This isn’t surprising, but it sure is repulsive: (Bloomberg)
Trump Auditions VP Picks Before Wealthy Donors in Palm Beach
Vance, Rubio, Burgum and Scott among leading contenders
Trump says he will likely announce running mate in JulyDonald Trump is sharpening his focus on a possible running mate by taking a page from his days hosting reality show “The Apprentice” and parading the top contenders for the slot in front of rich benefactors this weekend.
Grotesquely attired, preternaturally smooth-faced GOP fat cats presiding over a Hunger Games-style winnowing process for potential Trump second bananas is painfully on brand. It’s a fitting successor to the fabled smoke-filled rooms — Boss Trump’s Palm Beach star chamber of aggressively rejuvenated billionaire scum.
This is not a healthy party. But we knew that.
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