Trump’s Erratic Campaign Style Was on Full Display for VP Search
Picking a running mate is one of only two or three marquee moments when the candidates can truly focus voters’ attention.
Trump Selects Indiana Governor Mike Pence as VP
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Donald Trump hastily called off a Friday news conference expected to feature an “Apprentice”-style rollout of his vice-presidential pick, citing “the horrible attack in Nice, France,” one day earlier.
Then he announced it anyway Friday morning on Twitter, marking an anticlimactic finish to a frenzied process. In a way, it was a fitting venue for a candidate who spent more than a year building excitement for his campaign on Twitter with a jarring number of insults and exclamation points. Only this one had none of the usual dramatic flair, instead sounding like the boring career politicians Trump, 70, lampooned during his rise in the Republican Party.