the skids

“The Apprentice” shows how the bromance between Trump and Cohn eventually cools and hits the skids.

“The NFL turned into March Madness, which turned into the NBA playoffs, which always turned into the skids. Baseball season meant it was time for me . . . to go to work. I always lived by one hard and fast rule: You don’t bet on baseball. But for the first time in my life, I was no longer playing baseball, just managing.”

They have argued, among other things, that prosecutors bowed to political pressure to indict him after a plea agreement hit the skids in court and was publicly pilloried by Republicans, including Trump, as a “sweetheart deal.”

Though money helped grease the skids, the entire experience wasn’t about the Benjamins.

Even the most well-intended elected official might be tempted to grease the skids outside the public eye, send a text that disappears, consult with colleagues in a phone tree.