I’m glad I waited before sharing the following analysis because I’m not as concerned today as I was when I originally read the Guardian article. Yesterday, The Guardian reported that Donald Trump Jr would be introducing the VP nominee at the RNC convention. According to them, that could indicate a strong likelihood of JD Vance as the nominee. That would be horrible.
However, what’s really happening is that Don Jr’s speech and intro is really just talking before the VP nominee makes his/her remarks. The VP will be announced days before the convention itself; so, it’s a sequencing thing. Maybe not JD Vance, and that’s a good thing.
There is, however, an unfortunate aspect to the articles predictions that is currently surfacing all over the media.
The top 3 finalists, according to a bazillion clickbait articles, are JD Vance, Marco Rubio and Doug Burgum. I have tried to stay away from the VP discussion because, well, it’s basically a clickbait conversation. Also, because if Donald Trump has not made up his mind months ago, then we are in more trouble than just the worry of a VP who might impede swamp draining.
If I have any accurate arrows of faith or pragmatic hope left in my quiver, then I am correct in thinking that Donald Trump made this decision a long time ago, and the Vice President nominee has long known exactly what the plan is. If my “begin with the end in mind” thinking is incorrect; well, then we’re in bigger trouble than 99% of MAGA Americans can fathom.
Having said that, I hope none of the aforementioned names are accurate, because the very specific and current attributes we need for what is going to be a 15-year generational effort in our Constitutional Republic are not held by either Vance, Burgum or certainly not Rubio.
Every consideration of the VP selection MUST pass through the prism of knowing who the malevolent enemy we are facing truly is, the Intelligence Community, the Fourth Branch of Government.
If President Trump hasn’t/doesn’t game out every step with a thorough and comprehensive understanding of who the enemy is, then the problem will never be solved.
The dangerous Intelligence Community (IC) to be faced is Six Eyes, not Five, with one historically never discussed.
Worse still, they just launched the Seventh Eye in anticipation of Trump winning in November.
Yes, that’s correct. At the same non-accidental time the IC decided Joe Biden was their least hopeful option, an actual risk – which was additionally triggered by the recent SCOTUS ruling, the global IC power structure launched a proactive Seventh Eye {SEE HERE} for the purpose of attacking the risk Trump represents and defending themselves. [Now do you see why I have spent the past eight months physically crisscrossing their network?]
A true ‘begin with the end in mind’ approach to deconstructing this domestic and geopolitical mess, which is to say an honest perspective about the root cause of our metastatic symptoms, requires admitting to ourselves that any VP nomination to stand beside President Trump must come with a specific set of traits.
From that perspective to find who is best, we must consider who has the least amount of attack vectors the enemy can exploit. That approach disqualifies Burgum, Vance and most certainly Rubio.
An attack vector is a vulnerability for the IC to exploit. An attack vector can be preexisting, or it can simply be a place where pressure applied creates a vulnerability.
The greater the attack vector potential of the individual, the more distant from the center (the office of the presidency) the person must be. The greater the attack vector potential, the less importance on the tasks assigned. This doesn’t mean people with attack vectors should be disqualified from operations, it only means you consider the vulnerability up front and don’t assign them to critical or high-priority functions.
A 2016 example of a person loaded with inherent attack vectors -as an outcome of personality, disposition and inherent life- was Nikki Haley. Dispatching Haley to the irrelevant United Nations was perfect. The bonus within the move was Mrs. Haley thinking it would improve her resume’.
A 2016 example of a person loaded with inherent attack vectors that was put into the wrong place, was Michael Flynn. Factually, Flynn was hiding his financial arrangements with Turkey as an unregistered lobbyist. The IC knew that vulnerability as they watched him throughout the campaign. When Trump won the election and then soon after announced Michael Flynn as National Security Advisor, for the IC enemy that was awesome news. That’s how attack vectors are exploited, and Trump suffered the damage.
Attack Vectors should be the primary prism that determines placement. Attack vectors can also be mitigated and diffused with brutal honesty and sunlight upon secrets. The threat within attack vectors increases in direct proportion to the lies that hide them.
JD Vance with a solid Yale curriculum vitae, was a rabid Never Trumper, until something in his life timeline happened simultaneously to his financial benefactor billionaire Peter Theil becoming an FBI informant.
[Putting aside the Theil and Vance direct connection to Vivek Ramaswamy for a moment] Peter Theil becomes aligned with the FBI and suddenly the guy getting Theil’s money for politics, has nothing but praise for Donald Trump.
Trust your instincts.
Remember when I said the 2015 operation for Jeb Bush was going to involve a massive vote splitting operation, because the people organizing Jeb could only affirm about 20% of the base vote in the primary? Well?…
In 2016 I said they would need more than a dozen to pull off the Jeb operation; they brought 14. The republican nominee who won was the last man to enter, #15, the one they did not control. That is not accidental.
Remember back in 2019 when I said ballots were more important than votes and Trump needed to ditch Ronna McDaniel and hire Catherine Englebrecht as RNC chair with a major sense of urgency. Well?…
Remember when I said, “watch out” in 2022 because the same Sea Island network active in 2015 and 2020 was organizing a conservative voice influence operation for DeSantis in 2024, because I could see all the hallmarks of conservatives being conscripted and paid for participating (their attack vector of vulnerability), and people angrily said I was nuts. Well?…
I’m not looking at the current landscape, I’m out here with a well-worn machete looking at where we are heading. And I’m telling you those same systems, voices and financial networks have deployed that same financial conscription effort for JD Vance.
This is not conspiracy theory, it’s simply what a select group of ideological and compromised billionaires do in response to their own attack vectors and vulnerabilities. Robert and Rebekah Mercer did it with Ted Cruz and duped millions. The current attack vector assisting in the positioning of Vance, an attack vector previously exploited by the IC in their creation of the Trump-Russia collusion nonsense, is the only guy in the Trump family that wears pink shirts.
Marco Rubio is easily one of the most compromised names on the “short list” with attack vectors going way back in his history including his compromise with the Kelly sisters around CENTCOM in Tampa, Florida. [LINK]
The same Lebanese based IC group who took out General Petraeus when he became a threat to them (Benghazi), and the same IC group who used the same zipper compromise against General John Allen [LINK] using the same network. Remember the ICs non-ISIS/ISIS campaign.
They have already compromised Rubio; it wasn’t hard.
Those background issues don’t even include Marco Rubio’s willful participation in the use of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) to attack the prior four years of the Trump administration through the use of the Trump-Russia nonsense.
Have you ever, even once, seen Vice Chairman Rubio cast even a side-eye of incredulity toward the malevolence of the U.S. intelligence apparatus. Of course you haven’t. He simply can’t do it; they own him.
Can a second President Trump term be successful with Rubio, Vance or Burgum? Of course it can; heck, we saw the success of Donald Trump even with Mike Pence constantly undermining him in the background.
Yes, the economy can thrive, global peace can return, the threat of a dollar-based central bank digital currency will diminish, domestic energy production and self-sufficiency will reemerge, and the lives and livelihoods of every American can improve in a second Trump term simply by the execution of pragmatic commonsense policy. That’s not what I am talking about.
If Trump picks a Rubio, Vance or Burgum type VP the Fourth Branch of Government simply goes into a period of static fermentation within the global swamp, simultaneously spewing toxic gas but not directly f**king with us. However, as soon as that 4-year term is over, they restart the process and the decade of the 30’s leaves us with less freedom, more restrictions and a bigger toxic system of Western government surveillance.
We need four years of furious sandblasting the bondo and paint from our Republic, before we can even begin to contemplate a restoration process in 2028, and that presidential nominee -the intermediate finisher- might not even be a person who is in politics right now. I trust President Trump to select that person based on the status of the restoration at the time that decision needs to be made.
What we need right now is a vice-presidential nominee who has the least amount of pre-existing or potential attack vectors that can be exploited by the IC.
The collective effort of the Western Intelligence apparatus over the next four-year Trump term, will be to keep the illusion of democracy in place, and stop people from seeing the cold, hard reality of the putrid rot beneath it.
We need a guiding hand, a faithful servant, who will calm the nerves of the American people, many of whom will see – perhaps for the first time, exactly how bad it has become. Because what we are going to witness in the next four-years is going to be very ugly.
As these malevolent entities are dragged into the sunlight and revealed, we also need a steadfast partner grounded in something far more valuable than popular prose or catch phrase linguistics.
While Trump is tearing it all apart, we need a guide, a partner, a steadfast centered voice that will help our Republic make shame great again.
.
Like I said, I hope this is all moot and the decision was made long ago.
Dr. Ben Carson does not come without attack vectors; however, to his credit he admits them. Heck, the IC previously used Dr Carson virtues against him, that’s why Ms. Cheney was guided to be his 2016 campaign manager. They want you to forget or not know that.
You see, what the IC does at its most evil level is to exploit virtue as a weapon. Love and trust are used against the target. Do you love your family, it’d be a shame if something happened to them. However, when you have faith, you understand that God also knows how evil works in this exploitation, that’s why He favored David.
My advice, trust your instincts.
Then pray.
Love to all.


“Make shame great again”. I like that
My dark horse wish would be Rick Grenell. Vast knowledge of the IC and all of their sorcery. Well-spoken, clear vision of foreign policy, and masterfully aplomb with the snotty press. Extremely competent and young enough to carry the MAGA torch for decades.
My wife and I were discussing this the other night. I think more likely would be Grenell for Secretary of State, where he would also be better used IMO.
Of course. Rick is an “A” player who is courageous and trustworthy, he has earned his way to a very prominent position in Trumps inner circle. He could throw MAGA sand in the IC’s wicked war provoking machinery around the world.
And openly, if not flamboyantly, gay… I like him too. He brings international experience and strong managerial skills. It would be very hard for the left to attack him.
I am sorry to say….but being gay is not exactly a positive when it comes to the evangelical vote.
Ha, Grinnel would cost Trump votes. Most people have freakin had it with the LGB@%^ BS and the last thing they want is a damn queer VP !!
I’ve posted here before:
To borrow a Baseball analogy – if facing elimination in Game 6, you don’t save your best pitcher available for Game 7.
I look at PDJT as a baseball manager picking the VP that gives him the best chance to win in November 2024. I don’t care about anything beyond January 20, 2025 at this point.
Win Game 6!
I don’t think that anybody won the presidency because of their running mate. IMHO, the VP is an after though.
Ask Pence how long he had staff ready to testify against Trump.
Sure hope that Pence’s corruption in the Jan 6 Hoax comes to light. He might actually enjoy being in jail.
If JFK didn’t win TX (46K votes) and IL (9K votes) VP Nixon became POTUS. In TX, running mate LBJ delivered, in IL Chicago’s Mayor Richard Daley and his political machine stuffed the ballot boxes in Cook County.
Probably hard to say. In 1864 Lincoln created his own party (National Union Party) and at their convention they dumped Hamlin (who was a Radical/Liberal Republican) and instead took Democrat Johnson. This shored up support from the “war” democrats and allowed framing McClellan as a “peace” democrat.
Your thinking is VERY short-sighted. It’s NOT just about winning–it CAN’T be just about winning. This isn’t some popularity contest where winning is the final goal.
This is about getting the country back on the right track. That’s not going to happen with a VP that stabs the president in the back and undermines everything he does.
We already tried your method with loser Pence. NO, THANK YOU!
For Trump, a Vice President needs to be an insurance policy.
Not sure VP has the power you suggest.
So you don’t think the VP has the power to undermine the president and stab him in the back? Were you living under a rock during Trump’s four years in office?
I rarely circle-back (thank you, Jen Psaki) to comments I’ve made on CTH. I’m comfortable in what I’ve posted.
For Kudzu on You, it is ALL ABOUT WINNING! That is it.
PDJT can immediately emasculate the VP selected on January 20, 2025.
I’m not voting for the VP selection; I’m voting for PDJT to win for a third time.
You do you and sit on your high horse and wring your hands over Mike Pence or any other Swamp creature that scares you.
Regardless, Kudzu, I know how I’m voting come November. What about you?
Who said anything about wringing my hands? I’m just pointing out the obvious. This is NOT all about winning, and thinking that winning is the goal is being terribly short-sighted.
I stand by my comment.
Wow. ‘winning is the goal is being terribly short-sighted.’
I’m at a loss for you.
That is my final comment to this thread. Respectfully, I’ll read yours but will move on from there.
I hope you are wrong because that is being way too short-sighted. Also, it doesn’t really compare because this is way more important than any baseball series ever,
It is an analogy using baseball. Geeze…… I will hurt my brain explaining further.
I have to agree with Sundance. Trump has selected his VP long ago. It would be unlike the man to have not done so. The Trump card has yet to be played and it will be unconventional, devastating and immediately credible like Jeb Bush’s reaction to whatever he saw at his father’s funeral. There is nothing ad hoc to Trump; every move is planned. He’s on offense and always has been. The potential VP list was always misdirection to draw fire. Von Clausewitz stuff; the psychological and political aspects of warfare. I think I stated here before: Trump will be virtually unopposed.
Well if that’s the case it would explain Carson’s being visible throughout PT campaign for 2024.Otherwise Carson strikes me as the type to happily slip back into enjoying his final years with his beloved wife and family.
But there has also been Kari Lake’s ongoing visibility throughout Trumps campaign and various events. Who else visible….MTG…Gaetz? Talk about shock waves.
Personally , If PT was looking for an insurance policy and someone to carry on his economic policy , that has all the MAGA bonafides, then I would pick Steve Bannon. He also believes in going after the CCD through economic policy which is a bonus.
Afraid a pick like Bannon would take the curl out of Sundance’s hair.
I’m sure SB has lots of skeletons in the closet. But I also believe SB is at a point in this “war”, his reaction to any IC threats would be, burn them to the ground and any shame be damned.
Thank you Sundance.
The VP is important as made clear by JUDASpence.
After everything President Trump has been through – I trust he will make the VP choice that is good for Trump … it will be the VP’s job to prove to MAGA that he/she is a worthy candidate should he/she be interested in a future election.
Bottom line.
If the RNC & Gang Of Putzes do NOT stop/prevent/block MILLIONS of illegals from voting … Trump’s VP pick is irrelevant.
Spot on!
I know what I would do if the IC threatened my family after becoming the VP pick. On the main stage at the RNC I would talk about it. Call it out over and over and over on any televised conference. Never stop talking about it. That way if something happens, America knows. It puts them in a tight spot. At some point we have to go on the offensive and stop playing form behind.
Basically give the Vito Corleone speech when he wants to bring Michael back from Sicily.
“I’m a superstitious man, and if some unlucky accident should befall Michael – if he is to be shot in the head by a police officer, or be found hung dead in a jail cell… or if he should be struck by a bolt of lightning – then I’m going to blame some of the people in this room; and then I do not forgive.
But with said, I pledge – on the souls of my grandchildren – that I will not be the one to break the peace that we have made today.”
~ Don Corleone
My guess is just that, added with a dash of hope and prayer for Ben Carson. Though it certainly wouldn’t be out of character for President Trump to surprise everyone with his pick at the convention.
I’m probably reading more into this post on Dr. Carson’s Instagram acct because of my bias for him. I admire him for so many reasons; intellect yes but especially his integrity. A characteristic painfully absent but sorely needed in politics today.
https://www.instagram.com/p/C82y58Hs2Fn/
If Dr. Carson is chosen as VP, President Trump will accomplish many, many wonderful tasks in the next 4 years so that Dr. Carson will have his way paved to continue with faith and integrity leading the way – as it should have been all along in this nation. I’ve said it before: if you can visualize it, it CAN HAPPEN!!!
i hope it’s sarah palin.
that was my hope in ’16…and now.
2 wolverines fighting freedom’s cause.
thats what we need.
and what the opposition deserves.
TRUMP.
PALIN.
and we get our country back.
I’m afraid she has too much baggage that can be held over her head by the DS.
I like her too. Unfortunately, SNL destroyed her.
SNL ??! … they are like CNN regarding “viewers” !!!
FAR TOO much baggage in the past and current.
HER family matters are a disaster…absolute disaster.
McCain’s people DESTROYED her forever….the SOB…
I like Sarah; although not for VP. I think that she would make a fantastic Press Secretary!
Sarah will not leave the governor’s job for press secretary. That’s a real down grade.
“Every consideration of the VP selection MUST pass through the prism of knowing who the malevolent enemy we are facing truly is, the Intelligence Community, the Fourth Branch of Government.
If President Trump hasn’t/doesn’t game out every step with a thorough and comprehensive understanding of who the enemy is, then the problem will never be solved.”
President Trump’s approach to politics (a very dirty business) is a pragmatic one: he recognized that successful politics consists of recognizing what is possible and wanting what is achievable.
He has stated on several occasions that
Since $$$ helps to win elections, preference is given to politicians who are connected to big donors.
In less then a week we know his choice. Figuratively, I’m confident that DJT has long since realized that his beloved daughter’s first choice isn’t necessarily that of American 1st grassroot movement!
Carson brings loyalty. Very important IMO. I like Kari Lake but we really want her in the Senate. I waffle a bit on Noem but like her much better than any these three “finalists” the media is putting out there.
Always hoped for Ben but I was concerned that he was too nice. I know he’s not naive but, “We know where your wife and kids live and travel”
In my bedroom where my wife sleeps!
Where my children come and play with their toys. In my home.
(Keeping with the Michael Corleone theme 🙂 )
Loyalty in a VP is important but winning is even more important!!!
We need a VP who projects youth, intelligence and strength! If President loses nothing will matter.
Politics 101 is to pick a VP to help win a big electoral vote state or attract a bunch of independent voters. None of the three mentioned are needed for that but Vance will help with the leftists because of the Hollywood connection.
Politically Tulsi checks all the boxes, but I would puke before I filled in the oval on that ballot.
Didn’t you know? Tulsi is a Communist. Go and look up Edwin’s Newsletter on substack.
I think Don Jr. should be the VP pick. We know where he stands and we know he won’t stab Trump and the country in the back like every other corrupt politician will.
Wouldn’t that be GREAT!
Wow!!! The screams of nepotism will burst our eardrums!!!
Don Jr. is a loose cannon whose fiancée used to be married to Gavin Newsom. So, no.
Don, Jr.??? You cannot be serious? He runs his mouth overtime to hear his head roar.
Viruses are in the body; to this there can be no doubt. They lay dormant(no visible signs) for periods of time but certain triggers can cause them to become active. The IC are the viruses in the body politic and certain triggers can cause them to become visibly active. The main difference is that natural viruses don’t intelligently choose their host, the IC does. All of these potential hosts (candidates) have , in one way or another, deficient immune systems to help combat virus activity. As far as the IC is concerned, they have all the deficient immune system vulnerabilities at their finger tips: results of spying, etc. The hosts with the best immune systems ( little to no vulnerabilities) they will hold off attacking until absolutely necessary. Ben Carson, imho, has the best established immune system. All the others are breeding grounds for disease. Stay as far away as possible.
The Veep is controlled unless the president is already in the pocket. Probably as far back as Truman. It’s an insurance policy.
Go back to McKinley. His assassination put the Anglophile Teddy Roosevelt in the White House and TR split the Republican Party with his Bull Moose Party to guarantee that the Anglophile Woodrow Wilson would be installed in the White House.
Dr. Ben Carson will be 77-81 yrs old from 2028-2032. We need someone currently in their 50’s.
So, “In their 50’s”, is the standard now?
No, but it should be.
He does not need to be the Presidential candidate in 2028.
We need to get our country back on track now.
PT likely has plans for his successor, which will emerge when the time is right.
No. We. Don’t.
77-81 years old? So, younger than President Trump in his second term, who has just turned 78.
Carson doesn’t know anything about how Congress operates and thus knows nothing about how the president can exercise leverage over it. May as well not have a vice president as he would be of no use in practical terms. To be fair, though, I don’t know of anyone who has that knowledge and is also America first.
Ummmm . . . Trump didn’t know how Congress really operated prior to 2016 either, but he learned. I suspect a former brain surgeon can figure it out PDQ.
Being a former brain surgeon does not necessary equip one to learn the operations of congress. All four of the finalists pictured above (if we actually believe they are finalists) have legislative experience.
All Congress critters are compromised, so in my mind disqualified.
Pretty sure after his first 4 years as President, PT knows more than any of them about how things work!
After 4 years as veep he can figure it out.
Something tells me Carson is a fast learner. If he has been considering the office he has been studying up.
I fully agree with that choice. There are several others that I am hopeful for cabinet and agency positions.
Why is Devin Nunes not mentioned?
He was put through the ringer while in Congress.
Probably has no stomach for returning to DC.
He’s my choice.He’s totally familiar with the “6 ways to Sunday routine” from personal experience.Already proved to be a stand up guy under pressure.
God bless you, Sundance!
Just had to say it! 🙏❤️🇺🇲
AMEN Lorrie
It wouldn’t surprise me if it was non of the three media-pushed people pictured.
Vivek is also a businessman and not encumbered by the Swamp. We can only run the place like a business and not a good ole boy network for so long. Six months a go, I’d have never typed the first sentence of this paragraph.
Yes, praying constantly, CONSTANTLY.
Vivek is a Globalist!
👍
Vivek is maga, one hundred percent.
Trust God. Fear not.
The most important trait for the VP is that he should be ready to become the presumptive nominee and MAGA torch bearer in 2028. Thus, I can see why Trump may have already made up his mind weeks, if not months, ago… A VP must be able to be an attack dog for the President. Carson does not seem the type. Grennell does. He could run in ’28 with Don Jr. as VP who would get a crack at President in ’36. That would mean the possibility of two decades of MAGA and casting lightvon Democrat shenanigans of the past decade… Could make the left toxic as a party.
I have expected Devin Nunes’ name to surface but it never did. What am I missing?
I began by reading this thread backwards. Devin Nunes name has been mentioned several times by various treepers.
Sarah Huckabee for V.P.
Grinell for SOS would be nice.
Peter Navaro and Mike Flynn with key roles is a must.
Definitely, NO on Huckabee. She threw Trump under the bus. On the rebuttal debate, she never once said Trump’s name. Even Bannon said it.
Devin Nunes. My Dark Horse.
One other reason for Dr Carson…. they are gonna hither country with everything, including all kinds of pandemics, Dr. Carson is…a doctor! and could be considered “an expert” automatically….. I do not believe in the expert class control that we are being pushed toward, but Dr Carson could take care of all future AND past pandemic issues…… unlike pence.
I nominate Dr. Ladapo, from Florida, for Surgeon General.
I would love Dr. Ben Carson for VP as well, with this caveat: only IF their interpersonal dynamic is a high-functioning one. ?? I’ll explain. His appointment to HUD *literally* had the msm & SNL mocking him (& PDJT, of course) relentlessly for pretty much a solid year. Then came the Fauccinator, his CDC legion, and snakehead of HHS during the plandemic, and all We Faithful could see what a brilliant move it was for Dr. Carson to sidestep any positions that would necessarily interface with the Hydra.
But my question since has been: did Dr. Carson pass his intel about that particular pit of vipers on to PDJT? To the general public, it certainly did not appear so. If DBC cannot communicate clearly and directly with Trump, then all his virtues are useless as Trump’s VP.
Always remember the influence of the “wife.” Was Karen, the wife of Mike Pence, on board with
full acceptance of President Donald J. Trump? By the look on her face in each of the photographs
I saw, she was not in favor of him.
What about Mrs. Candy Carson? She assisted her husband as he chose furniture for his office as
Secretary of Housing. Not so sure that she used good judgment, as a desk had to be returned because
of its exorbitant expense. Don’t discount the wife and her influence on any of the people that are
being speculated for offices in our government.
If you don’t believe me, read Scripture, especially Genesis. What did Adam say about Eve?
What did Adam say about Eve? Adam blamed Eve for his own poor choice.
Somebody needs to check into whether Melania has ever ordered something that had to be returned for some mistake in judgment. It would be a shame to find out at this point her influence on someone being speculated for office in our government is a bad idea. A crying shame.
I trust Trump …but there are limits.
Rubio as VP is a hard, hard no. He’s a Warner acolyte, IC puppet. Death to MAGA.
Vance is a hard no. Besides his Never Trump past, he’s a neo-maga conservative Senator/Ohio that would be replaced by a term limited RINO Gov who would name himself to the seat. Vance would bring absolutely nothing to the ticket. Ohio is +12 Trump already.
Burgum, I’m neutral on. He did not impress in the debates. Has no down-ticket draw, and ND is already solid Trump.
Carson is a positive in both character and smarts, plus he would help down-ticket. Cleanest of all the named VP candidates. His age is a problem making him a non-factor for ’28 & ’32.
Donalds is possible but has the same home state as Trump.
I like Gabbard as an outside the box choice. Former Dem who has seen the light (just like Reagan and Trump). Strong family faith record with a lot of down-ticket potential. Youth. Military volunteer/NG LtC. She would be deadly in any VP debate.
Don’t let Tulsi fool you. She’s a Communist. If she’s so great, why hasn’t she changed her party to Republican?
Because like the founding fathers, they didn’t want a party system. There are 43% independent voters out there. Read her book ‘For Love of Country’ before you call her a communist (which is pure propaganda). She’s a true patriot, would appeal to women voters, independents, minorities and on the fence democrats. Plus, she would be a walking advertisement why to leave the Democrat party. Three combat deployments also pulls in veterans, I being one myself. And she is a great principled speaker, and most importantly a constitutionalist, which this country desperately needs. In addition, she doesn’t take away a senate, congressional, ot governor seat. Would be an extremely strong addition to the Trump ticket. In todays political environment charisma plays a role and she has it.
Great comment, Ken Waldrop. Just a few additional positives – she doesn’t Cackle like Kamela and doesn’t screech and scream like Hilary and unlike “big Mike”, we know she is a female.
Look at her voting record while she was in congress. Not very conservative.
Good god Gerty!
Because there are more Independents than Republicans and Democrats!
In Milwaukee for convention. Was talking to a North Dakota delegate. To this person Burgum didn’t win his gov race, he bought it. Sees him as a faux Republican. Just putting that out there FWIW.
As far as Gabbard, hard no. “Strong family faith record” don’t think so. Her family was involved with a Hare Krishna follower often described as a “cult” (Science of Identity Foundation), though I guess she now identifies as Hindu. Her father was heavily involved in Defense of Marriage as part of his state Senate campaign where he ran as a republican (west side Oahu). He won but then switched parties to Democrat, IMO to advance in Democratic power structure. He has since repudiated his traditional marriage position. Tulsi says “”I regret the role I played in causing such pain, and I remain committed to fighting for LGBTQ equality.” Tulsi also IMO has moved to enhance her own status in the D power structure (though from what I can tell seems to have burned those bridges). Never hear her mentioned any more in town. Maybe she flipped off the wrong people, don’t know. Then you have the aunt who was a retired professor at UH and murdered back in Samoa, not sure what was behind that.
Sigh. Try doing some research on her recent writings and interviews. “I guess, don’t know, and not sure” don’t cut it. You sound like all the Never-Trumpers in ’15-16 dragging up and twisting every piece of grit from his past as a long-term Democrat and Clinton supporter. How’d that work out?
Very good overview. Longer term, Trump absolutely has to be proactive and groom younger leaders of the Maga movement. But for the present the pool of VP candidates will all be subject to attack. And intimidation of one form or another. The survivor has better be 100% committed, smart and media savvy.
My instincts say that a lot of nervous energy is expended because we’re pinning our hopes on one or two saviors instead of accepting our collective responsibility to fight these people.
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Sunddance: I have read from people who know people in the inner circle. It’s going to be JD VANCE….
Lol
Yah, well, I just read my tea leaves. They Trump your “inner ⭕ source!)
My psychic said the same, after consulting with her network on the other side of Alpha Centauri.
“My best friend’s sister’s boyfriend’s brother’s girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid who’s going with a girl who saw Vance pass-out at 31 Flavors last night. I guess it’s pretty serious but they’re still confident he’s going to be the VP.”
NONE bring anything to the table and actually deflect.
I wouldn’t cast a vote for any of that group, for any office. Rubio….the thought of him would send me away, BUT, not as fast as the Dakota nobody…..Not been impressed with Vance for as long as he’s been on the scenes.
Trump doesn’t have a penchant for homerun appointees or hires; actually disastrous. Unsure who in the circle is helping but none from the past I hope.
These 3 wannabes are smoke and mirrors. Trump will surprise the hell out of all of us.
YES. Ben Carson is completely trustworthy in truth justice faith and love of country. A doctor; a man of faith; African American; no ambition but to do God’s Will. Nothing better. Our DJT needs a REAL rock and Dr. Carson is the prescription!!! Let us pray.
It’s worrisome Don Jr likes Vance, and Guilfoyle.
Loose cannons attract each other.
You mean the ex Mrs. Newsom. Makes one wonder if she was recruited for Jr for just this moment!
President Trump has kept the VP secret for a reason and he is now giving us 4 months to deal with it and stand with him for his choice. He knows the direction this is suppose to go and how to win it. President Trump has been the only one who has ever talked directly to the American people and kept them informed. He also keeps his promises.
Remember, “This wasn’t just a 4 year election”
JD brings the Rustbelt into play, imo and money/youth voters
Ohio is already solid Trump. The only thing Vance as VP would do is make RINO DeWine his replacement. NO!
Sundance, Are you able to communicate this wisdom directly to Trump? It’s way more important that he knows what you’re saying than us. If not, have you tried, if you haven’t, why not?
He has already made his thoughts known by writing the article. Apparently, Melania (and others) read here 😉
“Melania (and others) read here – you know this how?
IIRC, Sundance mentioned it some time ago. Also, Devin Nunes DEFINITELY reads here…
On the other hand, a person under the boot of blackmail all his political career is placed in the VP slot — thus removing the boot — he may very well turn on his blackmailers with a vengeance.
I have no idea who will be the VP pick. But, I do believe that PDJT has known for some time who the VP will be.
One of the most endearing traits I see in President Trump is his ability to always keep one guessing as to his true thoughts. It is absolutely a brilliant tactic in negotiations and leverage.
In one week I have now heard how PDJT is favoring Vance, Burgum, Scott and Rubio, and that other family members are giving advice on the matter. He is such the master at keeping himself in the spotlight.
The fact that Dr. Carson’s name is not coming up as much in the conversation as often is very interesting. We should know next Monday, Tuesday at the latest.
Before the field was winnowed down, in the 2015-16 GOP primaries, the only two candidates out of the original 15 on the debate stage who I like were Donald Trump and Ben Carson.
I will be wary and distrustful of any 2024 running mate other than Ben Carson.
Dr. Ben Carson is a first class man with proven intellect. V. P. for Trump? Sure thing.
Trump 2024.
Is it more likely that the VP choice will be a successful business person?
Okay, I’ll jump in for this guessing game: “Trump will pick Pence for a second chance to do the right thing!”
Alright, that hunch goes out the window. I see the next decade as very dangerous, very dangerous-not only for real American citizens (non illegals) but also for our entire planet of peoples.
Most governments are struggling with this new technology reality starting with that smart phone giving everyone the chance to communicate with others around this planet in mere seconds, even sending pics/videos is super short times!
It is all about control there and governments just love and thrive on control…ask Obama, Clinton, et al.
I like a lot of the republicans presently in office, but who will go the distance within this coming decade? Younger, tempered citizens.
I like Tulsi Gabbard (with that silver streaked hair) because she understands we need warriors.
I really like Tom Cotton…he is a certified combat vet and rather smart, centered and has good self confidence.
I’ll go to Tom Cotton for Trump’s VP…a longshot, but then so is winning the lottery!
Tulsi is a Communist. Tom Cotton is a Rhino.
Cotton : Sea Island
I absolutely agree…Dr. Ben Carson needs to be Trump’s Vice Presidential pick. We need a man of strong faith and virtue, calm and deliberate as is Dr. Carson. God will be with him and I can’t think of a better man to guide us through the next four years while Trump does the “big ugly” that must come.
“Can a second President Trump term be successful”
If by successful you mean more of a speed bump for The Blob than last time, sure, IF he wisely choses a VP and cabinet from the very limited number of actually MAGA people who will risk the “six ways from Sunday” wrath of The Blob.
However, his stupid decision to early debate Biden to enable the so obviously planned “great reveal” to the gaslit Dim rank and file of Biden’s dain bramage, a move designed to get rid of Biden at the last minute, instead of strategically refusing to debate him until AFTER Biden was officially nominated which would have been a simple way to prevent that doesn’t give me much confidence.
You place a lot of blame on Trump for what the Dems were planning to do with or without the debate! Maybe you should vote for Kennedy instead . . . you know, since Trump is such a loser!
Pathetic!
Doing it BEFORE he was officially nominated made his replacement MUCH easier via delegate revolt which would be impossible AFTER the convention.
If he didn’t withdrawn as he seems to resist now AFTER a debate disaster AFTER his nomination it would take a last minute 25th Amendment removal which the Reps WOULDN’T ALLOW and the Dims WOULDN’T WANT anyway since that would then more lock them into The Cackler as their prez candidate who they ALSO don’t want and who got 1% of the Dim votes in the 2020 Dim primaries.
I just love how people who can’t acknowledge how Trump has been outsmarted then resort to “TRAITOR!” Unfortunately, it’s 4D chess and a game of checkers is being played by my compatriots on the right.
Act of Desperation? Biden’s Team Checks Delegates for Loyalty
10 Jul 2024
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/act-of-desperation-biden-s-team-checks-delegates-for-loyalty/ar-BB1pLgRH
Fearing a floor revolt against his nomination, President Biden’s aides are telephoning individual delegates to next month’s Democratic convention to gauge their loyalty to the president, according to three delegates who received a call this week.
The Debate allowed all the people to see exactly what Biden is.
Ben Carson is my first choice. But I stopped hoping what seems like a long ago.
Ben Carson has God on his side. I thank you more than you will ever know Sun. I also Pray for ya. God bless.