Thompson said his favorite "possession" was his "trophy wife"

He said what? Shocking! It was a joke son, a joke! A bust on the overuse of the term by the MSM.

I think that answering stupid questions with funny quips demonstrates the quickness of his wit and his contempt for stupid, meaningless question:

His reply to a question about his favorite lazy-day activity — “campaigning” — could have been written as a cutting jab by late-night comedy writers, if late-night comedy writers had not been on strike.