Dear God https://t.co/7RIJf5s4Pm
— Isaac Chotiner (@IChotiner) May 26, 2016
Paul Manafort sat down with the Huffington Post’s Howard Fineman (which in and of itself is amazing since the HuffPo ends every piece with a disclaimer that Trump is a racist) that sheds a little light on The Donald’s thought process on what he’s looking for in a running mate.
You see — according to Manafort — Trump sees himself more as “the chairman of the board” rather “than even CEO, let alone COO” and he “needs and experienced person to do the part of the job he doesn’t want to do.”
"The part of the job he doesn't want to do" https://t.co/5UIKTOInWx pic.twitter.com/C7FgUJ5cmh
— Michael Cohen (@speechboy71) May 26, 2016
Things Trump doesn’t like to do — like reading briefing papers, so the CEO/COO will have to be good at this:
This is just incredible. pic.twitter.com/u51TAXkLk4
— Sam Stein (@samstein) May 26, 2016
And don’t expect Trump to hire a woman or minority as CEO/COO, because that would be “pandering”:
“That would be viewed as pandering, I think.” – Manafort on Trump choosing a woman or minority VP https://t.co/q3LBoAGKqy
— Sam Stein (@samstein) May 26, 2016
Manafort’s comments have some wondering if the presumptive nominee even knows what a president does every day:
The Constitution says, "The executive Power shall be vested in a President.” CEO is literally the job description. https://t.co/OJ7hjuagbZ
— Yoni Appelbaum (@YAppelbaum) May 26, 2016
So he doesn't want to govern? He just wants to give nebulous advice to the person actually governing? Good lord.
— Jason Fritz (@JasonFritz1) May 26, 2016
He'll fly in for the quarterly board meetings https://t.co/FQqce7Qe7d
— Michael Cohen (@speechboy71) May 26, 2016
Manafort isn't some low level aide – he's Trump's campaign manager! And he appears to have not the keenest grasp of how politics works
— Michael Cohen (@speechboy71) May 26, 2016
You really go get the impression that Trump's entire understanding of the presidency is based on watching the movie "Dave"
— Michael Cohen (@speechboy71) May 26, 2016
“Dave”? Great movie, fantastic box office — the best!
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