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.


It’s NOT how you succeed. It’s how you DON’T fail. Semantics, I know. But, this is politics after all. The stacks are against you from the start. Plausible deniability is the ultimate goal. Always have, always will. Politics 101.
If Trump is cheated again, it’s time for a national divorce. Hopefully a peaceful one, but I doubt the deep state will tolerate it. We can start with non-compliance and a parallel economy. Make life unbearable for local politicians that will not follow the will of the people. I’m not putting all my eggs in the Trump basket after how they cheated the election and terrorized us in 2020. These people are psychotic power hungry maniacs and will do anything to hold on to power.
It won’t be the VP President Trump has to worry about repeating 2017 and 2018 but the successor RINO as Senate Leader and the current House Speaker, Paul Ryan lite!!! He must force the ouster of at least Johnson shortly after he wins on November 5!!! 😡
If Trump is cheated again, it’s time for a national
divorcefirefight.“When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another…”
Divorce?
I divorce thee,
I divorce thee,
I divorce thee….
Would suffice to annul a marriage in some Muslim Countries.
Trust God. Fear not.
It’ll be “Road Warrior”..
Dr Ben Carson.
https://x.com/RealBenCarson/status/1810377025179599024?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet
Great post from the Carsons.
Believe me if Trump is cheated again all hell will break lose in this country. You just wait and see. It may take awhile to happen, but it will happen.
Character assessment has always been an achilles heal for Donald Trump. He trusts too blindly those that give him their advice and their word of loyalty. Pence is the prime example. May the Holy Spirit guide him in this choice, because if he chooses wrong, he will be letting a mortal enemy into his camp.
Personally, I find it very difficult to comprehend how so many people appointed by President Trump to incredible positions of trust, influence and status in the White House and in other appointed positions so quickly and easily betray him!
If I were given a chance to serve the President of the United States in the White House you could hold a gun to my head at the same time you offered me $10 million and I wouldn’t betray the man!
What happened to Honor and Loyalty?
Has he hired a screener yet??????? I don’t care if it would be me!!! I am pretty accurate and have a long memory. If not me, I would just pick some random dude from the Orange Co., CA or Jim Hansen from Blackfive. Or Eddie Gallagher!
“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.”
SD’s negative assessments of Burgum, Rubio, and Vance are both legitimate and convincing. PDJT’s selection of any of them for his VP would seem to be a highly disappointing indication that his gaming skills are deficient and “the problem will never be solved.”
Coupling the facts that unknowns and corrupt players are pillars of the political system, we can only pray that PDJT is guided by the Hand of Providence.
Ditto.
Good to see ya.
Or by the Last Refuge.
Beautiful, Sundance. I needed this writing. Just read entire thing out loud to my guy. Much food for thought. YOU are such a real and deep thinker. I honor that.
Yes, our God instinct & Prayer!
Snake-eyed Pence taught me that loyalty is most important. Carson is my pick.
Navarro is also loyal and he would do well in a position that requires a ‘killer’ of sorts (of course, not in the literal sense.)
I concur.
Can I get an AMEN!?!!
General Flynn is a great life insurance pick. My favorite would be Devin Nunes, but he won’t leave his current day time job.
I like Devin Nunes as well, and he should have been in the discussion at some point. He was well liked in CA and by VDH. He is young and capable.
Navarro would be great. Two felons on the ticket! Doesn’t get any better than that! LOL The lefty’s will lose more of whatever minds they have left! Talk about throwing a monkey wrench at them , Wooo Hooo
Remember the happy faces when Romney was meeting with Pres. elect Trump? I believe obfuscation is the order of the day.
I don’t trust Rubio or Vance at all. Burgum I don’t know much about. Carson I believe is a good, intelligent, wise, and patient man…I think he’d be a good choice. I think we should be focused primarily on maximum achievement during Trumps second term rather than 2028 and I think Rubio and Vance as VP would be almost entirely focused on their own prospects for 2028. Like Sundance I hope the media reporting is wrong. It also would be amusing if Trump announces someone that has not been on the media’s radar at all. I know he has to work with these establishment creatures but I hope to God he doesn’t bring them into his Cabinet.
Considering “King Karl” just endorsed him, I’m most certainly out on Burgum.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/07/anti-trump-uniparty-leader-karl-rove-endorses-north/
Hear! hear! on the FUX Snews, Bushie, Whiteboard traitor. If Rove is for Burgum then something smells about Burgum. Rove is a GOPe’s GOPe.
Yep that pudgy hobbit is a low life! If he’s for Burgum? then stay away from him.
Oh!.. the architect you mean.. ?
I worked for architects for a big part of my life. Rove gives architects a bad name.
Burgum is buddies with Bill Gates.
https://www.grandforksherald.com/newsmd/bill-gates-donates-100k-to-doug-burgum-campaign-for-north-dakota-governor
Ewww!
It’s the kiss of political death for Burgum.
Burgum is endorsed by Karl Rove… that was enough to eliminate him for me.
Ric Grenell
A great pick!
Another one to make the left lose it! Great guy, would be a good pick.
Burgum is a victim of the Climate Delusion. He favors Carbon(-Dioxide) Sequestration, a crazy idea.
I predict that PDJT’s VP pick will take everyone by surprise, including myself and many folks here at CTH.
Vice President Tucker Carlson
2 Outsiders
2 Patriots
For such a time as this
Founding Fathers would be pleased
Interesting you say that….i had the same thought a couple of weeks ago when Tucker was doing a lot of international activity…🤔🤔. Hmmm…what if?
Tucker is a true patriot. He would provide excellent political counsel. They would be the A TEAM – unlike anything we’ve seen in modern politics. It would be very exciting. Tucker can handle any foe, on any day, any where, any time. Talk about a brilliant VP pick. The left would lose it.
Can anybody here just imagine a debate with Carlson vs Harris? hahahahahahahahahaha she wouldn’t stop cackling for 90 minutes.
Please No, our President would never get a word in anywhere.
I am not sure. It was in his favor he was fired from Fox for the J6 tape release.. but has not done much to display those videos since or promote their stories of cruel torture in the various federal gulags.
He was too chummy with that evil groomer-pervert and newly-minted-muslim Andrew Tate. He did not realize that he was seeing a potemkin village when visiting Russia that was controlled at every step by their government. It is true that the Moscow metro is neato and pretty but the TB-ridden gulags are not for the Russians who tried to protest against Putin’s iron rule.
He also did not pounce on his alma mater High School , the very woke La Jolla Country Day School, from banning a student from sporting a MAGA hat to school as the headmaster said it was inappropriate and his woke wine-mommy said she had “NO IDEA WHERE HE GOT THAT CRAZY idea”. This was back on November 20, 2020. Nevermind the headmaster’s decision was a violation of the famous SCOTUS ruling that students did not have to leave their [politcal]opinions at the schoolhouse door; Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District (1969).
And after J6, Tucker said he hates Trump!
I don’t know. (as long as it is not Lindsey Graham, the Hawk Tu’ah girl, Gov. Ventura, Scarmucci, Amarosa, RNC weirdo and leaker Rince Penis, or Dan Quayle.)
And, Tucker considered his one time neighbor, Hunter Biden, to be a friend. In this life, you pick your friends. I remain skeptical and cautious with regard to Tucker.
Devin Nunez
YES, he would be great!
He would be great! I didn’t think he was interested…busy making wine and all…but if asked maybe he couldn’t refuse!!
Devin is a man with great integrity and he is still smarting from the things he discovered and could not abide about the SSCI. He was forced to get out of politics to keep his own integrity. How much did he know that was never discussed with anyone? I don’t know, but I suspect the IC will find something they can use against him for leverage. I just don’t think Nunez will risk becoming a VP if there is any attack vector that can be found. So, I go for Elise Stefanik, because she has seen the faces of the enemy up close and was disgusted with what she saw, and she is very intelligent. She loves her Country enough to do the right thing when a moral choice is required. I think James Comey, John Brennan and all of the other embedded Communists fear her the most because I can see no attack vector. A woman of high minded integrity can be very formidable in the DC Swamp.
I like others, but I would start by trusting Stefanik most readily. I don’t know how she can boost Trump’s ability to win New York State, but I seriously doubt she would hurt him with middle class women.
I misspelled Nunes. I discovered it too late to edit it. My bad.
Yep.
yep, see above.
I think with all the secrecy, we are clearly looking at Sundance as the VP choice. Who could possibly resist Trump/Dance ‘24? 😀
Gotta love that!!! Great thinking.
I would like to see that, but I am afraid Sundance has gotten too close to the truth too often and is already being watched like a hawk zeroing in on its target. They may be already working on an attack vector there. Though I think God is protecting Sundance.
As much as I love SD, I just can’t picture him in a suit and tie kinda guy…😆
Sundance could wear a large black rectangular “censor strip” on a pair of glasses whenever he is in public to keep his ID a sooper secret!!! (or blurry blue spot covering his face like they did with the Kennedy Rape case in Florida 30 years ago) So many choices!
Has a ring to it!
I’m definitely against Rubio.
I’m mostly against JD Vance.
But I’m OK with Doug Bergum, but not excited.
I’m strongly against Tim Scott.
I’m against Byron Donalds.
I wondering about Rick Scott Sen from Florida?
I wondering thoughts on Tulsi Gabbard, Elise Stefanik and Sarah Huckabee Sanders, as women; and Glenn Youngkin or Lee Zeldin.
Everyone can’t be a “bad choice”; there have to be some good choices, not only one.
To me,
Byron Donalds would be a good choice, and Rick Scott would be a bad choice.
Jmo
Trust God. Fear not.
Scott has a lot of issues.
Frankly, my gut just does not trust him!
Byron Donalds if he is not going to pick Ben Carson. We need to show we care for people of color. No it’s not racist and Byron Donalds is right in EVERY way.
Odd today I @realDonaldTrump about Byron Donalds 2 times and SUDDENLY my Twitter account has been permanently suspended and I can only READ.
Tell me again how Musk is so good
This was my second account, I got banned on the first one back in 2016 and I didn’t make a new one till early this year
I won’t make another one, I’ll read
Can someone post about nitter? I understand you can read who you want on it? How do I set it up on my laptop? Thanks
Replace the x.com in the Twitter handle with
nitter.poast.org
eg
https://x.com/BehizyTweets/status/1811901576241369340
becomes
https://nitter.poast.org/BehizyTweets/status/1811901576241369340
If you want to read all the guys tweets then
https://nitter.poast.org/BehizyTweets/
Scott can be squishy
Gabbard, Elise and Sarah have are either Johnny Come Latelies or dissed DJT at some point and thus can’t be trusted. eg, Tulsi one referred to Trump as someone’s “bitch.” The very ungrateful Huckabee Sanders refused at first to endorse DJT after he made her famous, etc. He needs someone of unquestionable trust and loyalty, like Navarro or Tucker. Dr. Ben is way too nice a guy.
Too Bad you put down Dr Ben Carson because this Johnny happens to think he is the man for the Job.
Are you the same person who was posting under my name last time?
Another Johnny Come Lately, perhaps?
In Stefanik’s favor, she got a politically-untouchable black lady president from Harvard (!) Fired after just asking a handful of pointed questions!
She also had asked Comey unexpectedly at that oversight hearing about WHEN did he notify the Gang of 8 about the investigation or fake targeting of Trump by “russians”…. and caught him off guard.
She is not too strong on Border issues as she voted against a measure I sorta remember regarding the border that was idiotic.
Rick Scott – No
Glenn Youngkin – No
I’m with you on Tim Scott. Totally unimpressed with that guy.
Burgum seemingly came out of nowhere to join the Repug gang in their debates. Sorry, but I just don’t trust any politician I never heard of running for President out of the clear blue. That type of entry into that particular fray makes me smell that bad fish I keep noticing around the DC Swamp.
Burgum is Murdoch’s inside man! A choice worse than Pence or Rubio!
I haven’t heard that, but it could be why he got into the Repug debates among the losers who want to be VP because they knew they had no chance to beat Trump for the nomination. Burgum is a politician who fits as a VP wannabe all the way and may be an IC plant. But Trump may have talked his VP choice into supporting him by proxy in those debates. That would narrow things down a bit, I recon.
I like a couple of people who never got on those debate shows. The more a politician exposes themself as a wannabe, the more ways the IC can find to target them. Politicians usually have to tell lies in public because most voters would never vote for them if they were totally honest, and the IC is very aware of that vulnerability in politicians. I like Elise Stefanik, but there are others who could be just as good at the truth and be able to stand by every word they say. Ben Carson comes to mind, but he may not have the stomach for the hard ball politics of the DC Swamp.
He looks like if he was the baby of Spiro T. Agnew and an Irish Wolfhound.
he is a plant ………….. just look at what he did in his OWN state. He was a progressive. I don’t think I can vote for Trump if he picks him. I just can’t even hold my nose and do it
Sarah Sanders already said no, she wants to stay Governor of Arkansas.
Hoping for Carson but I would be happy with Elise (although I guess she has voted like a RINO at times). But smart, well-spoken, young – could maybe help with the woman vote. Also, from New York & although it will take a miracle, I am sure PT would love to win NY more than anything! She is on Truth Social – very active there and very supportive of PT. If not one of them, Donalds or Robinson – everyone else – NO WAY…PLEASE!!
Outstanding article, insightful. I have been convinced that all the big VP leaks have been head fakes. Trump is a showman and knows the value of drama, and even more so he is a businessman who knows how critical it is to keep your cards hidden. He also gained a lot of practical political wisdom along the way. So I don’t think any of these Big Three are going to be the pick. Thank God.
Meta removes Donald Trump Facebook and Instagram account restrictions ahead of 2024 election $META
Lol. If I were President Trump, I would post on those sites, only once, “The 2020 election was rigged for Joe Biden.” They would bar him immediately, and they would be provided no revenue from his draw of people to Faceplant Book or Secondary Gram 🤣🤣
Rubio would be a disaster. He’s a Jeb Bush creation and pretty sure he was/is a member of Bush’s American Action Forum along with Karl Rove and the rest of the amnesty RINOs. And remember he went on Univision and in Spanish told the audience amnesty first while in English he says border first, then amnesty. Rubio would torpedo the campaign.
Plus Rubio is an open borders guy, one of the Gang of 8!
Exactly. I don’t trust him, and I don’t understand him as a VP pick. He’s a completely average RINO, and I fail to see what he brings to the table. Come to think of it, I’m completely unimpressed by most politicians. In an ideal world, I’d like to have a VP who isn’t from the DC swamp.
Myself, Chris!
And he has fantasies of Mark Warner’s phallic nose being shoved up his jacksy while in the empty SSCI room after midnight (a la the flaming pervert on Sen. Cardin’s staff…….with his Germanic buttpumper….. still NO CHARGES from the Capitol police …. just a fine to help pay for the bleach).
Foam Party
Still hoping for Devin Nunez
Looks like Ben Carson is scheduled to talk at the Republican Covention on Wednesday next week. None of the other hopefuls are. Wouldn’t it be funny if he just accepted the nomination for VP then?
I think (if the choice is Dr. Carson), he accepted this nomination way back in 2021…or maybe in late 2020.
Trump plans far ahead into the future and my take on Carson is much the same.
I will tape cardboard to the floor and start breakdancing so help me, if that is the case.
Yeah, well, so is Amber Rose…
I would be so happy. From out lips to Gods and Trumps ears. NONE of the others can help him or can he trust them
Just a slight change, Sundance, to your last sentences. Pray first. Then be guided by God’s answer to that prayer.
“Watch and see! For it will not be by the hand of man, nor by the power of the arm of the flesh that you shall be saved and delivered, but it shall be by The Power of My Spirit and the strength of My Might that you shall overcome and overthrow your enemies, for I AM the champion of those who cannot help themselves.”
Excellent article as always Sundance, thank you Sir.
Was I dreaming months ago when I heard Trump say he had already decided on his VP and it was a male?
No. At a rally months ago (sorry don’t remember which one) he said he had picked his VP and thought people would be pleased. Have not heard him make that statement since.
Very interesting thread. Long digression thread here, vis-a-vis the IC compromising politicians.
I understand how people can be compromised. It rarely starts with a “big thing”. It’s usually something very minor, doing a favor for the wrong people. I mean, we all compromise our values daily, one way or another. We aren’t who we wish we were (or, we’d all be vying for Jesus’ throne – he’s the only perfect man). We evaluate the risks, the costs, and … do what we feel we have to, what is closest to “the right thing”. After that, they own you for the big thing they want later. One little compromise, and .. there ya go.
It happened to me as a young Navy officer. I’d been trained on ethics (which was laughable, since I as a Christian had a sense of ethics that were far stricter than anything the Navy tried to teach). I’d determined that my words was my bond, my oath was sacred, that I’d never compromise to advance or save my career.
For Navy officers, most of the ethics vectors all end with the officer self-reporting an error or omission to higher authority. It’s popularly called “falling on your sword”. Everyone talks about it, but no one much does it, unless it’s a life or death type issue. No one who does it is popular, because of the fallout such reporting brings to the entire chain of command, from the officer’s subordinates to the Commanding Officer. Well, we had one of those minor hick-ups, and I was faced to face with the dilemma of reporting the issue, possibly ending my career as well as others, for what amounted to what could be described as pennies versus the mission. I told the sailors involved that the issue was serious, that they ALMOST crossed the line, and that if they ever got near that line again, I’d make the reports and let hell take us all with the result.
They thought they’d flipped me, that they owned me. Surely I wouldn’t report the next issue after having covered up the first. (Incidentally, my department head had my job before I arrived, and HE was also compromised on the same issue before I ever reached the command.) Well, a few months later, the big thingy hit. I reported it. NIS and fleet investigations ensued. Everyone from the XO, Department Head, Division Chief, to the line sailors, hated me for it, my career took a MAJOR hit. Though the investigations cleared and even complimented me, some senior NCO’s went to mast and were reduced in rank, I received a letter of reprimand, and my next FITNESS report was a “top 30”, i.e. a death sentence for most officers.
The Lord works in mysterious ways, though. Though I went through a dark valley, the Lord configured a set of circumstances that worked to place me back on the fast track, i.e. 04/LCDR in nine years, 05/CDR at 13-14 years, and on track (based on lineal numbers) for early selection to 06/CAPT, had I continued service. The reason I add this context, was that I mentioned the XO hated my guts. He personally pulled the succeeding C.O.’s NAM recommendation for me (which would have been my second). Well, ten years after I last saw that Lieutenant Commander, we bumped into each other at a Navy Exchange. He was C.O. of a Navy ship, and a senior Commander/05. I was there holding my baby daughter, a CDR/05 select, wearing MY command pin (and quite a bit of miscellaneous chest candy). He glared at me, obviously incensed that I was still in uniform, let alone the C.O. of a Navy unit. I was polite. He never spoke. Departing, I “gave him the finger”, i.e. my index finger pointed upwards, giving God the glory.
The reason I tell this story is this: I don’t understand how ANYONE could take an oath to support his country, to give his life if necessary, and allow himself to be successfully compromised. Sure, I could have ended up falling for “Fang Fang”, I’m human. I could back into a situation where I become compromised. Falling on one’s sword is painful. It’s humiliating. It could take years to recover from it, if one can recover at all. It could even mean jail time, for me or a loved one, depending on the situation. I did it. The Lord worked it out, not the way I wanted it to work out, but He didn’t leave me hanging.
You do it. You FALL on your sword, take the hit, even it it’s only to ensure the bad guys never win in the end. If Rubio, Vance, or perhaps someone like USSC Roberts are compromised, they should do the right thing, period. How can they live with themselves OR face their loved ones, otherwise. I don’t understand how supposedly good people can allow themselves to become so compromised, to put self-interest above things more important for their families and country.
All Vietnam and immediate post-Vietnam era officers are somewhat familiar with the My Lai/Lt Calley incident. The thorough house cleaning that SHOULD have occurred following that incident was nipped in the bud by none other than Colin Powell, a young staff officer beginning his second tour in Vietnam. Readers will recall that the sainted Gen Colin Powell was once considered as a Bush VP choice. Dig deep enough and you can find many government coverups in the last 50-60 years.
Tim Scott would blunt the “racism” angle.
Vance and Rubio add nothing.
Who the heck is Burgum?
Or surprise contestant #5?
Tim Scott…gag me with a spoon!
Pick Dr Carson if you want but either way the Democrats get 90% of the black vote no matter what!
What about Lil Wayne ? LOL
Scott can’t even decide day to day what he supports and what he doesn’t support. He’s the most wishy washy guy I’ve ever seen as a politician. Most politicians give it at least a week before changing opinions.
Vance already discussed in Sundance article and was iffy for me even before reading that because of his Johnny come lately support for Trump.
Burgum, entrepreneur, wealthy, worked at Microsoft, friends with Bill Gates. any search has dozens of articles about him.
Rubio, gang of eight, parents were not even citizens when he was born here, but no one seems to care about that.
honestly if Trump picks any of them I will start to think he has dementia.
Scott endorsed Lisa Murkowski in her last senate race. No. No. No.
Sundance your insight is invaluable. Thank you for keeping me grounded. 🙏
“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.”
I agree with Sundance and that is why I am hoping for Ben Carson to be the nominee.
“Vice President Tulsi Gabbard” | ZeroHedge
And while the Trump campaign has publicly stated they are happy to sit back and watch the Democrats self-immolate, I also believe they are holding off on announcing their Vice President pick until the Democratic nominee is solidified. There’s going to be a significant amount of strategy that goes into Trump’s VP pick: pick someone innocuous because you’re leading or continue on offense? Target minority demographics with a person of color or pick the best person for the job? Find someone who can be as aggressive as Trump or settle for someone who knows how to play the role of second fiddle? I played out a number of these scenarios last month.
Without trying to answer all of these questions, I’m certain I can answer one: if Kamala Harris winds up as the Democratic nominee, Trump must pick Tulsi Gabbard as his Vice President. There is no better option.
Not only is Tulsi world famous for having already beat Kamala to a pulp during the 2020 primary debates…
…and happens to be an active member of the U.S. military and a woman. She didn’t have to do any “favors” to make her way in the political world, she has had the courage to stand up to the most terrifying political force, the Clintons, in 2019 accurately calling Hillary the “personification of the rot that has sickened the Democratic Party for so long”.
Additionally, Tulsi’s long held non-interventionist foreign policy ideas fall in line with Trump’s policy of “let’s just use some common sense and get these global conflicts settled and stop the killing, regardless of who is deemed the ‘winner’”. She has made it clear that avoiding World War 3 is far more important to her than prolonging wars and changing regimes overseas. While Nikki Haley’s lobbyists may not like this, it’s what’s best for the nation.
If you’re a Trump strategist, you have to know that Tulsi not only immediately throws a wet blanket over all the independents who would vote for Kamala because she’s a woman, but in my opinion would also be a perfect compliment for Trump’s style. Tulsi could soften Trump’s image up a bit — she is rife with charming moments — but could also help hold the ‘edge’ Trump conducts business, especially foreign policy business, with. At the end of the day Tulsi went to boot camp and, let’s be honest, could probably kick Kamala Harris’ ass in a fight.
But, like Trump, I’m sure she’d rather just emanate ‘peace through strength’. And you can say what you want about that strategy, but it kept us out of wars and kept the world at peace for the 4 years Trump was in office. It’s tough to argue with those results. Aloha, Tulsi!!!
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/vice-president-tulsi-gabbard
Yes, she has a lot to like, and you might be right. I don’t know what her downsides are, but every time I see here speak I like her. Which makes me think something has to be wrong 🙂
She’s come a long way, and she’s the one who slew Kamala in the primary debates. But still too unproven to be VP IMO.
Tulsi Gabbard is a Democrat; thus, she doesn’t qualify to be on a Republican ticket
That, and she creeps me out! 🤣
Tulsi’s ok but when she speaks it’s just a ten minute run-on sentence. Can’t politicians ever let somebody else talk!
She’s an independent now.
IMO Ben Carson is a wonderful man but way to nice to battle the DeepState and carry the MAGA torch to the next generation. DJT needs someone loyal, brave, beloved the base, clean as a whistle, fearless, charismatic, a great communicator, and more. Someone like Tucker.
VP Tucker Carlson is the power move. Connecting the dots and it seems to be Tucker. Dems will be crying, we will be swooning. Will July 24 forever be known as Tucker time?
Tucker Carlson would be an INCREDIBLE VP choice!
Tucker Carlson would never accept the role of VP.
agreed, tucker would not want myself and his family to go threw the political meat grinder that PDJT and his family has.
Why should the VP run for President after their term of VP is over? Why does that have to be the case? It doesn’t.
As much as I like Ben Carson, and think he is a stellar human, and in a different time, I believe he would be a good vp, now is NOT time, in my opinion. He is 73. He is soft. He is deliberate, of course…but he also wants to get along and play nice.
As for marco: NO. marco is a snake. Always has been a snake, will continue to be a snake. I simply do not like anything about him. He is too close to old guard senate.
They keep mentioning Tim Scott: NO. Same as rubio. tim is a not who he portrays himself. He is a full blown opportunist, token (in my opinion). He is NOT a MAGA repuke. Never has been. He is especially close to old guard repuke senate. Cannot trust him.
Burgum: he is a wheeler dealer billionaire. Not all billionaires are like Trump. His background is thin. Meh…kind of a dud, in my opinion.
JD: he has said some things in the past that I didn’t like, but hey! A person can change. I did. In 2015 I was not for Trump. Not because of his policies, but his mannerism, tabloid history, whatever. I did a lot research and searching about him. I kinda liked his brassiness after I really started to pay attention. I did not like mike pence ever! JD is not an ordinary politician. He has been through life at a very base level. He has fought the sheriff and he won. He is NOT a push over, or overly rich. He has come to see the light, as MANY others have done. Not all of those rinos actually hate Trump as much as others. I don’t know if JD will be good as potus in 2028, but we must have a hard ass at vp in 2025. He fits that bill at the moment.
NONE of them are perfect. Yes, Ben is the only one who has not bashed Trump. That is admirable. However, that is also a problem. Ben Carson is a man of God who will not cross into the necessary STRONG man position and tell the enemies within the repuke circle (and out) to F-off when they attack Trump. Right now, JD is doing that.
Am I in love with JD? No. Truth: we don’t get to pick. Trump does. I just hope it is not doug, marco, tim. I prefer Ben Carson remain a spiritual consultant and advisor. So that leaves JD. We need young blood. It is a crap shoot. If things don’t start to restore immediately in 2025, it does not matter.
Blessings.
That is so obvious – could they be trying to not get him chosen? And how did these ghouls get to these positions in Utah?
He has a last name that fits! Looks like make gay step-brother porn with Evan McMuffin.
Alarm bells ought to be going off on this one.
We are One Nation Under God… This is what we as a nation have to commit to and be.
We’ve lost our Country to the lie of separation of God from everything in the country.
When God was removed from all aspects of our country, it was left wide open for evil to move in and thrive there. A vacuum will be filled. We caused that vacuum by allowing our nation to become Godless in all respects. Slowly, then all at once – as Sundance has written before.
It will now take God Himself and His Supernatural Power and Movement across our country – and globally- to save us all and repair the complete mess we’re in.
At this point, for all the bought and paid for, and/or the blackmailed, or perhaps ones threatened with loss or injury of loved ones – all of those working against our best interests – they need to be removed ALL AT ONCE, for the nation to heal.
There is no progression of years and removal by elections that will achieve removal of the rot before it begins and once again overtakes the good.
There is evil power outside of us and every individual country that is behind what’s happened globally. We didn’t cause it all. Do you think Obama or two or three people anywhere brought this about?
Our One Nation Under God counts! We are the nation they’ve worked so hard, for so long – to destroy. We are the hope of and to the world. A beacon of light to encourage their own fights and struggles against the evil taking over.
God is working to save us – pray for His Movement for and through our country. Pray for PDJT to listen to God and the Holy Spirit, because that’s what’s needed at this point.
It’s time for PDJT to listen and follow Him – God’s brought him through his life for such a time as this…and he’s done very well. But it’s time to call in the Big Gun. PDJT needs to listen and follow the Direction of the Only One – Who is the Beginning and the End and Knows how things need to be done.
And God says we’re not done yet! Pray for His Power and Glory to SHINE over our country and bring an Awakening and a Revival that’s unmatched – even greater than what is Written!
He’s there for us – pray and ask for His Help!
Dr. Ben Carson!!! God willing.
Nobody in the Senate is trustworthy and therefore not a good selection. Dr. Carson is an extraordinary soul who is thoughtful and trustworthy. The Senate did what to Caesar?
I hope and pray that it’s Ben Carson.
The biggest worry — if it turns out to be Vance, Rubio, Scott or Burgum — isn’t just the identity of his choice, but what that choice would suggest about Donald Trump’s judgement. Naming any of those four as his running mate would create legitimate doubts as to whether Trump really is aware of where the potential sharp knives exist (and why he would NOT know that by now), or whether Trump was forced to make a “deal” to include that person on the ticket (which is, essentially, what happened with Pence).
But, that’s really all hypothetical right now. It could well be Ben Carson, or some other name that hasn’t been bandied about.
Man, all I know is I will be despondent if President Trump has picked a ‘Stablishment Republican’t Uniparty $lug.
Pretty much anyone not Dr.Carson will be evil Race Bannon 2.0 and the Uniparty will have won.
No one wants to see their hero sell out
As good as Trump is at reacting, he’s usually proactive, with a well-designed approach/attack (China trade policy).
Totally get it that he has to react to Dem moves, but he can also dictate their moves.
Choice of VP is another piece of content in this his usual process.
Sarah Huckabee sanders. My hope.
‘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.’ – Sundance
This is deep truth. Like Diogenes searching for an honest man, Trump faces an enormous burden to seek out a qualified VP candidate who isn’t punked by the spooks.
The NSA’s data center in Bluffdale, Utah, contains all the dirt they could find on every one of us. Here’s hoping that President Trump tests out some of our aging nuclear weapons on that dark satanic mill: two birds with one stone.
I dislike intensely all three of these guys; and at TGP thet include Tim Scott. Are you kidding me? Horrible choices.
I hope it is Dr. Ben Carson. He is the ONLY one who will not stab President Trump in the back. My fear is that within 6 mths of taking office, the VP (not BC) will work with the likes of McConnell et al to take President Trump out via yet another impeachment or fake 25th amendment ploy.
His VP needs to be someone who will have his back, promote his agenda… work with him to effect the changes we need and to NOT fall prey to the jackals on the hill or within the IC.
Commander Eddie Gallagher would be a surprise choice but he is the only one who knows how to USE knives to keep the stabby Senators away. He hates jihadis too! He was also wronged by the US Woke Forces big time…. and won! I am serious!
Heckuva dude to have standing next to you.
nailed it
Only a chance, if Trump makes is though the obstacle course.
I don’t understand who is trying to burn the whole dnc, media, Washington game to the ground.
So much sunlight on Biden. Exposed the media, DNC, and the DC gang. Fighting each other, I’m enjoying, out in the open. They knew Biden was not well, pushed him in front of the world to debate Trump. Most knew it was going to be a train wreck, some are delusional. I took a peek. 3 minutes, turned it off. I was uncomfortable watching him struggle. Shameless display of a not well man, disgusting. Morning, noon, and night, clips of a sick man. He has to step down. They hide it for years! What changed? The 25th amendment should be invoked! They could, the media is reporting no cabinet meetings for 9 months. Bidens people protecting him. None of the cabinet members could have spoken up. Nope. News tonight, holding on the the campaign funding. More congress members on board, Joe’s gotta go. No willingness to actually invoke the 25th amendment. Who is going to buckle first. So much at stake for both sides. I am still baffled as to why it’s blowing up. So much exposed. We knew, they denied. Boom.
Side note, maybe not. Hillary and the end in the news again.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/court-just-nailed-hillary-in-6-million-fec-violation-case-45x-bigger-than-trump-s-130k-so-called-violation/ar-BB1pPrdy?ocid=BingNewsSerp
I do love watching the sun rise.
Best regards.
I don’t hold out any hope that Trump will pick a good VP. For some reason he seems to be personality/character blind. I don’t think Ben Carson, unless he gains some chutzpah, would make a good president and maybe not even a VP. His mannerisms are way too soft and some of his beliefs are too different from mainstream middle America, in my humble opinion. Frankly, he doesn’t have enough charisma, and people like charisma. I know it’s not the only attribute but you have to have some of it.
I’d take JD before the other 2. But hopefully none of them.
I hope Trump doesn’t disappoint in his appointments again. 🙄
if he picks some backstabber I honestly feel that I will be done with elections. Why donate, work hard, promote, kill it on social media … just had another account banned on X …. and then he pick someone who within 6 months would be wearing a wire and having him Baker Acted or impeached.
HE HAS TO SHOW HE HAS LEARNED WHO THE ENEMY IS
Deven Nunez would be a great choice for VP
I’ve long learned not to doubt your insight Sundance. You’ve been proven correct time and time again.
Is PDJT trolling the Establishment?
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/07/president-trump-names-four-vp-finalists-during-interview/
I hope to God that it is not Lady Lindsey Graham of Charlestown-on-Sea. Then again, he may gasp and swoon and proclaim to have ‘caught the vapours’! (with apologies to Damon Wayans & Alan Grier)
DC is the horse-trading capitol of the world. You have gatekeepers that must be paid or honored… ignoring them means you’ll get deprived of their funds or connections.
Oh and the fourth of the VP favorites is Tim Scott.
Great. Anyway, let’s see the horses.
I do believe in,”Not giving my money to people that hate me” is very effective. That’s a good start. It is effective in getting the politics out of the business, especially with the locals. I frequently visit an independent book store that does not allow political bias in the store. And, you cannot tell which way they lean based upon the books they stock. I really like this model.
Also, I worked for a fella that was very left. He hosted extreme left candidates at the place of business and then cried about people voting with their pocket books. He lost the business at auction.
My first choice: Trump-Kennedy.
More realistic: Trump-Carson.
So your first choice is Trump choosing a climate change zealot who is farther to the extreme left on the Green New Deal than anybody in the Biden Administration?
Unless you meant Sean. John Kennedy, in which case I take back what I said.
It may be a scheduling thing that gives Trump, Jr. the intro for the VP candidate. Or it just may be that the VP candidate has a history with Trump Jr….. (such as setting up and running fundraisers for a guy like Lee Zeldin). Again, I am reminded of an off the cuff comment by President Trump that he was considering a NY politician that doesn’t know how to quit. And, Zeldin is the guy that set up the Bronx rally for Pres. Trump. I’m not buying the 3 “favorites.” Consider the source(s).
Regular readers of this site are the most capable of picking a good VP…not necessarily commenters.
Sundance has educated us into the top 1% of understanding what we’re looking at with each contender.
Bless you, Sundance!
It frustrates me that someone as ego driven and public as Don Jr. would push his father for JD Vance.
He’s as ill informed as the average voter and yet he’s out there everyday; with a large public presence, spouting his ignorance every day.
In my mind, this is another of President Trumps children who need to get out of the way .…along with his long haired filly.
Well, Ivanka is nowhere to be found this election cycle, so you got your wish there.
The fact that Don Jr. has shared the same woman with Gavin Newsom is also highly unsettling.
Don Jr. has been reprimanded by the Dad and he’s back on the right track. Dad will take whatever advice he wants to from him and nothing more.
yep Don Jr … is he on some kind of wacky stuff??? He seems to be literally IN LOVE with Vance. Has it blinded him or is Vance such as bssser that he has Don Jr blinded??? Not sure
Well this won’t make anyone here happy:
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/07/president-trump-names-four-vp-finalists-during-interview/
If ANY of the public-figure names being thrown around here are picked (Grinnell, Gabbard, Borghum, Rubio, Vance, Noem, Carson, etc.), it will be the start of lowering expectations and diminshed enthusiasm for Trump campaign.
Trump’s VP announcement of any of them would be a deflating event.
Each is grossly unsuitable for multiple reasons, ranging from past/present opposition to Trump’s agenda or person, possession of the mutiple attack vectors SD speaks of in the article, or CLEARLY aligned with other interests.
He needs to pick a talented outsider no one has ever heard of. No one is allowed to become a known public figure by the media unless they have attack vectors or the media has no choice. Prior public visibility is a red flag. If they have a press office, something is wrong with the person, count on it.
That such tainted, insider-establishment names are even suggested here (of all places), and for the reasons being given, is astounding. It suggests the MAGA movement is off the rails and so focused on Trump, they don’t remember what its all about.
And it matters because the person needs to be the viable continuance of the agenda 4 years from now. Would you vote Tulsi Gabbard for President? If not, why is she OK for VP and legacy?
watch his poll numbers go down if he picks any one of those 4 … the BASE knows they are all losers. Why should we vote to have our wishes thrown aside