A top campaign aide for Donald Trump threw cold water on the idea that the presumptive GOP nominee would chose a woman or a minority to join him on his ticket.
“In fact, that would be viewed as pandering, I think,” Trump advisor Paul Manafort told the Huffington Post.
Manafort said that Trump was looking for a VP who would have the experience to do the things that Trump would not want to do as president.
“He seems himself more as the chairman of the board, than even the CEO, let alone the COO,” Manafort said. He added that “there is a long list of who that person could be,” but that “every one of them has major problems.”
The comments came in a wide-ranging interview in which Manafort outlined what to expect from Trump as he pivots towards a general election race against the likely Dem nominee, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Manafort said Trump has “already started moderating” on his proposal to ban Muslim immigration into the United States, but he will stand by his vow to build a wall on the southern border with Mexico.
“That is a core thing with him,” Manafort said.
