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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI think Trump has already offered Haley the VP spot.
That is why she came out with her statement today.
hlthe2b
(105,033 posts)that is not unlikely...
lame54
(36,333 posts)Those are anti-trump votes
Adding her to the ticket won't bring them back
Those voters who are still voting for Haley arent showing their support for her but
are showing deep anti-Trump feelings.
I think Nikki believes that Trumps criminal and civil crimes will stop his run for
President. She is manipulative shit.
Garden Grove
(10 posts)She was doing a Q&A with the Hudson Institute and the moderator asked her about who she felt would do a better job on the national security issues and that's where she said she would vote Trump.
onecaliberal
(35,110 posts)Garden Grove
(10 posts)...she went out of her way to say that we need a president who will stand up for our allies and stand up to our adversaries. How is that Trump? He wants to do a way with NATO. He's actively willing to cede Ukraine to Russia. She's a hypocrite.
onecaliberal
(35,110 posts)She knows the rapist is going to die soon. Hes not well. Then wahla, Nimrata is potus.
Garden Grove
(10 posts)I think the campaign wants him to pick her but he doesn't and he'll veto any chance.
1. The second he picks her, the media and Democrats will run on loop all the awful comments she's said about him over the last four years. He'll be asked about those comments. It'll be 100x worse than what we saw with Biden-Harris when Harris was selected. His ego won't handle that.
2. He can't trust her. Trump wants a yes-man, someone who will have his back no matter what. Haley hasn't had his back no matter what. Tim Scott? Vivek? They have - not Haley. If he says he wants to nuke Greenland, he expects his VP to say, "great idea, Sir!" and maybe Haley would but I don't think Trump trusts she would. He also doesn't want someone like Mike Pence again and Haley is closer to Pence than any of the other candidates.
My guess is that the campaign has done polling and the traditional campaign apparatus has determined Haley is their best path forward and without her, they are potentially in trouble. But Trump has to sign off on it and I don't think he can be convinced to select her. Trump won't pick someone he can't trust, who has a serious record of bad-mouthing him and will be seen as a pick to boost his chances (he would never concede he needed the help of anyone).
LudwigPastorius
(10,357 posts)Simply because, of all the female VP candidates, she looks the most like Melania and/or a FOX News "reporter".
Wednesdays
(19,336 posts)I think you mean "voilà," which is French for "there it is."
FSogol
(46,057 posts)Garden Grove
(10 posts)I don't think this has anything to do with her being Trump's running-mate. She was at a forum and answered a question. She didn't proactively release a statement, which I agree with the OP, could suggest she's cozying up to being Trump's running-mate or a deal has been struck.
I don't think she'll be his running-mate.
unblock
(53,915 posts)And said prove you can be a good toadie and maybe I'll give it to you.
But I'm with you that they talked about it, I don't think this just randomly came out of the blue.
ificandream
(10,210 posts)getagrip_already
(16,921 posts)he wants millions from her. he always wants abject humiliation. he has to be seen as the alpha dog where your loss is his gain. not just the top dog - the only dog standing.
If he cant pee into your mouth in public while wiping sand in your eyes and make you thank him and say it was the best you ever tasted, he isn't happy and will find something worse.
She knows that. I don't think she wants any part of it. Plus, she senses he will lose, and then there will be more indictments and more shit for years.
She just wants his base, or what she can get of what's left of the gop that still aligns with him. She wants 2028, or 2032, or whenever he finally drools himself into oblivion.
He will go either with vance, or with Ivanka. I'm thinking Ivanka will be the daark horse here. She is slowly being brought back to life and is in surprising strong shape from a public perception standpoint. He doesn't have to worry about her. And she doesn't have a thing to fear from him.
karynnj
(59,805 posts)They lose the Florida delegates for one of offices.
getagrip_already
(16,921 posts)All the kids have apts owned by the trump org. I doubt they sold princess's pad when she moved to florida. She likely maintains an address there.
Just like cheney had a hunting cabin in montana, they have a second address they can shuffle off to. They probably still have an apartment in DC or Maryland as well. I doubt they sold that when tsf left office. And they probably have an apartment in chicago as well. Why not. It's a tax deduction.
Not an insurmountable problem.
GoCubsGo
(32,792 posts)Haley has always been an opportunist, who will sell her own soul if it will put her ahead.. Like she did when she gave up her governorship to for that UN ambassador job. She's positioning herself for 2028, which means staying in the relative good graces of what is left of her party. If it means ingratiating herself to those lunatics, she has no problem doing so. She is, and has always been as phony as a three dollar bill.
As for the VP spot, I agree it's FAR more likely to be Vance. I can't see any woman getting the slot, including Haley or Ivanka, though. Too many misogynists in that party.
NanaCat
(2,332 posts)Creates a problem with those EC votes.
Also, she brings nothing to the ticket that will help him. It might make him feel good, but nobody except the most entrenched of his base wants an idiot like her anywhere near the WH.
getagrip_already
(16,921 posts)All Cheney had was a hunting lodge. Not a problem.
Remember who tsf is. He doesn't need anything from a running mate except obedience.
And his ego would love seeing his name on posters twice.
no_hypocrisy
(48,092 posts)will still support Trump if they're not selected.
msongs
(69,457 posts)Irish_Dem
(55,671 posts)Smart move on Trump's part.
She brings in the votes.
Attilatheblond
(3,722 posts)'Let the woman do it' is not hard to imagine him saying.
Irish_Dem
(55,671 posts)Celerity
(46,154 posts)She was just the last one standing, so acted as a catchment for l'eau de la haine pour Trump.
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,681 posts)Irish_Dem
(55,671 posts)He has not been making any smart moves lately.
MOMFUDSKI
(7,080 posts)primaries. He has no choice. He is all in and she is a big part of winning.
applegrove
(121,696 posts)Freethinker65
(10,790 posts)He will say she came crawling and begging with tears in her eyes pledging her devotion to him, being smarter than everyone, he cleverly decided to use her for a bit then will eventually revert to calling her Nimrod and a two timing not to be trusted snake and will banish her away.
SarahD
(1,732 posts)If she attaches herself to him and they lose, that's the end for her. Even if they win, many people like her because she is the non-Trump standout among all the other ass kissers, and she would lose that. Being his veep would be difficult for her and she would risk being identified with his extremism.
ALBliberal
(2,776 posts)Her voters will follow. VP or not. He called her Bird Brain. Put her husbands military service reputation in the toilet. She still follows. I have no understanding of these people. But I do think moral compass is not in their vernacular.
TSExile
(3,225 posts)...and they'll turn against the orange diarrhea stain on humanity unless he chooses a milquetoast white guy who is even more pathetic and spineless than Pence. I predict he'll go with someone I am ashamed to say is from my home state of Ohio...Vance.
Raven123
(5,819 posts)tblue37
(66,016 posts)Bristlecone
(10,350 posts)BlueWaveNeverEnd
(9,609 posts)ecstatic
(34,003 posts)Bev54
(11,426 posts)they are not going anywhere and he knows it.
MorbidButterflyTat
(2,469 posts)Bev54
(11,426 posts)But he will not lose his voters by doing that and everyone else he may have seriously thought about has shot themselves in the foot or have shown themselves to be complete idiots that even he could not tolerate, so she is about all he has left.
NanaCat
(2,332 posts)With the most racist and misogynistic of his base, and they are not a small number.
Bev54
(11,426 posts)Bev54
(11,426 posts)Kaleva
(37,629 posts)If Trump is forced out of the race, she'll most likely end up being the nominee.
MorbidButterflyTat
(2,469 posts)she's in for a rude awakening.
He's got 3 or 4 more months of grifting and groveling from the other saps, he won't give away the game this early.
I don't think he will choose her. His narcissistic baby booboo ego won't permit it.
videohead5
(2,370 posts)She will overshadow Trump. That's why Trump will never pick her.
Kaleva
(37,629 posts)and she's hedging her bets with the Magahats who she needs in order to have any chance of beating Biden.
Hekate
(93,587 posts)Hubby thinks shes counting on invoking the 25th Amendment and becoming POTUS herself. Its possible that all the potential candidates are, as TSF is decaying before our eyes.
tirebiter
(2,579 posts)maxrandb
(15,745 posts)When she shows up at the NYC Courthouse in a dark suit and red tie.
Chakaconcarne
(2,689 posts)shrike3
(5,370 posts)If not, he has not offered it to her.