Trump ratchets up suspense with looming VP pick

Former President Trump is wringing every last ounce of suspense out of his running mate announcement.

The former president has in recent days been adamant about his desire to announce his pick during the Republican National Convention (RNC), describing it as “the old-fashioned way.” But sources indicated the announcement is likely to come before the convention officially begins on Monday.

“I’d love to do it during the convention, which would be, you know, or just slightly before the convention, like Monday," Trump said on “The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show” on Friday. "I'd love to do it on Tuesday or Wednesday, actually, but for a lot of complex reasons that you people understand, pretty much don't do that.”

Convention rules are such that Trump would have to name his running mate by Monday to allow the party to formally nominate the ticket during a roll call vote. Trump campaign officials on Thursday pushed back against reports that the convention’s rules were tweaked to allow for Trump to name his running mate later in the week.

“The removal of the 1 hour requirement was adopted to permit the ro...