North Dakota endorsed former President Donald Trump in the Republican primary, a last minute endorsement before the Iowa caucuses. Burgum suspended his own presidential campaign in early December.
What took him so long to endorse Trump and why did he do it the day before the caucuses? Is he an opportunist or looking for a position in a possible Trump administration? Either or neither could be true. However, he didn’t just announce his endorsement of Trump in a press release, as some are doing, or in a post on X (formerly Twitter). No, he called a press conference in Iowa and Trump stood next to him. Burgum was the first candidate from the primary race to endorse Trump.
The reason I question his motive here is because during the campaign, Burgum told Chuck Todd in an interview on Meet the Press that he would not do business with Trump. That was in July 2023. Burgum said a person…
