Former reality star Donald Trump’s presidential campaign has announced the hiring of Michael Glassner, who is a former aide to GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin.
Glassner will be the national political director and will develop a national political strategy and implementation, according to a release from the campaign. In 2008, he was the director of vice presidential operations for the McCain-Palin ticket.
“I am pleased to welcome Michael Glassner to our national campaign leadership team. In addition to our great success in all the recent national polls, we have built a great team, ultimately driven by my message to Make America Great Again and Mr. Glassner will certainly be an asset to us as we further cement our dominance in the 2016 GOP field,” Trump said in a statement.
Glassner was previously a top aide to former Sen. Bob Dole’s (R-KS) presidential campaigns and senior advisor to the 2000 Bush campaign in Iowa.
Trump’s interest in the former VP nominee was sparked after he said he would “love” to have Palin in his cabinet.