Trump’s shortlist

[LuFins Dad]

@Renauda said in Trump’s shortlist:

Why anyone would think Trump would select Tulsi Gabbard is beyond me.

On second thought, don’t ask.

Do you honestly believe that it’s worse than Vivek Ramaswamy?

[LuFins Dad]

The Noem and DeSantis inclusions surprise me. Both had issues and fights with him during COVID. The biggest problem DeSantis had with his campaign was not attacking Trump hard enough over COVID and the money printing…

[Renauda]

@LuFins-Dad said in Trump’s shortlist:

@Renauda said in Trump’s shortlist:

Why anyone would think Trump would select Tulsi Gabbard is beyond me.

On second thought, don’t ask.

Do you honestly believe that it’s worse than Vivek Ramaswamy?

Not at all.

I just don’t think she would be the passive sycophant he expects.

[George K]

DeSantis: "I'm not interested."

“People were mentioning me [as a potential vice president]. I am not doing that,” DeSantis told Republicans his presidential campaign had recruited to be delegates to this summer’s nominating convention during a thank-you call, audio of which was shared exclusively with The Post.

The 45-year-old also went in-depth about who he thinks Trump could and should choose as his No. 2.

“I know some people are really actively seeking it. It seems to me, just from watching kind of the body language and stuff, that you have a handful of folks who seem to be auditioning for it,” he said.

“I think my criteria [for running mate] was different than what probably Donald Trump’s criteria will be,” the governor added.

[Mik]

@Renauda said in Trump’s shortlist:

@LuFins-Dad said in Trump’s shortlist:

@Renauda said in Trump’s shortlist:

Why anyone would think Trump would select Tulsi Gabbard is beyond me.

On second thought, don’t ask.

Do you honestly believe that it’s worse than Vivek Ramaswamy?

Not at all.

I just don’t think she would be the passive sycophant he expects.

Yup. Ramaswamy is not that brown because he's Indian.

[taiwan_girl]

@Renauda said in Trump’s shortlist:

I just don’t think she would be the passive sycophant he expects.

Maybe she would be........

Once a prominent backer of the leftwing senator Bernie Sanders, on Thursday she was greeted by far-right activists with a standing ovation and a group of supporters brandishing gold letters that spelled T-R-U-M-P.

Such is the journey of Tulsi Gabbard, a former Democratic congresswoman and presidential candidate who has an entire Wikipedia page devoted to her “political positions” and is now seen as a possible running mate for Donald Trump.

There are few better examples, critics say, of how the Trump era has scrambled the ideology not only of the Republican party but opportunists seeking media cachet and a book deal.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/feb/23/tulsi-gabbard-republican-speech-cpac

[Renauda]

@taiwan_girl

I could see Trump giving Gabbard, Nikki Haley’s old job as US Ambassador to the U.N.. In that way she be under leash to the Sectretary of State whoever that is, although I would not be the least bit surprised to see Trump bring back Mike Pompeo in the top diplomat role.

[LuFins Dad]

@Renauda said in Trump’s shortlist:

@taiwan_girl

I could see Trump giving Gabbard, Nikki Haley’s old job as US Ambassador to the U.N.. In that way she be under leash to the Sectretary of State whoever that is, although I would not be the least bit surprised to see Trump bring back Mike Pompeo in the top diplomat role.

That implies that there’s a legitimate shot that he wins.

[Renauda]

Of course there is.

[Horace]

@LuFins-Dad said in Trump’s shortlist:

@Renauda said in Trump’s shortlist:

@taiwan_girl

I could see Trump giving Gabbard, Nikki Haley’s old job as US Ambassador to the U.N.. In that way she be under leash to the Sectretary of State whoever that is, although I would not be the least bit surprised to see Trump bring back Mike Pompeo in the top diplomat role.

That implies that there’s a legitimate shot that he wins.

You don't believe the polls?

[LuFins Dad]

@Horace said in Trump’s shortlist:

@LuFins-Dad said in Trump’s shortlist:

@Renauda said in Trump’s shortlist:

@taiwan_girl

I could see Trump giving Gabbard, Nikki Haley’s old job as US Ambassador to the U.N.. In that way she be under leash to the Sectretary of State whoever that is, although I would not be the least bit surprised to see Trump bring back Mike Pompeo in the top diplomat role.

That implies that there’s a legitimate shot that he wins.

You don't believe the polls?

I believe they are immaculate from the start.

[Horace]

My feeling about my neighborhood is that a Trump yard sign will be shunned, at least by the people I’ve met so far. But I’ve also seen one in a garage as a walked by. Should be interesting.

[LuFins Dad]

Inaccurate. FU autocorrect

[Horace]

@LuFins-Dad said in Trump’s shortlist:

Inaccurate. FU autocorrect

I considered whether it was autocorrect or sarcasm, but the meaning was the same in both cases.

[89th]

@taiwan_girl silly question, but how are you so in tune with US politics, just this forum? It’s very impressive but I have no idea what I’d expect if I were born and living abroad.

[taiwan_girl]

@89th This board in its topics is pretty diverse, but for politics, the focus is (mostly) on the US.

I am not native born but a US citizen also, so it is interesting.

The US influence and power is much greater than its population % as compared to the world total population.

Plus, I guess I just like current events. LOL

[89th]

It is impressive, I just have to say! Many dumb Americans, including myself, have no clue what's going on in other countries.

[Renauda]

@taiwan_girl

I am not native born but a US citizen also, so it is interesting.

I wasn’t aware that you had become a US citizen.

I had always been under the impression you were working for the Taiwanese foreign service in various postings as a commercial officer.

[jon-nyc]

I figured either that or an international org like world bank, un, etc.

[Renauda]

@jon-nyc

I could see an IFI like the Asian Development Bank as well.