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Jul. 21, 2016 10:26 am

By SueN

Lucifer Shows Up At the Republican Convention...
Mayor Pete Buttigieg (D-IN), City of South Bend, IN: Bad for Indiana, Bad For America
Benjamin Dixon, The Benjamin Dixon Show: Rep. Steve King and the GOP Hate Machine
Melissa Fitzgerald, Justice for Vets: live from the RNC
Bill Rausch, Got Your Six: live from the RNC

Thom's blog

Trumpism is a Scam -- You’re Actually Voting for Mike Pence

When he officially accepts the 2016 Republican nomination for president Thursday night, Donald Trump will do so as a different kind of Republican.

Or so the thinking goes.

Although Trump has won the Republican nomination for president in large part because he’s taken very non-Republican stances on trade, foreign policy, and the social safety net, a Trump presidency would be just like every other Republican presidency, arguably even worse.

We now know this for fact.

According to a story out today in the New York Times Magazine, when Donald Trump was looking for a running mate, he initially offered the job to one of his former opponents, Ohio Governor John Kasich.

And while that’s interesting enough on its own, what’s even more interesting is the offer the Trump campaign made to try to convince Kasich to join the ticket.

According to the New York Times, when Donald Trump, Jr. contacted a Kasich advisor about the running mate job, he told that adviser that his father wanted to make Kasich the “most powerful vice president in history.”

What happened next reveals a lot about the real Donald Trump.

When Kasich’s adviser asked how this would be the case Donald Jr. explained that his father’s vice president would be in charge of domestic and foreign policy.

Then what, the adviser asked, would Trump be in charge of?

“Making America great again” was the casual reply.

Now, we have no explicit confirmation of this, but everything in the Times’ report suggests that Trump made this exact same offer to Mike Pence before making him his running mate.

And if that’s true, it reveals two very important things.

The first thing it reveals is Trump’s management style. Like a lot of billionaire corporate executives, Trump is a delegator, which is fine for the business world, but poses some big problems for the presidency, a job that requires attention to detail and around-the-clock engagement.

So that’s the first thing this Times story reveals. The second thing it reveals is a much bigger deal.

Read more here.

-Thom

Tonight on The Big Picture on RT TV at 7pm and 10pm... Why Did Trump Pick a Pro-Trade VP? (check your local listings for stations or stream at RT or Free Speech TV, and catch past shows on Youtube)

Be sure to check out our newest video: RESTORATION - narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio & Thom Hartmann, directed by Leila Conners / Visit GreenWorldRising.org to check out all the videos: CARBON, LAST HOURS & GREEN WORLD RISING - narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio & Thom Hartmann, directed by Leila Conners

Big Picture Rumble:
- Crystal Wright, Con Job: How the Democrats Gave Us Crime, Sanctuary Cities, Abortion Profiteering and Racial Division/Conservative Black Chick
- Alex Lawson, Social Security Works
- Charles Sauer, The Market Institute

Best of the Rest: Why Did Trump Pick a Pro-Trade VP?
- Curtis Ellis, American Jobs Alliance

PLUS, Brazil's Trump Exposed
- Alicé Anil, Documentary Filmmaker

AND, When Art Confronts Capitalism
- David Cobb, Move To Amend

Daily Take: Trump is a Scam… You’re Actually Voting for Mike Pence