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Related: About this forumTrump Plans To Steal The Spotlight Back With Cabinet Announcements
Trump Plans To Steal The Spotlight Back With Cabinet Announcementsby Ryan Grim at the Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-pence-cabinet_us_578a2fd6e4b08608d334c354
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WASHINGTON ― Frustrated at the lack of enthusiasm for his vice presidential pick Mike Pence, Donald Trump is now telling those close to him that he wants a do-over of sorts, which he aims to get by rolling out the names of potential cabinet members, a source who spoke to Trump told The Huffington Post.
Trump was disappointed with the rollout of Pence, and the reaction to him, on several levels. He was first piqued that the news leaked before hed gotten around to telling the runners-up, Newt Gingrich and Chris Christie, about his choice. He then had second thoughts, postponed the announcement and spent Thursday night trying to find a way to back out of his choice, according to multiple news reports and the source close to Trump.
Trump sees Pence as a politically safe but unexciting choice, the source said. When non-politicians fantasize about running for president, they delight in imagining the unorthodox, thrilling running mate they might choose. For Trump to have ended up paired with such a standard pol, after a year of violating every campaign norm in the book, must be a major letdown.
Multiple sources say that Trump wants to name Christie, the Republican governor of New Jersey, as his attorney general, although knowing Trump, he could change his mind at any moment. Jared Kushner, Trumps son-in-law who plays a major role in the campaign, fought against Christie as a VP pick, as reported this week by HuffPost blogger Laura Goldman and later corroborated elsewhere.
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Trump Plans To Steal The Spotlight Back With Cabinet Announcements (Original Post)
applegrove
Jul 2016
OP
RandySF
(59,876 posts)1. Funny
Metric System
(6,048 posts)2. But who will be the Secretary of Silly Walks?
pepperbear
(5,648 posts)3. and hair pieces?
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,506 posts)4. Newt Gingrich
SaschaHM
(2,897 posts)5. Sarah Palin as Secretary of Education!
If Trump is going to be president, we might as well screw up the kids of America as well. We've all seen how those Alaskan nightmares turned out.
Metric System
(6,048 posts)11. You spelled Edumacation incorrectly.
unblock
(52,511 posts)6. No no no! Christie's experience screams secretary of transportation!
He's an expert in bridge traffic!
bluestateguy
(44,173 posts)8. Candidates have considered doing that in the past, and always opted not to
Namely because it's an open invitation to the media and the other side to rip apart and subject your picks to (mostly negative scrutiny.
bullimiami
(13,115 posts)9. It will be a who's who of RW crackpots.
applegrove
(118,959 posts)10. With a whole crew named Presidents can make themselves look more like
"the ship of state" and have depth and gravitas. Unfortunately Trump will only be able to name people like Christie, Gingrich and other bozos whose careers are over but for him. It will be like a bathtub in a bathtub race.
Eric J in MN
(35,619 posts)12. Yes. Since Chris Christie and Newt Gingrich
...and Scott Walker have negative favorability, it's not clear that Trump will be helped if he announces jobs for them.
glennward
(989 posts)13. If he does it too early he won't have time for proper vetting. Closer to November things could go
bad for him.