Who Wants To Be Trump's VP?

The NPR Politics Podcast

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Politics, Daily News, News

4.5 • 24.9K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2024

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

As the presumptive Republican nominee for president, Donald Trump faces a lot of big decisions — perhaps none more so than who his running mate will be. We discuss who might be on Trump's shortlist, and what qualities he's looking for in a vice president.

This episode: political correspondent Susan Davis, senior White House correspondent Tamara Keith, and White House correspondent Franco Ordoñez.

This podcast was produced by Jeongyoon Han, and produced & edited by Casey Morell. Our executive producer is Muthoni Muturi.

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0:29.0	Hi, I'm Scott. I'm with my friend Sarah and Grayson Highlands State Park, Virginia. We're at the start line of our first ever 50K trail race.
0:32.0	Whoa.
0:33.4	Which is approximately 31 miles of running and 5,000 feet of vertical climb.
0:38.8	No, thank you.
0:39.8	This podcast was recorded at 11-11 a.m. on Monday, May 6th. Things may have changed by the time you
0:45.4	hear this but hopefully Sarah and I will be at least halfway through. Enjoy the
0:49.9	show.
0:53.0	Bravo. Bravo. You're both runners, but that sounds like too much to me.
0:58.6	It is too much.
0:59.6	Do run.
1:00.6	I used to run a lot, but you know, doing it on trails like it's like twice the distance he says doing that kind of stuff.
1:06.0	Oh yeah it's so hard trails are so hard. He lost me at vertical climb. He lost me at 31 miles.
1:11.0	Hey there it's the NPR Politics Podcast.
1:14.0	I'm Susan Davis.
1:15.0	I cover politics.
1:16.0	I'm Franco-Adonius.
1:17.0	I cover the campaign.
1:18.0	And I'm Tamara Keith, I cover the White House.
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