Donald Trump Jr. told the Post that he is pushing his father to choose a running mate who can roll with the punches and fight back even more forcefully.
“What I want for the role is I want a fighter,” Trump Jr. said. “We understand what they are going to throw at us.
“We needed someone to balance things out in 2016.” [the ticket] — That’s where Mike Pence makes sense, so it’s like yin and yang. [given] “Given the vicious nature of the swamp and the insanity we see on a daily basis, we need someone who can withstand those attacks,” said Trump Jr., the oldest of the former president’s five children. 46) said.
The former eldest son said he speaks with his father every day, often several times a day, but he advocates for people like Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio). Vivek Ramaswamy, biotech entrepreneur and former Republican presidential candidate. and Tucker Carlson, a former Fox News host who currently hosts a show on X.
President Trump’s daughter Ivanka and son-in-law Jared Kushner both held senior White House positions during the previous term, but Trump Jr. said he and his fiancée Kimberly Guilfoyle remain He is close to the campaign and said he has no plans to become a second-generation president. Javanka from The West Wing,” but he said he “doesn’t rule anything out.”
Trump Jr. said he would play a “very active” role on the presidential transition team in 2024 if his father retakes the Oval Office, but Guilfoyle said he would remain focused on fundraising. Ta.
“It’s mainly to make sure that the DC swamp rats and swamp critters don’t get in there and run amok,” he said.
Trump Jr. was tight-lipped about who else he would like to have around him during the transition, but after some prodding, he did name former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe. And Cliff Sims, a former special assistant to President Trump, wrote a best-selling memoir of his time in the White House in 2019. “Team of Vipers”.
Both men are veterans of Trump Sr.’s first term, and appear to have been Trump Jr.’s priorities.
“There are a lot of great people to choose from in the first four years of this administration, but it’s easy to see who will be great, loyal, and implement America-first policies,” he said.
Trump Jr.’s father recently warned President Biden that indicting the former president will be a two-way street if he returns to the White House.
“[Biden] We have opened a Pandora’s box that will never restore our country. All I can say to Joe is, “Be careful what you wish for, but what you did was terrible,” Trump said at a Young Republicans gala in New York in December. I yelled.
But his son dismissed the fire-and-brimstone rhetoric as a “joke.”
Trump Jr. declared, “He will lead the country in the direction it is meant to go.” “His retaliation will be a success for our country.”
