One of the funniest things about positions of power and “leadership” is that with each step removed from the bottom, the less likely you are to be faced with the truth of what’s going on. Because in reality, anyone reporting to you fears for their job. Especially in an administration like Trump’s. I can’t imagine they are giving him anything but "we are doing great on trade agreements! We just got another 5-10 billion investment, disregard the fact we are losing 100s of billions in trade imports or manufacturing, or shipping prioritization, etc.