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Absolute panic and disarray. I wonder who he would go with. Logically, it would have to be a woman or person of color to counter Harris, right? Would there be anyone who would boost him among pro-Palestinian voters, I wonder?
I don't think he wants a VP who will strengthen him at all. I think he's too prideful.
Vance wasn't picked to complement Trump; he was picked to compliment Trump.
(I wish I could say I was clever enough to have created that.)
Bahahah
Thanks for allowing me to take credit.
I don't think he's beyond a "token DEI hire" who is willing to publicly fellate him if they boost his numbers.
That would offer the projection that the GOP is so fond of exhibiting..
Maybe that psycho bitch that's running for secretary of state? She's lying like a cheap rug, practicing stolen valor, and breaking election laws.
She's perfect
"What's cuttin' up' a sunfish got to do with Trump?"
-- #maga
They do eat sunfish don't they. They are so weird.
Goes well with possum and moonshine.
(cough) Tim Scott (cough)
Wish Version Beetlejuice? Nah.
That would be Nikki Haley then.
She burned all her good will with him by holding out so long. Being last to kiss the ring comes with consequences.
But she's fellating even harder than the others to make up for it! That should count for something, shouldn't it?
It'd be kind of wonderful to see him forced to crawl back to her.
Lil Wayne for VP.
At this point, he'd blow Putin on live TV if meant he'd win. For him, he HAS to win or he's fucked. This isn't just an election, this is his get out of jail free card and not get shoved out of a window card.
We'll see. It's hardly as if he's never let his pride fuck his life up, he ran for president because Obama laughed at him for Chrissakes
Yeah, but now it's win or go to jail, or worse if he can't pay the loans.
The well done steaks have never been higher
I doubt it, when Trump is on the record as stating that Netanyahu's main problem is he isn't going fast enough.
https://www.vox.com/politics/353037/trump-gaza-israel-protests-biden-election-2024
Repubs have been campaigning on a platform of bigotry and hatred for decades so I don't see a woman or minority VP happening. Also Donald is personally a bigot and his eggshell ego could not handle the idea of a VP boosting him.
I don't know that you're wrong, but I'd point out he had Omarosa clinging to him at the beginning of his first term. He doesn't seem above using women or minorities when convenient to make himself look good. He seems to really want the Kanye and rap crowd to love him, as another example.
True but Omarosa and Kanye's interactions with Donald are something far more palatable to the far-right racist Repubs. Donald being president at all is basically down to racists flipping out that a black person was allowed into such a prominent role as president.
He’s already made his commitments to Netanyahu public. He’d be trying to reclaim the people on the right that he’s lost, not woo voters from the left. I think Haley’s the most likely replacement.
Have you seen the reaction to Vance's wife? A person of color VP would mean an exodus from maga.
Exodus is probably overstating it unless they are worried Trump might not last the term. Maga is nothing if not willing to compromise any value to win.
Well that would cover both the woman and color angle. I think you're right.
She’s also already created a small but loyal voter base that she’d bring with her, and would shore up the Christian vote.
How loyal are they to Haley? Are they loyal to Haley only because she stood in opposition (in some form) to Trump? If so, those voters go away if she's on the Trump ticket.
I’m under the impression it was mostly Christian Nationalism, but you may be right.
loyal enough to have gone to her over trump but disloyal enough that their PAC backs Harris now.
It wouldn't necessarily need to be a PoC or woman but Vance was an extremely weak pick - he's basically just a little uncharismatic sychophant from an electorally unhelpful state. Trump would probably prefer to get a swing state candidate or someone who brings votes to the table.
Weirdly enough, that might actually be Nikki Haley since she captured the "reasonable" side of the party (her policy stances were a fucking train wreck especially on reproductive rights).
Nikki Haley is not a sychophant though. He learned that lesson with Pence. He wants someone who will worship him and follow his instructions.
Not some "free thinker".
He absolutely wants a sychophant... but not more than he wants presidential immunity and it's not clear if the Supreme Court's bizarre rulings are enough to give it to him without him being elected... right now they're trying but it's pretty clear Democrats want to overturn that.
The VP has to be picked by Trump for loyalty first. The person in the position has the ability to Amendment 25 him right out of office on day one. No way he picks Haley for that.
For the same reason, it's surprising he even picked Vance. It may have only happened because Musk and Thiel told Trump to. Then Musk backs out of his funding pledge, and suddenly it's being floated to ditch Vance.
He’s gonna replace pour man’s Donald Junior with actual Donald Junior.
I could actually see him doing this, and it would just make things even worse for him lmao
Rashida Tliab.
Trump would never pick a woman