Pence knew not to grab the spotlight away from Trump, and he’s still careful not to detail much behind-the-scene maneuvering or to claim credit. Pence reminded him that they’d gone over every line together. In case you missed it: Former VP Mike Pence says he didn’t leave office with classified materialīut when Pence got outsized attention in the business press for a get-tough-on-China speech he was about to deliver, Trump wondered why he wasn’t the one delivering it. Russian President Vladimir Putin gives a soccer ball to President Donald Trump, left, during a press conference after their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, July 16, 2018.
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It was a shrewd move to ensure the cameras wouldn’t cut away until Trump had delivered a full campaign speech. Talking about himself more than his running mate when introducing Pence during the 2016 campaign wasn’t a display of his ego. Rather, Trump’s combative exchanges with reporters were “in some way reassuring to the American people that life was going on.” Trump’s takeover of the coronavirus briefings Pence led weren’t a distraction from vitally need communication during a pandemic. In general, however, his book is a continuation of the role Pence played in the administration, smoothing Trump’s edges and offering more palatable explanations for his behavior. He disapproves of how Trump treated some of the officials – including Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis – who left the administration, either by their choice or Trump’s. President Donald Trump speaks during the daily briefing on the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, as Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Anthony Fauci and Vice President Mike Pence look on at the White House on March 25, 2020, in Washington.
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Related: Pence might not vote for Trump in 2024, says there might be 'somebody else' he'd prefer In both instances he was angry, Pence writes, but “my faith instructs me to 'forgive those who trespass against us.’” 6 – when some of the rioters chanted "Hang Mike Pence!"– and to the first big test of their partnership, the release during the 2016 campaign of the "Access Hollywood" recording of Trump bragging about grabbing women’s genitals. If he blames Trump for any of that hardship, the criticism is few and far between. Wade were appointed during the Trump-Pence administration “makes all the hardship we endured from 2016 forward more than worth it.” The fact that three of the five Supreme Court justices who overturned Roe v.
What price did Pence pay for that loyalty? What does he really think of Trump, especially now that their rift has grown into a chasm? What calculation had Pence made when deciding to partner with Trump and would he do it again?Īn answer to at least that last question is found in the 542-page book’s epilogue. 6 intending to confirm Joe Biden's victory in the presidential election before a mob of Donald Trump's supporters invaded the Capitol and lawmakers fled for safety. Vice President Mike Pence presides over a joint session of Congress on Jan. Will once wrote – his “talent for toadyism and appetite for obsequiousness.”Įven Pence, when berated by Trump for not having the courage to do his bidding one last time, reminded the president, “other than your family, no one in this administration has been more loyal to you than me.” Readers might also be looking for clues to understanding this political odd couple: the brash, rules-breaking, thrice-married New Yorker paired with the affable Hoosier who has long described himself as a “a Christian, a conservative and a Republican – in that order.”ĭespite their stark differences, Pence’s public devotion to Trump seemed so over-the-top that critics ridiculed him for – as conservative commentator George F. 6 – when the uber loyal vice president stood up to Trump’s demand that he block congressional certification of Joe Biden's victory – are the main draw of his memoir, “So Help Me God.” (The book, described as "the most robust defense of the Trump record of anyone who served in the administration, was released Tuesday as both men are considering running for president in 2024.) Pence’s account of the events around Jan. President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence at the Republican National Convention on Aug.
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