Donald Trump’s current hunt for a veep with blind loyalty greatly diverges from his 2016-17 reality-show-like casting call
Name a more iconic duo. Photo-Illustration: Intelligencer. Photo: Getty Images With Mike Pence disqualified from serving as Donald Trump’s running mate in 2024 on account of having a shred of decency, the former president is conducting a search for his replacement even though he hasn’t even confirmed he’s running again.
Candidates had to have “the look.” When selecting his first batch of Cabinet officials, Trump was focused largely on aesthetics, as his friend Chris Ruddy told the Washington Post at the time. Donald Trump gives Kris Kobach a very presidential greeting. Photo: Getty Images Trump’s focus on “the look” cut both ways. He praised James Mattis, his pick for secretary of Defense, as “the closest thing to General George Patton that we have.” That comment could have been based on Trump’s careful analysis of the retired Marine general’s military record, but Mattis also actually looks like Patton star George C. Scott.
You can actually pinpoint the second when his heart rips in half. Photo: Getty Images But Romney was far from the only Cabinet contender to have spoken out against the president-elect. In 2019, Axios published nearly 100 internal Trump-transition vetting documents, which Trump was reportedly seen reviewing before his marathon interview sessions at Trump Tower and Bedminster.
During the transition period, by contrast, Trump floated some truly wild possibilities — and even people intimately involved in the process seemed to have no idea what was happening. Representative Tulsi Gabbard had a meeting at Trump Tower in November 2016, and leaked vetting documents reveal she was considered for secretary of Veterans Affairs. She didn’t get the job, and Gabbard later claimed she had no idea she was even under consideration.
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