{"id":2239546,"date":"2024-05-07T19:18:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-07T23:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/developing-donald-trump-provides-real-time-reviews-of-potential-vp-candidates-report\/"},"modified":"2024-05-07T19:21:54","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T23:21:54","slug":"developing-donald-trump-provides-real-time-reviews-of-potential-vp-candidates-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/developing-donald-trump-provides-real-time-reviews-of-potential-vp-candidates-report\/","title":{"rendered":"In Progress: Donald Trump Offers Live Feedback on VP Candidates &#8211; Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdeveloping-donald-trump-provides-real-time-reviews-of-potential-vp-candidates-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2239546&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former President Donald Trump, the\u200b presumptive GOP nominee \u2062for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-rnc-launches-new-year-round-election-integrity-department-ahead-of-2024\/\" title=\"RNC creates year-round Election Integrity Department for 2024.\">upcoming presidential race<\/a>, is in the\u2062 process of \u2063selecting a\u200c running mate. Various potential \u200ccandidates recently showcased their \u200ccredentials at his Mar-a-Lago estate \u2064in Florida. The Axios report highlighted Trump&#8217;s opinions on several contenders, with a \u2064focus on loyalty \u2063and campaign ability.\u200d The final choice remains undisclosed, keeping speculation high.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/commentary\/\">  Commentary <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/mlandry\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/mlandry\/%20\"><span>Mike Landry<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   May 7, 2024 at 1:41pm <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>The time nears for former President Donald Trump \u2014 the presumptive GOP nominee in this fall\u2019s presidential race \u2014 to select a running mate, and potential picks appeared at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida on Saturday to bid for the job.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/05\/05\/trump-vice-president-audio-mar-a-lago\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Axios<\/a> got to be kind of a fly on the wall in the auditions, reporting Sunday it had obtained an audio recording of Trump speaking at a private luncheon about some of the vice presidential candidates.<\/p>\n<p>A summation of Trump\u2019s opinions of the contenders, as reported, might be expressed the way the former president himself would put it: \u201cGreat people. The best. Great people. Nobody could find such great people to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: 'Pipeline' to Obama Admin Seen as 'Currency'\">vice president<\/a>. Yeah, maybe a few improvements to make, but any of them would be great.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGreat people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>OK. While Trump\u2019s assessments might have lacked real substance (of Utah Sen. Mike Lee: \u201cI love your haircut!\u201d), Axios quoted his thoughts on 11 potential running mates.<\/p>\n<p>South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem passed one of Trump\u2019s top tests \u2014 loyalty.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomebody that I love,\u201d he said of her, according to Axios. \u201cShe\u2019s been with me, a supporter of mine and I\u2019ve been a supporter of her for a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And it\u2019s no secret Noem has been campaigning for the job.<\/p>\n<p>Another candidate \u2014 Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/sen-j-d-vance-discovers-impeachment-time-bomb-next-trump-presidency-buried-ukraine-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">J.D. Vance<\/a> of Ohio \u2014 was wobbly on the loyalty issue, Trump said. But, according to Axios, there could be a mending of that breach.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Do you think Donald Trump will win in November?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cHe wasn\u2019t a supporter of mine at the very beginning \u2026 He was saying things like \u2018the guy\u2019s a total disaster\u2019 \u2026 Anyways, I got to know him a little bit \u2026 As a non-politician, he\u2019s becoming one of the great senators,\u201d\u00a0the former president said.<\/p>\n<p>Positive but noncommittal regarding Vance. Remember, Trump \u2014 author of \u201cThe Art of the Deal\u201d \u2014 can be cagey.<\/p>\n<p>Then there was Florida Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/sports-station-blocks-marco-rubios-ad-heard-tells-everything-need-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marco Rubio<\/a>. \u201cHis name is coming up a lot for vice president,\u201d Axios quoted Trump as saying.<\/p>\n<p>But the old problem arises of one\u2019s former opponent in a primary becoming an ally in a general election.<\/p>\n<p>The former president\u2019s deft ability to identify and label perceived weaknesses of opponents is legendary but creates a problem if he wants to campaign with someone he used to call \u201cLittle Marco\u201d during the 2016 campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/sen-tim-scott-announces-life-changing-news-furthering-speculation-trumps-vp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tim Scott<\/a> of South Carolina, who ran for nearly six months in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/five-reasons-2024-is-shaping-up-like-2016-for-trump\/\" title=\"2024: Trump's D\u00e9j\u00e0 vu from 2016\">current presidential race<\/a>, dropped out and campaigned hard for Trump.<\/p>\n<p>That got him high Taccolades: \u201cAs a candidate he did a good job, but as a surrogate he\u2019s unbelievable,\u201d the former president said.<\/p>\n<p>Besides praising Lee\u2019s haircut, Trump described him as \u201ca good man, too,\u201d Axios reported.<\/p>\n<p>He lauded the campaign ability of Tennessee\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/country-music-stars-support-republican-blackburn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marsha Blackburn<\/a>, elected to the U.S. Senate in 2018, saying she was \u201clike the Energizer bunny.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other possible vice presidential picks included Rep. Michael Waltz of Florida, a military expert (\u201cWhen I want to know about the military, I call him,\u201d Trump said), Rep. Wesley Hunt of Texas, described as a friend (\u201cmakes the best commercials \u2026 beautiful family\u201d), Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York (\u201ca very smart person\u201d) and Rep. Byron Donalds of Florida (\u201cI like diversity \u2014 diversit\u00e9, as you would say\u201d).<\/p>\n<p>Regarding the final candidate listed, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, Trump said, \u201cI didn\u2019t know this: He was a supporter of my two campaigns. He\u2019s a very rich man.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Again, the positives of loyalty. And there\u2019s the pragmatic aspect of something that has aided him, especially in the past \u2014 a certain independence created by one\u2019s wealth, not to mention personal contributions that could be made to a Trump-Burgum ticket.<\/p>\n<p>Donalds also is wealthy and has joined the former president in questioning the legitimacy of the presidential election of Joe Biden in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>So whom should Trump pick?<\/p>\n<p>Democrats, of course, tend toward tickets that provide a mixture of race and gender, as evidenced by its recent pairings: Barack Obama and Biden in 2008 and 2012, Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine in 2016, and Biden and Kamala Harris four years later.<\/p>\n<p>Will that matter for Republicans? For that matter, does it appeal to the electorate in general?<\/p>\n<p>So far, Trump hasn\u2019t named his choice or even said if he has one, but based on the comments in the Axios report, the people to watch might be Scott and Noem.<\/p>\n<p>And Trump being Trump, who knows?<\/p>\n<p>For a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mtg-setting-the-record-straight-with-big-move-is-she-paving-her-way-to-vp\/\" title=\"MTG's 'Record Straight' Move: VP Path Ahead?\">vice presidential choice<\/a>, a surprise may be in the offing.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>An Important Message from Our Staff:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>In just a few months, the world is going to change forever. 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He has been a journalist, broadcaster and church pastor. He writes from Northwest Arkansas on current events and business history.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Mike Landry, PhD, is a retired business professor. He has been a journalist, broadcaster and church pastor. He writes from Northwest Arkansas on current events and business history. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a commentary by Mike Landry on May 7, 2024, at 1:41 pm, former President Donald Trump, the expected GOP nominee for the upcoming presidential election, is closing in on selecting a running mate. Prospective candidates converged at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, vying for the crucial role. 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