Gov. Kasich, Gov. Walker and Sen. Rubio were mentioned by GOP frontrunner Donald Trump as "people he liked" for his administration.

Breitbart News ran this story on Monday by Alex Swoyer which is really shocking, but they don't seem to recognize it, nor do the commenters (as far as I have read them, not very far). It goes like this:

GOP frontrunner Donald Trump suggested he could put fellow 2016 GOP presidential candidates Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, and Ohio Gov. John Kasich in his administration — possibly even as vice president on his ticket.

“Yes. I like Marco Rubio. Yeah. I could,” Trump told columnist Kirsten Powers about putting Rubio in his administration.

He was asked if Rubio was a potential vice president choice for him.

“There are people I have in mind in terms of vice president. I just haven’t told anybody names. … I do like Marco. I do like [John] Kasich. … I like [Scott] Walker actually in a lot of ways. I hit him very hard. … But I’ve always liked him. There are people I like, but I don’t think they like me because I have hit them hard,” Trump responded.

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Trump repeats that he "likes them." What does "liking" have to do with it? Trump portrays himself as someone who gets along with everybody unless he's competing with them. Then he says harsh things about them but apparently doesn't really mean what he says. He's just playing politics.



Like Anne Coulter, I'm often frustrated with Trump because of the disappointing things that come out of his mouth. She said, "Our candidate is mental." In this case, he is certainly thoughtless. I hope it's just his way of speaking "off the cuff" wherein he sometimes hits the mark perfectly, but other times makes a mess of it. This is one of those messes.



None of those three mentioned support building a wall, deporting illegal aliens, or even want to reduce immigration! They are opposed to what he has made the cornerstone of his campaign from the day he announced his candidacy. Is he not really serious about the most important position - and the most popular - he has taken?

Just think if any of these three were his Vice President. And consider the possibility of a successful assassination against him. Kind of like Kennedy-Johnson. It's a mistake to have someone who covets your job to be the second in line. Kennedy, the Catholic, was very much worried about getting elected against Nixon so he put winning the election ahead of a congenial running mate and figured he could ditch Johnson later. Instead, Johnson did him in, and then created "The Great Society," which turned the U.S. into a debtor nation.



In the case of Trump and one of these three, Trump would be betraying his supporters if he selected any one of them. Ted Cruz is better on the immigration issue than any of those men. It's possible Trump is signalling the choice of Cruz by mentioning his primary opponents as possible running mates, and that he "likes them" in spite of all the mean words that passed between them. I hope that's it. I could tolerate (but not like) Cruz as VP under Trump, but if he were, Trump should be advised not to travel to Texas to campaign.

