Trump Offers VP His Presidency With Powers Of Third World Dictator

The Trump campaign becomes ever more frightening by the hour. First, reports surfaced that Donald Trump, Jr. basically offered the Vice Presidential slot to John Kasich, saying that Kasich would be in charge of both foreign and domestic policy in the Trump administration, effectively offering him the Presidency. This would have made Kasich the most powerful VP in history, even more powerful than Dick Cheney, and we all know how well that worked out for the country. When Kasich responded with the question about what Trump do, Trump, Jr. apparently replied, "Make America great again." As the Slate article points out, this isn't the first time a senior Trump adviser has indicated that Trump really does no want to do the work of being President. Back in May, Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort admitted there were parts of the job of being President that Trump did not want to do. "He sees himself more as the chairman of the board, than even the CEO, let alone the COO," said Manafort.

It is frightening enough that someone running for President clearly has no interest in actually doing the job. But it is even more frightening to think that much of our foreign and domestic policy will actually be guided by a Vice Presidential candidate like Mike Pence whose positions most of the electorate does not know and those on abortion and LGBT rights are far from the mainstream.

Then, yesterday, Chris Christie, the head of Trump's transition team apparently told a closed-door session of RNC members that the campaign is already putting together a list of Obama appointees that will be essentially purged if and when Trump takes over. Christie also asked the Republican Congress to change the law that would make it easier to also fire civil servants who are currently provided more job security than appointees. Of course, this would also make easier to fire life-long bureaucrats who may reasonably object to administration policy. In addition, Christie made it clear that appointing someone who will render the EPA ineffective was a top priority. But the real kicker was his suggestion that Trump would like businesspeople to serve in government without having to give up their private sector jobs. This, of course, would allow for self-dealing on an unimaginable scale. But that pretty much has been the Trump modus operandi his entire career.