Melania Trump is an “advocate” for Tucker Carlson, the former Fox News star, as potential VP for her husband, according to a source close to Trump, Axios reported.
Melania Trump endorses Tucker Carlson as potential VP, considers him ‘powerful onstage extension’ for 2024 campaign
As per the report, Melania believes that Carlson “would make a powerful onstage extension” of her former president husband, with less than one year remaining before the November election.
Axios also hinted that a Trump-Carlson pairing “might encourage” Melania to engage more in the campaign trail. This is a domain where she has been notably absent since Trump declared his 2024 candidacy late last year.
When asked last month about Carlson as his vice president running companion, Trump said: “I like Tucker a lot. … He’s got great common sense.”
“You know, when they say that you guys are conservative, or I’m conservative — it’s not that we’re conservative, we have common sense,” Trump added. “We want to have safe borders. We want to have a wall, because walls work.”
Many people close to Trump have dismissed the idea of Carlson because they believe Trump wouldn’t…
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