Former President Donald Trump recently disclosed on Wednesday that he had ruled out “some people that I didn’t think behaved properly” from his shortlist for vice president via Mediaite.
During an interview with Trump on his show Greg Kelly Reports, Newsmax host Greg Kelly questioned, “Vice president. Are you any closer? Have you ruled anybody out?”
Trump replied:
“Yeah, I probably have a couple of people that you may know very well. Some people that I didn’t think behaved properly. Yeah, I think I’ve ruled some people out, but I’ve ruled a lot of people in. We have a lot of great people in the Republican Party, and they’ll do a terrific job, I think, but certainly I have people that I wouldn’t want as a vice president.”
Trump did not elaborate on who exactly had been ruled out and he has repeatedly criticized former Republican primary rival Nikki Haley – who was once reported to be in Trump’s shortlist – for her conduct during the race.
Meanwhile, Haley has not yet endorsed Trump, despite suspending her campaign more than one week ago. When Kelly asked Trump whether a “formal process” was currently underway, Trump said, “No, it’s a formal process that’s in my brain. It’s like I look at the same people that everybody else is looking at.”
He continued:
We’ve had some really great people. I think we have really great people that want it. People have expressed, I mean not their interest, they’ve expressed like, “I would love to be vice president.” Who wouldn’t? If you’re a politician, who wouldn’t want it? But you know, I get a kick out of watching the fake news media say, “Nobody wants to work with him. Nobody wants to be vice president. Nobody wants to be secretary of state.” Everybody wants to be in these positions.
Trump boasted, “There’s not a person in politics that doesn’t want it, and that includes Democrats. If I wanted, I’d have a Democrat, I’d have a liberal, I’d have anybody I want.”
“Well, you’re gonna have to reach out to them pretty soon,” Kelly noted.
Trump concluded, “Really, if you want to stay within a certain boundary, the press covers the people that are being thought about. It’s unusual that you’d pick somebody totally out of that, and there are 15 people they talk about, and that list grows every day. But we’re gonna pick somebody that’s really good, really conservative, loves law and order, low taxes, low interest rates, borders.”
