After his rally in the Bronx this past Friday, 45th president of the United States and presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump was asked about possible picks for a vice presidential nominee and running mate. Trump mentioned four people, in this order: (1) Dr. Ben Carson, (2) Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, (3) Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio, and (4) Representative Elyse Stefanik of New York.
Dr. Ben Carson is a Seventh-day Adventist, and a very famous retired neurosurgeon. His autobiography, “Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story,” first published in 1990, was later made into a motion picture.
Carson ran for president as a Republican in 2016, and served in President Trump’s cabinet as Director of Housing and Urban Development. Trump often asked Carson to open cabinet meetings with prayer. A close friendship developed between the two men and their families. We hope that Trump follows his gut—and not his advisors—and chooses Ben Carson for his running mate.
If Carson were to be named as Trump’s running mate, and the ticket were to win (and be acknowledged to have won), two very big “ifs”, Carson would be the highest Seventh-day Adventist office-holder in American history.
A note on the others Trump mentioned: J.D. Vance, author of the book “Hillbilly Elegy,” understands and agrees with Trump’s economic program, populist nationalism, which aims to bring manufacturing jobs back to America and revitalize the blue collar working class. But he has served only a year and a half in the Senate and is largely untested.
Marco Rubio is one of those elected politicians who greases the wheels of the current regime, in which the un-elected “deep state”/intelligence community actually rules America. He would be a terrible choice for VP in an administration that will (we fervently hope) be trying to wrest control of the government away from the FBI and CIA. Moreover, Rubio is from Florida, which is a very safe Republican state and also Trump’s current residence, so he would bring nothing to the table electorally.
Elyse Stefanik, although she praises Trump in her public remarks, is not from the conservative wing (pitifully small though it is) of the Republican Party, and should not be put in close proximity to the presidency.