shoot the breeze

The jeopardy for him is clear too though: riding shotgun with a free-wheeling president at ease shooting the breeze with reporters seemingly forever.

Traditionally, this is nothing more than a photo opportunity, but President Trump likes to shoot the breeze with the press pack.

He figures they’ll cross paths at intermission and “shoot the breeze” about what they saw.

Catch him after practice and he’s happy to shoot the breeze with a smile on his face.

“It felt like they were just shooting the breeze,” recalled Robinson Chavez, whose aching black-and-white photos anchored the series.