Donald Trump has reportedly narrowed his search for a running mate to less than a half-dozen Republican politicians, suggesting he plans to stick with tapping someone whose resume differs from his own.
While declining to identify any of them of by name, Trump told Bloomberg Politics he is likely to choose his vice presidential nominee from a pool of four to five individuals, including two military officials and one former Republican rival.
“I’d like to save it, give it the old fashioned way, right?” he said of his decision to withhold a vice presidential announcement until the GOP convention next month.
Despite considering two individuals with military experience, Trump said it’s unlikely he would go with either of them “because of the fact that I think I’m going to do very well on national security.”
Trump has previously said he would “absolutely” consider Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions, a former U.S. Army Reserves captain, for the bottom of the ticket, while Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, an informal foreign policy adviser to the billionaire, has also been the subject of vice presidential speculation.
Asked whether he is considering any prominent individuals in the business community, Trump was quoted as saying: “I don’t need that type of ability. I have that ability, better than they have.”
Instead, the Manhattan real estate mogul said he would appoint people like himself to other positions in his administration, if he’s elected president.
“We’ll have some of the greatest dealers in the world, because we haven’t had that. We’re going to use our good business people,” he said.
