Posted on 05/19/2018 6:56:25 PM PDT by EdnaMode
Longtime Trump confidant Roger Stone pledged to have someone lined up to challenge Vice President Mike Pence should he run for president in 2020.
During an interview Friday with Big League Politics, a right-wing news website, Stone suggested that President Trump may not ultimately run for re-election if his first term is adequately successful and denounced the possibility of a 2020 ticket with Pence and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley.
"I guarantee you I will have a candidate challenge Mike Pence," said while speaking on the "Howley Reports" show.
Stone derided Pence as a "establishment Republican quisling" who is under the control of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, House Speaker Paul Ryan, and the Koch brothers.
Asked what he thinks about Haley, Stone grimaced and alleged that she "loves war" that isn't in the interest of the U.S.
On the prospect of a Pence-Haley ticket, Stone exclaimed, "Bring it on!"
The New York Times recently reported that Trump has been alarmed by the rising diplomatic star of Haley and even grown suspicious of her political ambitions. “Republicans close to the White House whisper about the prospect of an alliance between Ms. Haley and Vice President Mike Pence,” the Times reported in April, pointing to a possible run as a ticket in 2020.
Though Trump has already begun campaigning for re-election -- he has already chosen a 2020 slogan: "Keep America Great!" -- Stone cast doubt on it being a sure thing.
"I don't think that it is a foregone conclusion that the president will definitely run," Stone said. "If at the end of the next three years the economy is very strong, he has built the wall, sealed our borders, he's reformed our immigration policies, he has redone these trade agreements so that they are beneficial to the United States, that he has got a peace agreement in Korea -- I could see him saying, 'You know what? I don't need this anymore. I made America great again. I have kept my promises to the American people. I'm heading off to the golf course.'"
“I thought President Trump already stated his intention to run for re-election?”
multiple times ... Stone is full of shite ...
First, you people can’t READ.
“Stone suggested that President Trump may not ultimately run for re-election “
WORDS mean things.
“suggested”, “MAY” not, “ultimately”
Second, you can’t comprehend.
Stone DIDN’T SAY that Trump wasn’t running!!!!!!!!!!!!
In 2015, all the smart people said, "He won't run, it is all for rating for his TV show".
After he announced, they said, "He won't file his required financial statements".
After he filed, they said,"He can't win the nomination".
After he won the ... and on and on and on it goes...
Stone is always stoned.
“Barack Obama is not a natural born citizen and neither is Nikki Haley.”
True, but who was that guy in the White House for EIGHT years?
Never heard of Roger Stone, so I’ll ignore his prediction.
But the question would be what are the alternatives? Maybe Cruz. Or maybe Walker. Most of the rest of the alternatives have sided with the Dems in all this.
Cornell Law is NOT the authority here. Stop leaning on that crutch.
Born on U.S. Soil, to TWO U.S. citizens.
There is NO QUESTION that this is what “Natural Born Citizen” means and what the framers and founders understood it to mean and meant it to be.
The Constitution is the authority on this not some snot nosed eletists at Cornell Law.
A foreigner, a stranger, and a puppet. But worse than that, 3 continuous Speakers of the House helped him transform this nation with our money.
The Kenyaneisan Usurper.
“you have predicted 200 of the last 3 actual disasters”
Awesome. That’s quotable.
Pffffttt!
+1
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