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He can do that... but I think he likes the no income tax situation in Florida, so imo, that is unlikely.Why can't Trump move to New Jersey or Virginia? He has homes there also!
Agree. It would have to be someone new...maybe a governor???Harris can’t beat Trump, and Biden is weak.
I would have voted Republican in 2020 had Trump not been the Republican candidate. And I'll vote for Mr. Potato Head again in 2024 if it's a repeat match up. A lot of people feel this way.Meh. I'm not voting for Trump in the primaries.
We Republicans need to get past Trump.
If we lose in 2024 with Trump, because he repulses too many women voters, then the US can't be saved.
2024 is a "gimme" election, for ANY GOP candidate, except Trump.
The VP is a figure head pick… he will pick someone this time that helps him with minorities. My guess he selects a latinoit won't be Pence, that's for sure...probably DeSantis...i would want Christie...Christie, Hawley, Ted Cruz, Tom Cotton, are all not mentioned in the article
‘They’re all begging me’: Trump’s 2024 veep tryouts get underway
The question of Trump’s prospective choice of running mate is surfacing with increasing frequency.www.politico.com
excerpts:
Those familiar with his thinking say his selection will be determined by two factors that rate highest in Trump’s estimation: unquestioned loyalty and an embrace of the former president’s baseless claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him.
He’s name-dropped Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis as one possible running mate. Veepstakes speculation rose among insiders who saw him interact recently with South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at his Mar-a-Lago club.
“They’re all begging me. They all come here,” Trump boasted to one adviser, who shared the account anonymously with POLITICO
“A lot of times, a presidential candidate will pick a running mate to balance out wings of the party. But with Trump, that’s not the issue. He is the party, basically. It’s so united behind him,” said John McLaughlin, one of Trump’s campaign pollsters. “So his choice, if he runs, will come down to what he wants. It would be a much more personal decision this time.”
The issue of a running mate, advisers and allies say, has taken on a new dimension in Trump’s mind as he stews over his decision to pick Pence in 2016, only to watch the vice president help certify the election of Joe Biden as president in January.
The considerations that led Trump to name Pence as his ticket mate in 2016 — an evangelical conservative, Pence was a Rust Belt governor at the time of his selection — are no longer as relevant, Trump’s advisers say. They say Trump is far more likely to go with his gut instinct next time around. Trump partly relied on his daughter and son-in-law, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, during the selection process last time, but the two are not expected to play the same role if he runs in 2024.
“Once you get past those two issues — loyalty and Trump going more with his gut — Trump has a lot of leeway in who he would pick,” said Tony Fabrizio, Trump’s lead pollster in 2016 and 2020.
“He's not necessarily looking to balance the ticket geographically, but what he can do is pick to balance gender, race, ethnicity — a lot of different lanes there,” said Fabrizio, who is polling for a Trump-affiliated super PAC. “It could be everything from a Tim Scott in South Carolina to an Asian American in California, somebody Hispanic in Texas. There are so many choices and paths. And there’s lots of time to go.”
Those familiar with Trump’s thinking say his prospective vice president selection would likely draw from three general lanes of candidates: women, conservatives of color or a trusted adviser — or a “consigliere,” as one adviser described it.
Scott, the first elected Black senator from the South since the Reconstruction era, recently met with Trump in Palm Beach.
“It was a really warm interaction,” said one Republican observer in the room. “Scott was appropriately deferential without being gross, like some people are. What he said was thoughtful, and it was appreciated by the president. There was definitely chemistry there.”
Scott, who is running for reelection in 2022, has proved to be a prodigious fundraiser as well, pulling in $8.4 million in the last quarter. He hasn’t denied his own interest in a presidential bid in 2024, but he has said he wouldn’t run if Trump does. The South Carolina senator has already begun visiting other early presidential nominating states like Iowa and New Hampshire.
Longtime Trump adviser Roger Stone said the shadow presidential campaigns from Scott and so many others double as a sort of vice-presidential tryout for Trump.
“This is an audition. And Trump is paying attention,” Stone said. “There’s no question that people running for president are really running for vice president all the time. The key is to make it look like you’re not running for vice president.”
Among some Trump advisers, Florida Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nuñez is viewed as a promising future star. They say Trump likes her and raved about her speaking role at his nominating convention last summer. But her public and political footprint have been limited under DeSantis, who’s widely seen as an heir apparent to Trump. The two men have a cordial and respectful public relationship, but privately Trump sees the younger DeSantis as a potential rival.
When Trump recently mused about picking DeSantis as a running mate, many in Trump circles said he was putting the governor in his place, not seriously floating him as a name.
“Trump feels he made DeSantis. Trump sees him as a competitor. And he’s not going to have someone with better numbers,” one Trump adviser said.
Yet there is one wrinkle that could potentially limit either Florida politician from getting the nod: a quirk in the Constitution that suggests a presidential candidate would face a unique hurdle with a running mate who hails from the same state.When Trump recently mused about picking DeSantis as a running mate, many in Trump circles said he was putting the governor in his place, not seriously floating him as a name.
“Trump feels he made DeSantis. Trump sees him as a competitor. And he’s not going to have someone with better numbers,” one Trump adviser said.
Yet there is one wrinkle that could potentially limit either Florida politician from getting the nod: a quirk in the Constitution that suggests a presidential candidate would face a unique hurdle with a running mate who hails from the same state.
However, Trump is keenly aware that he had a problem with women voters, increasing the likelihood that he might look to strike a gender balance on his ticket. Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds and Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn have risen in the way-too-early veepstakes chatter because both are “tough as nails and conservative as hell,” one adviser to Trump said
Trump’s former acting national security director, Ric Grenell, has also risen in the estimation of Trump insiders, as has another potential presidential candidate, Mike Pompeo
“Don’t sleep on Ric. Trump loves him, and unlike Pompeo or anyone else, he has no interest in running for president. That’s a big issue for Trump,” another adviser said of Grenell, who recently joined the board of directors for Trump’s super PAC.
Michael Caputo, a former Trump campaign staffer who worked in his administration, said it’s hard to forecast whom Trump might pick because there’s so much time to go. Whomever is chosen “will have to be loyal, and they’ll have to denounce what happened in 2020. If they don’t, they’re disqualified.”
Kellyanne Conway, a top Trump adviser, echoed Caputo.
“Who should he pick?” she asked. “Whoever he wants.”
Why? Because he says mean thing; because he is an ass with thin-skinned? All true, but so was Obama and Biden… the media just treats them differently.I would have voted Republican in 2020 had Trump not been the Republican candidate. And I'll vote for Mr. Potato Head again in 2024 if it's a repeat match up. A lot of people feel this way.
No other president ever inspired this...Why? Because he says mean thing; because he is an ass with thin-skinned? All true, but so was Obama and Biden… the media just treats them differently.
Can't we do better than Trump? Someone smart , educated, decent and younger?it won't be Pence, that's for sure...probably DeSantis...i would want Christie...Christie, Hawley, Ted Cruz, Tom Cotton, are all not mentioned in the article
‘They’re all begging me’: Trump’s 2024 veep tryouts get underway
The question of Trump’s prospective choice of running mate is surfacing with increasing frequency.
excerpts:
Those familiar with his thinking say his selection will be determined by two factors that rate highest in Trump’s estimation: unquestioned loyalty and an embrace of the former president’s baseless claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him.
He’s name-dropped Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis as one possible running mate. Veepstakes speculation rose among insiders who saw him interact recently with South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at his Mar-a-Lago club.
“They’re all begging me. They all come here,” Trump boasted to one adviser, who shared the account anonymously with POLITICO
“A lot of times, a presidential candidate will pick a running mate to balance out wings of the party. But with Trump, that’s not the issue. He is the party, basically. It’s so united behind him,” said John McLaughlin, one of Trump’s campaign pollsters. “So his choice, if he runs, will come down to what he wants. It would be a much more personal decision this time.”
The issue of a running mate, advisers and allies say, has taken on a new dimension in Trump’s mind as he stews over his decision to pick Pence in 2016, only to watch the vice president help certify the election of Joe Biden as president in January.
The considerations that led Trump to name Pence as his ticket mate in 2016 — an evangelical conservative, Pence was a Rust Belt governor at the time of his selection — are no longer as relevant, Trump’s advisers say. They say Trump is far more likely to go with his gut instinct next time around. Trump partly relied on his daughter and son-in-law, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, during the selection process last time, but the two are not expected to play the same role if he runs in 2024.
“Once you get past those two issues — loyalty and Trump going more with his gut — Trump has a lot of leeway in who he would pick,” said Tony Fabrizio, Trump’s lead pollster in 2016 and 2020.
“He's not necessarily looking to balance the ticket geographically, but what he can do is pick to balance gender, race, ethnicity — a lot of different lanes there,” said Fabrizio, who is polling for a Trump-affiliated super PAC. “It could be everything from a Tim Scott in South Carolina to an Asian American in California, somebody Hispanic in Texas. There are so many choices and paths. And there’s lots of time to go.”
Those familiar with Trump’s thinking say his prospective vice president selection would likely draw from three general lanes of candidates: women, conservatives of color or a trusted adviser — or a “consigliere,” as one adviser described it.
Scott, the first elected Black senator from the South since the Reconstruction era, recently met with Trump in Palm Beach.
“It was a really warm interaction,” said one Republican observer in the room. “Scott was appropriately deferential without being gross, like some people are. What he said was thoughtful, and it was appreciated by the president. There was definitely chemistry there.”
Scott, who is running for reelection in 2022, has proved to be a prodigious fundraiser as well, pulling in $8.4 million in the last quarter. He hasn’t denied his own interest in a presidential bid in 2024, but he has said he wouldn’t run if Trump does. The South Carolina senator has already begun visiting other early presidential nominating states like Iowa and New Hampshire.
Longtime Trump adviser Roger Stone said the shadow presidential campaigns from Scott and so many others double as a sort of vice-presidential tryout for Trump.
“This is an audition. And Trump is paying attention,” Stone said. “There’s no question that people running for president are really running for vice president all the time. The key is to make it look like you’re not running for vice president.”
Among some Trump advisers, Florida Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nuñez is viewed as a promising future star. They say Trump likes her and raved about her speaking role at his nominating convention last summer. But her public and political footprint have been limited under DeSantis, who’s widely seen as an heir apparent to Trump. The two men have a cordial and respectful public relationship, but privately Trump sees the younger DeSantis as a potential rival.
When Trump recently mused about picking DeSantis as a running mate, many in Trump circles said he was putting the governor in his place, not seriously floating him as a name.
“Trump feels he made DeSantis. Trump sees him as a competitor. And he’s not going to have someone with better numbers,” one Trump adviser said.
Yet there is one wrinkle that could potentially limit either Florida politician from getting the nod: a quirk in the Constitution that suggests a presidential candidate would face a unique hurdle with a running mate who hails from the same state.When Trump recently mused about picking DeSantis as a running mate, many in Trump circles said he was putting the governor in his place, not seriously floating him as a name.
“Trump feels he made DeSantis. Trump sees him as a competitor. And he’s not going to have someone with better numbers,” one Trump adviser said.
Yet there is one wrinkle that could potentially limit either Florida politician from getting the nod: a quirk in the Constitution that suggests a presidential candidate would face a unique hurdle with a running mate who hails from the same state.
However, Trump is keenly aware that he had a problem with women voters, increasing the likelihood that he might look to strike a gender balance on his ticket. Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds and Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn have risen in the way-too-early veepstakes chatter because both are “tough as nails and conservative as hell,” one adviser to Trump said
Trump’s former acting national security director, Ric Grenell, has also risen in the estimation of Trump insiders, as has another potential presidential candidate, Mike Pompeo
“Don’t sleep on Ric. Trump loves him, and unlike Pompeo or anyone else, he has no interest in running for president. That’s a big issue for Trump,” another adviser said of Grenell, who recently joined the board of directors for Trump’s super PAC.
Michael Caputo, a former Trump campaign staffer who worked in his administration, said it’s hard to forecast whom Trump might pick because there’s so much time to go. Whomever is chosen “will have to be loyal, and they’ll have to denounce what happened in 2020. If they don’t, they’re disqualified.”
Kellyanne Conway, a top Trump adviser, echoed Caputo.
“Who should he pick?” she asked. “Whoever he wants.”
You're 21 and know more than anyone. Trump is perfect for you.You are confused silly girl.
The Constitution allows for an audit under the rules of the Senate and it has been done before with less evidence than we had in 2020.
He didn't do it and that is why he will go down in history as a traitor allowing an illegitimate President to assume office.
You Moon Bats don't know any more about the Constitution than you know about Economics, History, Biology, Climate Science or Ethics, do you?
There is certainly a deep bench of very experienced and talented people that could be a good VP, or for that matter President in the GOP.
On the left, they got Sanders, but he's sort of up there in age...Harris...and AOC.
Trump is losing his NDA lawsuits right and left... and his legal bills are climbing."Experienced and talented people"???? Loons, hacks and the last black man left in the party.
On the left, they had a very talented and experienced group running for President in 2020, some of whom are now in Cabinet, and some in the Senate. Sanders is too old. AOC is too young.
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Can't we do better than Trump? Someone smart , educated, decent and younger?
Inflation? Combination of factors....but you sycophant on that one.You have a choice. The Trumpster or Brandon.
If you think Sleepy Joe is better, vote for him. And take responsibility for the inflation, war and God knows what that is coming down the pike
Trump is losing his NDA lawsuits right and left... and his legal bills are climbing.
Biden is meeting the challenges, but he's too old. So is Trump but he's never in his life been the right stuff. We have to do better.You have a choice. The Trumpster or Brandon.
If you think Sleepy Joe is better, vote for him. And take responsibility for the inflation, war and God knows what that is coming down the pike
I never thought about the secret service detail. I knew a couple of those guys for years. It used to be under Treasury. One agent was worth a dozen Trumps.The loans are coming due too. The deal he made to sell the lease on his Washington Hotel fell through because he overstated the Hotel's income. The money from that sale was supposed to save his ass on the other loans, since Deutches Banke has stopped lending to him.
I've read that he'll never go to jail. His Secret Service Detail becomes a logisitical problem if he's incarcerated.
Trump's not paying his legal bills. The RNC is, i.e. the suckers who donate to it.Trump is losing his NDA lawsuits right and left... and his legal bills are climbing.
Commie troll .. he’s a money maker always will be .. Real American manThe loans are coming due too. The deal he made to sell the lease on his Washington Hotel fell through because he overstated the Hotel's income. The money from that sale was supposed to save his ass on the other loans, since Deutches Banke has stopped lending to him.
I've read that he'll never go to jail. His Secret Service Detail becomes a logisitical problem if he's incarcerated.
Great, conservative sycophants not even hiding their fascism now.Tim Scott is to much like pence.. deep state took to much from the
Deep state He’s compromised.. I play safe go with Mike Pompeo. Get the win! Fill that cabinet with The most fascist Republicans you to find! Really turn the fucking deep states into fried meat.
I’d put Ann coulter as ahead of the DOJ
