According to the New York Times, Donald Trump Jr. approached John Kasich a couple of months ago:
Did he have any interest in being the most powerful vice president in history? 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.
Is this actually true? Normally I’d say it sounds ridiculous, but keep in mind that this is Donald Trump we’re talking about. Maybe he really does think he can just snap out a few orders—build a wall! destroy ISIS! cut taxes!—and let a guy like Kasich figure out how to get it done. In the meantime, he’ll barnstorm the country holding rallies and conducting fireside chats on Twitter.
In any case, this belongs in the category of too good to check. If it’s not true, it ought to be.
