Honestly, Trump, the man, didn’t want or need a VP. A VP was an encumbrance, a potted plant, who would have to for appearances sake, be watered frequently in order to hold up for four years, and be bragged about for its green leaves. Ghastly scenario.
Who would ever want the VP job, working next to a giant! Political and emotional suicide, unless you hoped to run for the presidency?
Trump made such wreckage of the Swamp that Pence soon learned he was out of his league to ever hope to restore it and still square it with the new Trump voters.
Trump only made the devil deal for Pillsbury Boy on his ticket to settle the nerves of the RyanMitchCornyns.
I always thought it was so odd that wherever Pence went, so did Kushner. Thought he was being watched. Or else these two were inseparable friends.