Why there will never be a President Mike Pence
With Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation further closing in on Donald Trump each day, there has been a renewed discussion on if Mike Pence would actually be worse than Trump. To alleviate any fears associated with this debate, I want to remind everyone that there will never be a President Pence. As Palmer Report previously documented, there is likely as much, or possibly more, damning evidence on Pence. While the planning and agreements between Trump and the Kremlin go back years, Putin likely knew that he would require a more experienced and intelligent individual to actually do the work behind the scenes.
Paul Manafort, whose first criminal trial begins next week, selected Pence, on instructions from Putin, to serve under Trump. Shortly before Trump was officially announced as the Republican candidate, Manafort lied that the plane they were traveling in experienced mechanical problems, all in an effort to keep Trump in Indiana an extra day to meet with Pence. Despite Pence claiming he had very little to do with the campaign, he served as the head of the transition team, after Chris Christie was ousted from the position on November 10, 2016. In this role, Pence was aware of all decisions, including the request of Lieutenant General Michael Flynn, who is cooperating with Mueller, to reach out to Russians to illegally discuss removing sanctions.
Greg Olear, founding editor of The Weeklings and author of Dirty Rubles, agrees with Palmer Report’s prediction that Pence will actually resign before Trump. As Olear states, “It makes no sense to replace a president up to his eyeballs in treason with one only waist-deep.” If everything plays out in the direction it is currently going, there are two possibilities.
As the Mueller investigation is clearly ramping up, it is possible that Trump could be taken down prior to the beginning of the new Congress in January. In this situation, Pence would have already resigned, and Trump would have to appoint a Vice President who would be agreeable to both sides of the aisle. If Trump can withstand the coming onslaught of incriminating evidence until after the Democrats take back the House, the new Democratic Speaker of the House could take over as Trump is removed from office. Either way, there will never be a President Pence, and that is certainly one less thing we have to worry about.
I’m a ceramic engineer living in Central New York, avid sports fan but find myself more interested in politics lately.