Maggie Haberman Argues Trump Choosing Tucker For VP Is Actually a ‘Real’ Possibility — With One Major Caveat

New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman said there’s a “real” chance that Donald Trump could ask Tucker Carlson to be his running mate in the 2024 election.

Jamie Weinstein interviewed Haberman for Monday’s The Dispatch Podcast, where Haberman spoke about the former president’s plans to assemble a new administration full of devout loyalists if he’s reelected to the White House. This prompted Weinstein to ask what Haberman thought about rumors that Trump might tap Carlson to be his vice president

“It’s a real thing that I am hearing as a possibility,” Haberman said. “The likelihood of it, I don’t know. I think there will be a pretty professionalized vetting process, honestly. I know that might sound unbelievable based on what we’ve seen from Trump historically, but Trump’s current political team is the best — at least as a non-incumbent — that he’s had, and there’s just a different level of control.”

While Haberman continued to speak about the fired Fox News host as a potential Trump VP pick, she noted that “the risk with Tucker Carlson and Trump is that Tucker Carlson’s a very big star in his own right, and I’m not sure how Trump would contend with that.”

Despite the publication of text messages in which Carlson declared his hatred of Trump, the two have been on friendly terms in the public eye. Trump skipped one of the GOP presidential primary debates to for a sitdown with Carlson, and the two have enjoyed each other’s company in other social situations.

Listen above, via The Dispatch.