Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is deciding between just three potential running mates, CNN’s Alayna Treene reported on air Monday morning.
After watching a clip of Trump announcing that he had decided who he was going to pick in his mind, but had not yet shared his decision with anyone, Treene said that she believed he had whittled down his original list into a much smaller group.
“There’s so much speculation right now and a lot of anticipation over who Donald Trump is going to ultimately select. And this is the language we’ve heard Donald Trump say for a while, he’s often said that he knows who his choice is going to be,” began Treene. “However, from my conversations with Donald Trump’s team, they’re still not completely, or they haven’t come to a formal decision yet on who he is going to select as his running mate. What I do know is that he has really narrowed his list to three top contenders: That is Doug Burgum, J.D. Vance and Marco Rubio, all people that they believe currently are at the top of his list.”
“But of course, this is Donald Trump we’re talking about,” noted Treene, qualifying her reporting. “Whenever we try to predict who a candidate will pick for VP, it’s always a difficult task. It’s even harder with Donald Trump. And again, when I talk to his team, they say he is someone who changes his mind every day based on who he sees on TV, who he speaks with over the phone. And so until he formally makes his announcement, Donald Trump can change his mind up until the last minute.”
Trump’s original list included not just the three finalists, but Senators Tim Scott (R-SC) and Tom Cotton (R-AR), Representatives Byron Donalds (R-FL) and Elise Stefanik (R-NY), as well as former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson.
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