Trump considered choosing Fox’s Maria Bartiromo as vice president

president-elect donald trump considered turning to Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo as his vice presidential pick for the 2024 elections, according to a new book by reporter Politico Alex Isenstadt.

The Republican would go on to select the senator. J.D. Vance (R-OH) as his running mate, but according to Isenstadt’s upcoming book, titled Revenge: The inside story of Trump’s return to powerTrump was “very serious” about the idea, even presenting the case to his team.

The book, which is based on more than 300 interviews, internal memos and recordings and is scheduled for release in March, reveals that Trump was supposedly impressed thanks to Bartiromo’s many years of support and his friendly interviews.

Isenstadt wrote that the Fox host was a “Trump favorite” for her vocal defense of him, including alerting her team to his questions. before his November 2020 election interviewwhen he sent text messages to the former chief of staff Marcos Prados detailing your interview plans. The texts were later exposed during the Congressional investigation into the January 6 riot at the Capitol.

According to the new book, the president-elect was “making his arguments during the flight to Butler, Pennsylvania.” “She was great with big Wall Street donors and knew how to make television, Trump told his team.”

However, her team quickly rejected the idea, citing a lack of time to properly vet it, an exhaustive process they had already completed with other candidates. he was chief of staff Susie Wilesultimately, who supposedly closed the conversation.

When asked by CNN for comment, Trump’s spokesperson Steven Cheung He declined to comment on Bartiromo and instead praised Vance:

Vice President-elect Vance was the perfect choice to be President Trump’s running mate. There is no one who defends the America First agenda better and more strongly, and will continue to be a leader of the movement for years to come.