[thegagline]

The presidential candidate doesn't select his running mate.

You couldn't be more wrong

'I think if you look at one of the big reasons that I chose Mike -- and one of the reasons is party unity, I have to be honest. So many people have said party unity. Because I'm an outsider. I want to be an outsider. I think it's one of the reasons I won in landslides. I won in landslides. This wasn't close. This wasn't close...." [emphasis added]

Trump on choosing Pence to be his running mate July 15, 2016

[Alberta's Child]

If he really wanted party unity he would have chosen Jeb Bush — or Mitt Romney.

Go back through recent history and see how many cases there were of President and VP candidates who couldn’t stand each other. I’ll give one notable example: Bill Clinton and Al Gore.