But surely, if they are "perplexed/befuddled/frustrated by Rudy’s statements and objectives, how can they be otherwise with respect to Trump? Well, let’s assume the obvious. These two have an understanding and Trump approves.
It’s like two inmates of an insane asylum that have become very close to one another. They both babble at each other in a strange dialect using seemingly random grunts clicks, barks and other diverse noises and gestures and though no one else can fathom what they are talking about, in some ineffable way the two communicate effortlessly with each other.