{"id":2268903,"date":"2024-06-16T11:44:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-16T15:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donalds-believes-he-could-serve-as-trumps-vice-president-and-as-president-if-necessary\/"},"modified":"2024-06-16T11:45:04","modified_gmt":"2024-06-16T15:45:04","slug":"donalds-believes-he-could-serve-as-trumps-vice-president-and-as-president-if-necessary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donalds-believes-he-could-serve-as-trumps-vice-president-and-as-president-if-necessary\/","title":{"rendered":"Donalds feels he could be Trump&#8217;s vice president or even president if needed"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fdonalds-believes-he-could-serve-as-trumps-vice-president-and-as-president-if-necessary%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=2268903&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>Rep. \u2062Byron Donald a Republican from Florida, expressed confidence in his ability to serve as <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> under former President Donald Trump, even asserting his readiness to step in as commander-in-chief if\u200d necessary. During his appearance on &#8220;Meet the Press,&#8221; Donalds emphasized his intelligence, ability to understand issues\u2063 thoroughly, and sound judgment in decision-making. Donalds\u2063 has been mentioned as one of the top eight candidates on\u2064 Trump&#8217;s shortlist \u200bfor vice president, alongside other prominent figures \u2064such as Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) and Senators \u2063Marco \u2063Rubio (R-FL), J.D. \u200dVance (R-OH), and Tom.  <\/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<div>\n<p>Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/byron-donalds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Byron Donalds\">Byron Donalds<\/a> (R-FL) spoke Sunday about the prospect of serving as former President Donald Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/vice-president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>vice president<\/a>, saying he could \u201cstep in\u201d as commander-in-chief if needed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook, I think that I would have an ability to step in,\u201d Donalds <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/meet-the-press\/video\/rep-byron-donalds-says-supreme-court-should-intervene-in-trump-s-hush-money-case-full-interview-213070917583\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a> on <em>Meet the Press<\/em>. \u201cI\u2019m actually pretty intelligent. I can sit through issues really, really well. It\u2019s about judgment. It\u2019s about logic streams. It\u2019s about how you make decisions at the end of the day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Donalds has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3040543\/trump-vp-shortlist-top-candidates-election-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>floated<\/a> among eight people on Trump\u2019s short list for vice president. Others include Donalds\u2019s congressional colleagues Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) and Sens. Marco Rubio (R-FL), J.D. Vance (R-OH), and Tom Cotton (R-AR).<\/p>\n<p>Donalds\u2019s remarks came one day after Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/trump-launches-group-seeking-black-support-detroit-church-event-rcna156825\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a> while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/can-abortion-alone-help-biden-carry-black-voters-in-2024\/\" title=\"Can abortion alone help Biden carry black voters in 2024?\">courting black voters<\/a> in Detroit that Donalds was \u201cvery high\u201d on his list, according to NBC News.<\/p>\n<p>Trump was speaking at a community roundtable event at 180 Church, where he was joined by Donalds, as well as former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson, another name on Trump\u2019s shortlist.<\/p>\n<p>Donalds \u201chappens to be on the list of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-reveals-whether-hed-consider-tucker-carlson-for-vp\/\" title=\"Trump Reveals Whether He'd Consider Tucker Carlson for VP\">potential vice presidents<\/a>,\u201d Trump told the crowd, adding, \u201cWould anybody like to see him? I noticed your name is very high on the list.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump also met with Republican lawmakers in Washington, D.C., last week, and he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3044898\/trump-says-vp-pick-probably-in-room-with-him-at-dc-gop-meeting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a> after the meeting that his vice presidential pick was \u201cprobably\u201d in the room. He noted he would likely announce his choice at the Republican National Convention in July.<\/p>\n<p>Donalds, a member of the House Financial Services Committee, is in his second term in Congress and has a background in banking. During his television interview Sunday, the rising GOP star acknowledged he would be surrounded by experts who would help him if he were chosen as vice president.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou cannot discount the fact that you would have a lot of people who are very qualified to be around to help you do that job and do what\u2019s in the best interest of the American people,\u201d Donalds said.<\/p>\n<p>He added that while he \u201c100%\u201d believed he could serve in the position, he would support whomever Trump chose.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) discussed potentially serving as Donald Trump&#8217;s vice president on &#8220;Meet the Press.&#8221; He expressed confidence in his capability to assume the role of commander-in-chief if necessary, stating, &#8220;I think that I would have an ability to step in. I\u2019m actually pretty intelligent. I can sit through issues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":2268904,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP24135591127081-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2268903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/AP24135591127081-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2268903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2268903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2268903\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2268904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2268903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2268903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2268903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}