Totally self-serving. If he runs for president in 4 years, he doesn’t want to face the fraud of 2020. He also wants to be a viable candidate, so doesn’t want to stray too far from the base.
Oh, that ship has sailed, nobody in the base can stand after his ridiculous and cowardly certification of a fraud election. He had a golden opportunity to be great, and chose otherwise. Very sad.
He’s not a viable ‘24 candidate. He would have been on the short list of ‘24 front runners if he were the VP right now in a 2nd term, but that ship has sailed. Trump is never going to back him now, and without the the MAGA base, he doesn’t stand a chance. The Trump-Pence end-of-term falling out isn’t atypical. Bush ‘43 and Cheney fell out at the end, over Scooter Libby IIRC. And Clinton and Gore falling out over the ‘00 loss, with Gore blaming Clinton’s scandals (Lewinsky et al) and Clinton rejecting blame and accusing Gore of being a lousy candidate.
He hasn't got a snowball's chance of hell in winning anything in the GOP.
These RINOs must actually think that Trump voters are going to forget their treachery of turning a blind eye to Dem election fraud in 2020.
Which base?
As far as the real base is concerned he cooked his own goose.
HE’S DONE!