Trump's "search" for a V.P. was a farse. I doubt if any lobbying from Musk or Carlson had any influence. Picking Vance was already in the bag based on Trump's expectation of a huge dump of money from Peter Thiel into Trump's campaign coffers.

But here's the kicker for Trump. It's too early to tell right now but Thiel might not be so willing to throw good money after bad now that President Biden has pulled the rug out from under Trump's campaign ~ leaving it flopping around like a fish out of water.

I suspect nobody is watching this unexpected turn of events closer than Peter Thiel.

Also . . .

Trump's #1 backup plan to coerce state election officials in swing states to refuse to certify Kamala Harris' win has gone into overdrive. Which, if successful, is going to cause the election results to get buried in a spate of frivolous legal battles for months.

Since Trump's backup plan is public knowledge, I certainly hope the Harris campaign has a backup plan of their own,

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In Trump's new "Constitution for Dictators" I don't expect there to be any role for Vance to play on Day One. Dictators don't usually like to give anyone an excuse for a coup. The title of Vice-Dictators doesn't sound right either.

I'm thinking more along the lines of Assistant Dictator (just for the sake of appearances) with no authority and a small cubby hole of an office in the basement.