President Trump said during his Fox News town hall Wednesday night that he already knows who will be his vice president.
“If you are the nominee, which I know you expect to be, who would be in the running for vice president?” Martha MacCallum asked.
“I can’t tell you that, really,” Trump responded.
“I know who it’s going to be,” he added.
“Can you give us a hint?” Bret Baier asked.
“We’ll do another show sometime,” Trump said.
MacCallum asked Trump if he would consider any of the other GOP presidential candidates as his vice president.
“Would you be open to mending fences?” she asked.
“Oh sure, I will. I’ve already started to like Christie better,” Trump responded.
Christie dropped out of the GOP primary shortly before the Iowa town hall.
WATCH:
The Des Moines Register reports:
Former President Donald Trump said at a Fox News town hall in Iowa on Wednesday evening that he’s already decided on a vice presidential running mate for the general election, but declined to name the person.
Asked about the process of selecting his partner on the 2024 ticket if nominated, Trump said, “I know who it’s going to be.”
With the Iowa Caucuses just five days away, Trump answered questions from Iowans and Fox anchors Bret Baier and Martha McCallum at the Iowa Events Center. Just a few miles away, CNN was hosting a debate at Drake University featuring former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. Trump was invited to the debate but declined, as he has with each debate this campaign cycle.
ADVERTISEMENTChris LaCivita and Jason Miller, senior campaign advisers to Trump, told reporters after the town hall that he had spoken to close allies about what “qualities” he had been looking for in a candidate but had not explicitly discussed names. They declined to elaborate on those qualities.
“That’s an issue that we really have not in any great detail discussed,” LaCivita said. “I’m sure when that times comes, everybody will know who it is.”
Trump’s vice president in his first term, Mike Pence, launched a challenge to him this year but dropped out of the race when he failed to garner significant support in Iowa and other early states.
Several names have been tossed around as Trump’s potential running mate.
Rep. Byron Donalds:
‘I’m not going to speculate’: @ByronDonalds on Trump’s VP pick pic.twitter.com/vhfcaCmHYr
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ERIC BOLLING
Dr. Ben Carson:
President Trump shouldn’t pick his successor for 2028 as VP.
He should pick someone who can help him put out the fire that Biden has set.
Someone like Ben Carson would be perfect! pic.twitter.com/Bf6kbQ8cJZ
— Mercedes Schlapp (@mercedesschlapp) January 4, 2024
Vivek Ramaswamy:
Trump says he knows who his VP will be….
I’m betting Vivek.
— Catnjustme (@catnjustme) January 11, 2024
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