Former President Donald Trump has been hinting that he will announce his Vice Presidential pick “soon.” Building anticipation is an old marketing trick. Since Trump is a better-than-average salesman, that should come as a surprise to no one. The upside is that it allows us a few more weeks to have fun speculating who he might pick, and what the ups and downs of those picks might be.
One interesting possibility? North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum. Why? Well, I’m gonna tell you.
Doug Burgum checks a lot of the VP blocks. He has a reasonably solid record as Governor. While Governor of North Dakota, Burgum has:
- Deployed North Dakota National Guard troops to help with Texas’s Operation Lone Star to secure the southern border.
- Signed a bill into law in 2021 declaring North Dakota as a Second Amendment sanctuary state.
- Advocated for the U.S. to be (again) energy independent, which is a…
