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While Indiana Governor Mike Pence is the likely pick for the position, Trump told Fox News on Thursday, “I haven’t made my final, final decision”.
Pence was in New York City Thursday, where Trump eventually plans to make an announcement.
Gingrich added that he had told Trump that a Trump-Gingrich combination would be a bolder pairing of “two pirates” on the same ticket.
The reports were met positively by Senator Jeff Flake, an Arizona Republican usually critical of Trump, who said that if the Pence news is true as he assumes, it’s the best thing Trump has done.
One follower even pointed out that the announcement should read, “In an effort to make this all about me, I’m delaying this announcement until the world forgets about Nice”.
Against a backdrop of images from Nice, Trump repeatedly described himself as the “law-and-order candidate” in the presidential race.
Clinton also dismissed the presumptive Republican nominee’s concern about the potential of terrorists infiltrating the U.S.by posing as Syrian refugees.
Pence, 57, is a steady, staunch conservative who would help calm nervous Republican wary of Trump’s impulsive style. I have very high regard for him.
(AP Photo/Steve Helber). New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie gestures as he introduces Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump during a rally in Virginia Beach, Va., Monday, July 11, 2016. Until then, Trump’s unofficial, less presentable running mate remains a boar seething and reeking of bigotry, misogyny, xenophobia, unhinged narcissism, racism and ignorance.
“Allies of Pence and Trump have sent increasingly strong signals that Pence would be Trump’s pick, but the campaign gave no official word”, the Washington Post observed.
For Pence, the timing is crucial: Under Indiana law, he has only until noon Friday to have his name removed from the November ballot for his re-election bid. “If it’s radical Islamic terrorism, he ought to say it. People would sigh with relief if he said that”, he said.
Syrian refugees in particular must clear one additional hurdle.
A Republican familiar with Pence’s thinking said the paperwork has been drawn up for him to take that step. He has also taken on the important role of heading Trump’s transition planning.
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Mr Trump told Fox News that if he was elected president he would ask Congress for a declaration of war on the so-called “Islamic State” group. “You knew what you were fighting”, he said. He served six terms in Congress before becoming in governor.
