Trump puts Pence in a corner--Trump has stepped in to assert his dominance.

[riversedge]

Trump puts Pence in a corner

With the vice president taking a higher profile on the campaign trail, the president has stepped in to assert his dominance.


https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/14/corey-lewandowski-pence-pac-585118

By MATTHEW NUSSBAUM


Updated 05/14/2018 06:04 PM EDT


Vice President Mike Pence could face a challenge in the near future, if he is invited to Sen. John McCain's funeral and President Donald Trump is not. | Alex Wong/Getty Images


President Donald Trump wasn’t planning to attend the recent National Rifle Association convention – that is, until he learned that Vice President Mike Pence would be giving the keynote address........................
....................... and nearly a week after the NRA announced Pence would speak, the president was added to the schedule to speak moments after Pence.

It wasn’t the first time Trump has changed his plans to one-up the veep. It was originally Pence, not Trump, who planned to travel to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. But upon seeing who else would be attending, Trump decided to make the trip himself instead, bumping Pence off the schedule, according to a person familiar with the matter. A White House official said that neither scheduling decision was based on the vice president’s plans.


And Trump is elbowing Pence out in other, smaller, ways: on Tuesday, the anti-abortion group Susan B. Anthony List announced Trump would be headlining their annual Washington gala this year, after Pence gave the keynote address last year. An official said that plan was weeks in the making.

From the start, the former Indiana governor has avoided criticizing Trump or even disagreeing with him publicly, and has silently stepped aside when Trump has decided the spotlight should be his—so much so that the conservative columnist George Will recently accused him of “groveling.” ............................................


And Pence’s team has worked assiduously to dispel any rumors that Pence might be harboring his own ambitions for the Oval Office, even as Pence hired a political operator as his chief of staff and formed a leadership PAC to support Republican congressional candidates.

But that hasn’t stopped the president from going out of his way to make sure Pence stays in his shadow.

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The vice president has in recent months taken a starring role on the campaign trail, promoting the Republican tax reform bill for America First Policies, Trump’s issue-advocacy group.

But on Tuesday, Trump’s first campaign manager and frequent adviser Corey Lewandowski announced he’ll be joining Pence’s own political action committee, Great America. “Proud to be joining the Great America PAC. @realDonaldTrump and @MikePenceVP continue to fulfill the Camapign Promises they made to Make America Great Again!” Lewandowski tweeted. “The Rep’s will expand majorities in the Senate and hold the House to keep America moving forward.”

The PAC, which finances Pence’s travel around the country to stump for GOP candidates and cuts checks to favored members of Congress and governors, has been viewed by some as a vehicle for Pence to pursue his own ambitions beyond the vice presidency. Lewandowski’s move, which was first reported by Fox News, puts one of the original Trump loyalists at the heart of Pence’s political camp...................................

[Cha]

1. Poor pence

in the shadow of the pervert whose boots he licks. Aww

[roamer65]

2. Palace coup?

People are talking.

[pennylane100]

3. The good news here is:

The two "Worst Persons In the World" do not like each other.

[Cha]

5. And, that happened

because trump got jealous.

[Scurrilous]

4. Trump's moving in on Pence.

It'll be fun to watch...

[kskiska]

6. He could pick a different running mate

assuming he's around for the next campaign.

[Docreed2003]

7. Pence knew exactly what he was signing on for....

He was Trump's evangelical "Trump card"....that and he was personally chosen by Paul Manafort, which is another discussion entirely. Pence is the beta in that screwed up relationship, waiting in the wings, eating shit sandwiches every day, with the hope that one day he will be able to step in and take the reigns of power from Trump....fuck that dude.

[riversedge]

9. Both are bad for America.

[Docreed2003]

10. No doubt

[UTUSN]

8. K&R

[Corgigal]

11. An insecure old man.

He should have outgrown this behavior by middle school. I guess he is seeing Pence as a hanger on, and taking fame from him. Which is why no normal human should be near him.

Pathetic. We have one of these types in almost every neighborhood, and we stay away. They are energy monsters. Who needs that? Makes me think that Pence must have been desperate to take that job. Read he had less then 30 grand in the bank, and no job to go to. Manafort must have know that. No, I don't have a article, I just remember that info from awhile back. I was curious why this guy, found that info and more.