`I think he´s crazy´: U.S. senators caught on hot mic say they´re `worried´ about Trump
(The Star Toronto Raptors)

WASHINGTON—At the end of a Senate subcommittee hearing on Tuesday morning, Republican Chairman Susan Collins didn’t switch off her microphone. Apparently speaking to Sen. Jack Reed, the ranking Democrat of the committee, Collins discussed the federal budget — and U.S. President Donald Trump’s lack of familiarity with the details of governing.After Reed praises Collins’ handling of the hearing, held by the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee, she laments the administration’s handling of spending.“I swear, (the Office of Management and Budget) just went through and whenever there was ‘grant,’ they just X it out,� Collins says. “With no measurement, no thinking about it, no metrics, no nothing. It’s just incredibly irresponsible.�“Yes,� Reed replies. “I think — I think he’s crazy,� apparently referring to the president. “I mean, I don’t say that lightly and as a kind of a goofy guy.�“I’m worried,� Collins replies.Read the latest news on U.S. President Donald Trump“Oof,� Reed continues. “You know, this thing — if we don’t get a budget deal, we’re going to be paralyzed.�“I know,� Collins replies.“(Department of Defense) is going to be paralyzed, everybody is going to be paralyzed,� Reed says.“I don’t think he knows there is a (Budget Control Act) or anything,� Collins says, referring to a 2011 law that defines the budget process.“He was down at the Ford commissioning,� Reed says, referring to President Trump’s weekend event launching a new aircraft carrier, “saying, ‘I want them to pass my budget.’ OK, so we give him $54 billion (U.S.) and then we take it away across the boar ...