CNN correspondent Van Jones recently appeared on a podcast where he admitted that Trump was smarter than all Democrats and his critics. He called Trump a phenomenon and one of the most powerful people in the world in our lifetime. Van Jones is known to switch sides when it comes to politics amongst his party, but the fact that he’s embracing Trump so publicly shows his newfound likening of the President. Some are saying that Van Jones is in the last phase of grief which is acceptance, and he’s finally come to terms that Trump is actually the President.