“If I had to make a bet I’d say that the VP will be either Newt or Cruz.
Despite all that happened during the campaign, Trump likes Cruz and donated to him years ago when he had no reason to do so. Cruz is already parroting the Trump talking points and is not even on the ticket.”
Either of those two would be horrible choices.
I think Trump was seriously considering Cruz at one point, but Cruz’s behaving like a smarmy. narcissistic jerk at the debates killed any hope of that (not to mention Trump has called him a liar about 10,000 times - how do you say that and THEN choose the guy as your running mate?).
Newt has a gigantic ego AND is undependable. A couple of weeks ago he was perfectly comfortable attacking Trump after his comments about the Judge in his civil case - it seemed to me then that he’d probably gotten the word the VP spot wasn’t going to be his.
I agree. But the main job of the VP will be to defend every single one of Trump’s positions on the VP debate.
Cruz agrees with most of them and can do it. The same goes for Newt. I don’t really like either one of them but they can handle a debate against any democrat.
To pick someone who hasn’t been tested and is not fully on board can be a disaster.