Pence was most likely part of the worst of the coup against Trump leading up to and in the early days of the administration. But he is unlikely to end up bounced from the ticket.
IMO, you seem unwilling to afford any leeway by the fact Trump, essentially an inexperienced politician who started his presidency with few trusted and experienced advisors near at hand, is surrounded by imposters and assassins in both parties.
If he "offends" too many of them they have the means of promptly throwing him out of office. I.e., he can be brash and forceful under threat of termination and that action-reaction calibration no doubt changes everyday with new events.
You offer here two interesting opinions re Pence:
Pence was most likely part of the worst of the coup against Trump...
You will agree "most likely" rather than "certainly" is a bit vague, is that just speculation or do you have something pertinent?
"The worst" clearly includes the illegal and what is left is just vanilla politics, betrayal, backstabbing, etc.; what in your opinion, if anything, did Pence do that was illegal?
If nothing, then perhaps Pence is merely part of the "deep state". While the Clintons, Comey, Muellar, et al have criminal behavior to defend the Deep State has not been shown to be a criminal organization.
While it is possible that initially Trump was conned by Pence, or others in this regard, do you think at this point the street-wise Trump, now perhaps the most well-informed man in the world, remains so conned?
But he is unlikely to end up bounced from the ticket.
You seem to suggest that even if Pence drops the ball he is secure in the VP slot. Is it not possible that Trump now has suspicions about Pence? If so, is it possible that with this assignment Pence is being tested as a potential means of gaining support from certain senate republicans?
Have a nice weekend. {;^]