Posted on 12/05/2017 7:33:53 PM PST by drewh
When making a decision about who to choose as his running mate, Donald Trump was concerned with potential ticket mate Mike Pence. Why? Because he thought then Governor Pence was “embarrassingly poor.”
Before Trump chose Pence, he sized him up over a game of golf. The Atlantic reported: “Coming into the game, Trump had formed an opinion of the Indiana governor as prudish, stiff, and embarrassingly poor, according to one longtime associate."
Pence knew the (Trump politics) game and had some help from one of his longtime advisers, Kellyanne Conway.
Conway suggested Pence talk to Trump about “stuff outside of politics,” and to act eager to learn business from him. “I knew they would enjoy each other’s company,” Conway told The Atlantic’s McKay Coppins. “Mike Pence is someone whose faith allows him to subvert his ego to the greater good.”
In New Jersey, Pence raved about Trump’s golf game and “broad shoulders” as Trump wavered between New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and the man who would become vice president.
Reportedly, campaign chairman Paul Manafort lied and said Trump's plane was broken down while the candidate was in Indiana. "With nowhere else to go, Trump accepted an invitation to dine with the Pences," The Atlantic wrote.
Three days later, he announced Pence as his running mate.
But Trump is still bothered by Pence’s (perceived lack of) wealth.
In January, the Pences reportedly moved some of their pets — which include two cats, a rabbit and a snake — into the Naval Observatory. Trump apparently thought it ridiculous.
"He was embarrassed by it; he thought it was so low class,” an adviser told The Atlantic. "He thinks the Pences are yokels."
In 2016, The Wall Street Journal chronicled the Pences’ last decade of tax returns and found he never earned more than $200,000.
"On their most recent return, Mr. Pence and his wife, Karen, reported $113,026 in adjusted gross income, almost all from Mr. Pence's salary as governor of Indiana,” according to the report.
Wonder if Mz Aquilina entered the US by road in the false bottom of a van.
Because lifelong politicians should be rich, right?
Dang old Mike Pence never diddled a Gal on the side.....
What a load of BS
Who writes this ****??
Yeah, if he wanted somebody wealthy there’s always Mitt!
Kimberly M A Coola is a certified idiot
Sounds like BS. Anyway I never knew pence but he’s turning out pretty darned good, imho.
This gal is turning the tide LOL
That is the Russian goal and has been since the Cold War - divide, cast doubt, embarrass, confuse. They have been remarkably successful in their endeavors.
In 2016, The Wall Street Journal chronicled the Pences’ last decade of tax returns and found he never earned more than $200,000.
Newt would be the perfect chief of staff, knowing where Congress’s bones are buried.
I propose that every time the media tries to propagate pro-left propaganda ‘fake news’, we respond with a ‘True news” blurb. For example, ‘True News’: Hillary Clinton failed the DC Bar exam and was found incompetent to practice law in Washington DC.
Not only is this fake news, but also it is what my dog often leaves on the lawn.
Metro Magazine is Leftist Rag, A La King
They do spin good fantasies.....
One ridiculous and unfounded speculation by the Atlantic, and the rest of the MSM grabs hold of it
The whole piece is crap... what 'adviser'? Just crap.
A man who likes ketchup on steak and had hamburgers in Japan thinks Pence is low class? I am not buying this.
No kidding.
$200k per annum is not poor.
They trying to “Dan Quayle” Pence.
He’s a good Man, and it won’t work.
slowly but surely FakeNewsMSM wants to turn away every grouping that voted for President Trump.
this one is an attempt to get blue collar workers to turn. and it will fail. they are too obvious with their propaganda these days.
Wow, there is an unusual amount of bull crap being strewn about this week.
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