Trump’s brain trust
by digby
We are so far down the rabbit hole now we’re never coming back up. Look who Trump’s tapped to be his emissary for a “deal” with Paul Ryan, a delusional snake oil salesman with zero experience in politics.
This is the level of professionalism we can probably expect from a Trump administration:
A top emissary for presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has asked to meet privately with House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) this week in advance of Trump’s visit to Washington on Thursday, according to three people familiar with the matter.
Ben Carson, the retired neurosurgeon who has become one of Trump’s most trusted allies, reached out Monday to Ryan’s political advisers to request a private session with the speaker, according to the sources, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter.
The outreach by Carson is an apparent effort both to soothe tensions between Trump and Ryan ahead of their highly anticipated meeting on Capitol Hill and to establish a framework for that discussion.
When reached Monday by phone, Carson’s business manager, Armstrong Williams, said Carson “is a guy who can bring people together.”
“Donald Trump trusts him and the speaker trusts him,” Williams said. “He wants to do the will of the people.”
Lewandowski, Trump’s traveling confidant and campaign manager, will be in charge of the team that will survey and vet potential vice-presidential candidates for the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, two top Republicans said.
The two Republicans familiar with Lewandowski’s responsibilities spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss their private conversations with the Trump campaign, which is planning to ramp up the vice-presidential search in the coming weeks.
Lewandowski formally took charge of the hunt for a running mate last week and has since been described inside and outside of the campaign as the point person for all related questions and meetings, the Republicans said.
For the moment, he is coordinating the list of possibilities and conversing with key party figures but will soon involve a larger group of Trump allies and staff members who will contribute to the secretive selection process, they added.
You remember Lewandowski, right? The thug who manhandled a reporter and likes to mix it up with protesters? The obscure political operative and ex-cop who Trump inexplicably made his campaign manager? I’d guess the “vetting” is going to be a little bit different than what these folks might expect …
I’s hard to know which is more concerning, Trump’s laughably inept kitchen cabinet or his own uninformed, violent megalomania. The combination is terrifying.
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