# Who will be Trump's VP? \[plus\] Trump's Vice-President choice? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [January 20, 2016, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-vp-plus-trumps-vice-president-choice/751179 "2016-01-20T17:51:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 15
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-vp-plus-trumps-vice-president-choice/751179/281 "2016-07-07T21:49:50Z")
Ernst says she’s out. Doesn’t want to be the new Palin, apparently, even if The Donald has that role set aside for himself. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-vp-plus-trumps-vice-president-choice/751179/282 "2016-07-07T22:44:54Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > Ernst says she’s out. Doesn’t want to be the new Palin, apparently, even if The Donald has that role set aside for himself. Which brings up the thought: any bets on whether Trump has asked his advisors if he can be his own Vice President? Because: I bet he has. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2016, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-vp-plus-trumps-vice-president-choice/751179/283 "2016-07-08T00:48:07Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > Which brings up the thought: any bets on whether Trump has asked his advisors if he can be his own Vice President? > > Because: I bet he has. Of course he hasn’t. He _knows_ Article 12 of the Constitution prohibits that. Sheesh. The man’s read the Constitution. He understands it better than anyone, OK? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2016, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-vp-plus-trumps-vice-president-choice/751179/284 "2016-07-08T01:02:45Z")
This is an election that Douglas Adams couldn’t have made up. ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2016, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-vp-plus-trumps-vice-president-choice/751179/285 "2016-07-08T01:20:13Z")
His daughter, Ivanka, is [on the shortlist](http://www.dailydot.com/layer8/donald-trump-ivanka-trump-vice-president/)? ---
**Author:** ![boffking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2016, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-vp-plus-trumps-vice-president-choice/751179/286 "2016-07-08T01:27:53Z")
Wouldn’t he be forfeiting the votes from NY if he picked his daughter? ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2016, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-vp-plus-trumps-vice-president-choice/751179/287 "2016-07-08T01:38:23Z")
She just moves to a nice little condo in Jersey and switches her state residence. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2016, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-vp-plus-trumps-vice-president-choice/751179/288 "2016-07-08T01:45:14Z")
> [@boffking](#): > > Wouldn’t he be forfeiting the votes from NY if he picked his daughter? No, the electors from NY would not be able to vote for both the president and vice president if they were from NY. They could still vote for Trump for president and someone else for VP. The electors from the other 49 states and DC would be free to vote for two New Yorkers. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Feldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lord_feldon/32/341_2.png) [@Lord\_Feldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Feldon)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2016, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-vp-plus-trumps-vice-president-choice/751179/289 "2016-07-08T04:09:09Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > No, the electors from NY would not be able to vote for both the president and vice president if they were from NY. They could still vote for Trump for president and someone else for VP. The electors from the other 49 states and DC would be free to vote for two New Yorkers. And this would only be a concern if the campaign was so stupid that it didn’t send one of them to another state. A well-run presidential campaign would realize the…oh. Well, it could happen. (Not that he’s really going to pick her.) ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2016, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-vp-plus-trumps-vice-president-choice/751179/290 "2016-07-08T12:52:43Z")
> [@Lord\_Feldon](#): > > And this would only be a concern if the campaign was so stupid that it didn’t send one of them to another state. A well-run presidential campaign would realize the…oh. Well, it could happen. > > (Not that he’s really going to pick her.) Not to mention it only comes into play if Trump carries New York. I think he has a better chance of getting pregnant. Right now my money is on Newt. Cue the Odd Couple music- can two thrice-divorced men campaign together without driving each other crazy? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2016, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-vp-plus-trumps-vice-president-choice/751179/291 "2016-07-08T18:21:29Z")
He’d have to be an idiot to pick Newt, with all his baggage. An absolute _idiot_! Why, he’d have to be… Ah. Well… carry on, then. ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2016, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-vp-plus-trumps-vice-president-choice/751179/292 "2016-07-08T18:29:14Z")
This talk of Newt makes even more interesting the speculation that [Trump might resign after being elected.](http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/07/07/donald-trump-electoral-college/86807474/) > [@](#): > > The Times cites a recent interview with the presumptive GOP nominee in which a scenario was posed to him about declining the presidency right after defeating Hillary Clinton. Trump, the report says, “flashed a mischievous smile,” then says, “I’ll let you know how I feel about it after it happens.” ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2016, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-vp-plus-trumps-vice-president-choice/751179/293 "2016-07-08T18:40:12Z")
I hope its Newt. The amount of unlikeability in that pairing would make even the GOP caricature of Clinton almost saint-like in comparison ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2016, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-vp-plus-trumps-vice-president-choice/751179/294 "2016-07-08T18:54:12Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > He’d have to be an idiot to pick Newt, with all his baggage. An absolute _idiot_! Why, he’d have to be… > > Ah. Well… carry on, then. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2016, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-vp-plus-trumps-vice-president-choice/751179/295 "2016-07-08T19:16:45Z")
BBC analysis [here.](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-36678388) ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2016, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-vp-plus-trumps-vice-president-choice/751179/296 "2016-07-08T21:19:26Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > Of course he hasn’t. He _knows_ Article 12 of the Constitution prohibits that. Sheesh. The man’s read the Constitution. He understands it better than anyone, OK? It’s a very classy article, Article 12, the best, the most amazing article. Along with Two Corinthians, it’s his favorite reading material. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2016, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-vp-plus-trumps-vice-president-choice/751179/297 "2016-07-09T00:32:54Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > She just moves to a nice little condo in Jersey and switches her state residence. Which is what Cheney did in 2000 when he moved from Texas to Wyoming. > [@standingwave](#): > > His daughter, Ivanka, is [on the shortlist](http://www.dailydot.com/layer8/donald-trump-ivanka-trump-vice-president/)? There was a time when that idea would be too far fetched for an SNL sketch. > [@BobLibDem](#): > > Not to mention it only comes into play if Trump carries New York. I think he has a better chance of getting pregnant… Agreed, and I had to reread that because I first glance I thought you said “he has a better chance of getting _her_ pregnant”. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-vp-plus-trumps-vice-president-choice/751179/298 "2016-07-14T02:12:50Z")
Looks like Trump is scrambling to find a VP in time to announce on Friday. McCain was rushed by the end of his search in 2008, and we all know how well that turned out!: [http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/13/politics/donald-trump-vice-presidential-candidate-us-election/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/13/politics/donald-trump-vice-presidential-candidate-us-election/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![coremelt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@coremelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coremelt)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-vp-plus-trumps-vice-president-choice/751179/299 "2016-07-14T02:42:00Z")
What does Trump gain by announcing early instead of doing it at the convention? ---
**Author:** ![boffking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2016, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-vp-plus-trumps-vice-president-choice/751179/300 "2016-07-14T02:55:06Z")
I sort of hope he picks Paul Lepage. If he resigns, Maine will get a better governor. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-vp-plus-trumps-vice-president-choice/751179.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-be-trumps-vp-plus-trumps-vice-president-choice/751179.md?page=16)