Stephen Bannon, the former White House strategist, worries that Pence would “be a President that the Kochs would own.”
Illustration by Todd St. John
On September 14th, the right-wing pundit Ann Coulter, who last year published a book titled “In Trump We Trust,” expressed what a growing number of Americans, including conservatives, have been feeling since the 2016 election. The previous day, President Trump had dined with Democratic leaders at the White House, and had impetuously agreed to a major policy reversal, granting provisional residency to undocumented immigrants who came to America as children. Republican legislators were blindsided. Within hours, Trump disavowed the deal, then reaffirmed it. Coulter tweeted, “At this point, who doesn’t want Trump impeached?” She soon added, “If we’re not getting a wall, I’d prefer President Pence.”
Trump’s swerve did the unthinkable—uniting Coulter and liberal commentators. After Trump threatened to “totally destroy” North Korea, Gail Collins, the Times columnist, praised Vice-President Mike Pence as someone who at least “seems less likely to get the planet blown up.” This summer, an opinion column by Dana Milbank, […]
You don’t get to be president and not be a psychopath. The last five presidents, at least, were psychopaths who should have all been arrested for treason for their crimes against the American people and the world. We know our nation is being scammed every day by the uni-party. There are two sets of rules. One for the elites and one for us. This is going to come to an end as the fraud that is our corpratocracy comes unraveled completely. It may not seem like it folks, but it is coming.
That’s an opinion. Where’s the substance of your argument?
If you had taken 15 minutes and done some research you would have your answer — or maybe not. I certainly would not want Mike Pence to be the President of the United States.