Washington - President Trump, in the Rose Garden on Monday morning to celebrate a new trade deal with Canada and Mexico, displayed a side seldom, if ever, seen before: a flash of self-awareness.
Goaded by reporters' questions about Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh's memorable testimony last week — "I like beer! I still like beer!" — the teetotaling president offered an unsolicited thought on his own abstemiousness.
"I'm just saying, I'm not a drinker," he said. "It's one of my only good traits. … I've never had alcohol. I've just — you know, for whatever reason.