brilliant political mind and a great guy and a friend of mine” as well as “one of the most powerful men in Washington.”
One of emmers weaknesses was a less than ideal relationship w Trump. He has patched that up in a major way.