Speaking to the media around the same time as the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, about his father’s likely administration and what role, if any, he might want in it, Donald Trump Jr., the eldest and most political of Trump’s sons, said that he does not want a traditional role in the administration, but does want the ability to “veto” the RINOs.
As background, “RINOs,” or Republicans in Name Only, were considered one of the main problems in Trump’s first term. Whether do-nothing legislators like Paul Ryan, Mitt Romney, and John McCain or namely but awful executive branch officials, they seemingly did everything in their power to stymie the MAGA agenda and push their own.
Such is what Don Jr. said when speaking to Fox News Digital on the afternoon of Tuesday, July 16, commenting on Vance and the administration. Speaking about his father’s decision to bring on Vance as VP, Don Jr. said, “I think he is someone who truly believes in that mission — he is not a Washington D.C. neocon warmonger, and I think that is so critical.”
Continuing, he said that it is a good thing that Vance is a good bit younger than many and so will be around and able to lead for decades to come. He said, “I love having a young, articulate, energetic guy as someone who can help also keep this movement going for generations to come — I think that is so fundamental and so important.”
Don Jr. also spoke about how it is a good thing that Vance had experience outside of politics, saying that he trusts the new VP candidate as “a business guy, a politician, and as someone who is probably one of the most articulate fighters against the insanity over on the other side.” On that point, he added, “He does a better job in hostile media territory than most of our best guys do. I think it is just so critical for the movement going forward and I think he’s going to do a great job as vice president.”
Then, speaking about what role, if any, he hopes to have in another Trump Administration, Don Jr. said, “I don’t want a role in an administration — I don’t want to do that. The only role I want is to put our people in other positions of power. I just want to stop the bad guys from ever getting in those positions of power. That’s the only thing I want.” He added, “I want to veto the RINOs. I want to have a veto power over the RINOs. That’s all I’m asking for.”
And, speaking about what another Trump Administration might be like, he said, “I’m excited to this. This time, we go in, we actually know what we’re doing. We know who the snakes are. We know how to deal with the bad guys. I think we can get up and running so quickly, and I think everyone else understands that too — which is why, I think, they have so aggressively tried prosecuting my father and going after him and attacking him and trying to bankrupt him. And if that doesn’t work, they try to jail him.”
Watch him here:
"*" indicates required fields