Thanks Beth, I'll look him up, see what I can find I think I have his latest rally saved but I can't even remember where it was now. I'll find it though I found it, and here's a pretty good site looks like anyway, what a crowd at that rally! Check out the "army" ants in the aerial view slide Burgum's a rancher, he has my vote, LOL!! Just kidding but it's a great start https://nypost.com/2024/05/11/us-news/thousands-flock-to-jersey-shore-rally-as-trump-targets-nj/
Dang, Burgum's got a lot going for him in my eyes!! Be neat if Trump had him in mind the whole time, yahoo!! Check out "Doug's Story" here: https://www.dougburgum.com/#d-story @Beth Gallagher thanks for making my morning!!
An interesting thing that I have been reading about as a possibility for Trump to choose as a vice president, might be to choose his oldest son, Donald Trump Jr. I do not think that this has ever been done before, but I don’t remember reading anything that said they could not be relatives, in the requirements for VP and President, and it definitely opens up some interesting possibilities. I remember that they have to be residents of different states, but if Trump is using his New York address (which is where he has been lately, and where Melania is at), and Don Jr uses his Florida address, then that requirement is taken care of. President Trump always keeps his family in the picture, but not in the headlines; however, his sons have both been on the campaign trail with him frequently, and i think that people would vote for a Trump/Trump ticket. Assuming that happened, and Trump was re-elected, he could serve part of his term, and if he had any health problems, he could then turn it over to his son to finish up his term. Since he was not elected when he assumed his dad’s term, Don Jr. could still run for 2 more terms as president, like Johnson did after the Kennedy assassination. Johnson was eligible to run again, but decided not to do that. I admit this is probably not likely, but I think it is a possibility.
I'd like to see somebody who would be viable to run in the next cycle, i.e. not another sop to the Party machine like a Pence. I'm not sure who could be that independent of the deep state though without a lot of their own money and organization as "protection" from coercion.
I have concerns over what Ramaswamy might add to the ticket as far as the election goes, but a Trump/Ramaswamy administration would be the strongest we could hope for, assuming that Ramaswamy is for real. I have no doubt that Trump is who we need for the next four years but he will likely be under siege throughout his term, and, unless he's learned something (which he may well have done), he'll let that get in his way, and he will appoint and endorse all of the wrong people. I've said it before but Trump's endorsement of a candidate makes me wonder whether that's a good choice or not because he's made horrid choices in who to endorse, whether it's because he listens to the wrong people or something else, I don't know. However, four years of Trump is likely to put us on a much better footing than we are right now, but we have to look beyond that, and that's where the VP comes in. VP selections based on electibility in November are unlikely to continue moving the country in the right direction because, while they may be spouting some of the right words now, they are mostly entrenched in establishment Republican traditions, which generally mean letting the Democrats call the shots. Think of it; some of our most liberal Supreme Court justices have been appointed by Republican presidents. If Vivek can be taken at face value, I think he has what it will take to keep us moving in the right direction for another eight years after four years of Trump, and that should give us an even better Supreme Court. I can't think of anyone more likely to buck the GOP establishment than Vivek Ramaswamy. While there are downsides to electing someone who hasn't lived a lifetime entrenched in party politics., I think the positives outweigh the negatives. I liked Kristi Noem, but she should have kept a closer eye on the ghostwriter for her book. Why the hell would someone sabotage their own political future for a shock line in a book that is going to be read only by people who are looking to cherrypick the negatives? I loved Ron Paul and I like a lot of what Rand Paul has to say, as I do Ted Cruz, but I can't help but feel like they are both Republican poltiicians playing for the network soundbites. Rand Paul endorsed Mitt Romney for president, and Ted Cruz's wife literally wrote part of the book for UN Agenda 21. I like what they say but I don't know where they'll be when push comes to shove. Others who are most often advanced as VP picks are establishment politicians who are saying the right things as long as they are auditioning for the VP spot, but so did Mike Pence.
In Trump's first term, he selected people as he did for his businesses and on "The Apprentice". He believed everyone deserved a chance to prove themselves and if they couldn't do the job, he would fire them. He learned that government doesn't work that way, so I suspect he will make selections differently should he get a second chance. He is not a stupid man and learns from his mistakes. His political endorsements don't seem to matter for the candidates, and he has made some bad choices there, however. Just imagine where the nation would be if Hillary had won in 2016! The country as we know it would be gone. Obama's miscalculations in leaving all the judgeships open for Hillary and Trump's appointments to those benches as well as the Supreme Court have made a great difference in the direction of domestic policy since then. Biden--or his puppetmasters--have done everything they could to destroy the U.S., and in many ways only Trump's judicial appointments have stopped the destruction of the country. As far as VP candidates are concerned, I think a relocated Marco Rubio is the most likely. He will have to move like Dick Cheney did for Bush in 2000, since the Pres and VP cannot be from the same state. J.D. Vance would be my second choice. I think Rubio is most likely since he has been a long-time Trump supporter and can campaign in Spanish. Trump has made a concerted effort to court minorities and Hispanics are now the largest minority to be considered. Dems have taken Hispanics and Blacks for granted, and, although older Blacks still vote straight Democrat, younger Blacks are switching away as are many older Black males. Tim Scott is too entrenched in the Establishment to be Trump's pick IMO.