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Trump says he's begun vetting VP picks

Donald Trump’s campaign has begun vetting vice presidential picks, but it’s too soon to disclose any names, the presumptive Republican nominee said Wednesday.

Calling into MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” following a decisive victory in Indiana that knocked Texas Sen. Ted Cruz out of the race, Trump was mum on naming people he’s considering as his running mate.

“Well, it’s too soon. I just don’t want to do it,” Trump said. “I think that, you know, a lot of people are talking about certain names, and certainly those are the names we are thinking of.”

He did, however, suggest he would choose a politician.

“I have the business, let’s call them talents, and I think I’ll probably go the political route,” he continued. “Somebody that can help me with legislation and somebody that can help me get things passed and somebody that’s been friends with the senators and congressmen and all so we don’t have to go the executive order route as much as Obama did, you know, where he can’t get anything approved, so he just keeps signing executive orders.”

Asked later by ABC’s George Stephanopoulos whether his veep will definitely be a Republican, Trump responded, “Yes, that’s true.”

The New York billionaire, who has been largely self-funding his campaign, also told MSNBC he would decide whether to accept money from big donors of the party within the next few days.

“I’ll tell you what, I have had such incredible support. I’m going to be making a decision over the next week,” Trump said. “The question is — I do love self-funding. I don’t want anything for myself, but we do need money for the party.”

Trump, who told “Good Morning America” he’s spent roughly $44 million funding his campaign, said he would also write big checks for the party. But he pushed back against accepting large amounts of money for his campaign.

“I’m really looking at small contributions, really, not the big ones,” Trump said. “I don’t wanna have anybody have any influence over me — that I can tell you.”

On MSNBC, Trump said the party will unite — well, most of it — behind his campaign, but he added that he doesn't want everyone's support.

“I don’t think it’s imperative that the entire party comes together. I don’t want everybody,” he said. “I don’t even want certain people that were extraordinarily nasty. Let them go their own way. Let them wait eight years or let them wait 16 years or whatever because I think we’re gonna have a great success against probably Hillary because the system is totally rigged against Bernie.”

As for Cruz's endorsement, Trump said only, "Well, I think it would be nice."