Trump Said VP Only Important ‘If Something Bad Should Happen’ Right Before Shooting

Donald Trump said he thought a Vice Presidential running mate is only useful if something bad should happen to POTUS … this just a few hours before the assassination attempt, and a couple days before he ultimately landed on a name.

The Republican candidate seems to have unintentionally foreshadowed what was about to happen when FOX News’ Harris Faulkner pressed him about not having a VP picked yet in an interview that was filmed just before Trump’s remarks at the Butler, PA rally.

He told her he didn’t want to belittle the sidekick role — pointing out people in his orbit were touting the importance of Veep — but in his POV, VPs are really only needed if something bad were to happen to the actual president … and he noted this a couple different times.

Of course, something terrible did happen to Trump not long after this sit-down — when 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks opened fire from outside the rally Saturday … wounding Trump and killing one person in the crowd, while injuring at least two others.

Since this interview aired … Trump has named his vice presidential pick, lifting up Senator J.D. Vance and announcing him as his running mate. Of course, much has changed since this interview with FOX.