Donald Trump Jr. As Vice President?

With the historic guilty verdict in the New York election-interference/hush-money trial in the rear-view mirror, all eyes are now on VeepWatch: who Donald Trump will eventually choose as his vice presidential running mate.

Much of the speculation involves Senators J.D. Vance, Tom Cotton, Tim Scott and Marco Rubio; Rep. Elise Stefanik; Governors Kristi Noem and Doug Bergum; as well as former HUD Secretary Ben Carson; and Nikki Haley. But this analysis is done through the lens of normality. In other words, we’re thinking like we would if we were the nominee, instead of thinking like Trump, who is unhinged.

It is a fool’s errand to handicap the veepsteaks through the lens of conventional wisdom. That’s because conventional wisdom went out the window the moment Trump infamously descended that escalator in 2015 to announce his candidacy. And everything we’ve seen politically and election-wise since has utterly defied conventional wisdom.

All of the names in the ring, from a traditional standpoint, are legit contenders. We may not like them, or agree with their positions, but a senator, congressperson or governor are typical choices of presidential nominees.

But there’s nothing traditional or typical with Trump. With Trump, one needs to think outside the box. Because he’s not just unorthodox, he’s crazy. Worse…