He leads a government which looks unusually robust when set beside many others.
Those paper credits can make a pension plan look robust when in fact it is ailing.
Now the US economy is looking significantly less robust and the doubts are back.
"This is the best thing that could have happened to me," he said, looking robust during a coffee break on Monday afternoon.
The heterosexual record, on the other hand, looks robust.
He looked far too robust to be in the hospital, but it was his fourth visit in two months.
In the pictures, they look robust, their smiles wide.
Nadal may look robust, but his body tends to break down, and it did so again in November.
They are also trying to look robust and impressive in tomorrow's headlines.
The king is long gone, but the junk bond market has never looked more robust.