Trump lays out criteria for his vice presidential pick while teasing shortlist: ‘A lot of good people’
NY Post
Former President Donald Trump previewed his criteria for selecting a vice president and acknowledged some personnel mishaps during his first administration.
“It’s gotta be who is going to be a good president. You always have to think that,” Trump told Fox Business Network’s “Sunday Morning Futures.” “I have a lot of good people. We have a lot of really good people.
“I have a lot of good ideas, but I haven’t — and there’s no reason to do that quickly,” he added, before calling Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) “a real tiger” and lauding South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem for not running against him.
Trump said he won’t announce his VP pick for a “while” and also fessed up to making personnel mistakes in his first term.
“Of course, but everybody does. Obama had. What about Biden? Look at the people running this Biden thing. The difference is, I fire people,” Trump said when pressed by host Maria Bartiromo. “I fired Comey. I got rid of him.”
The 77-year-old former president explained that he had been an outsider before taking office in 2016 and now has more familiarity with political talent.
