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The book went to press before the controversies surrounding Trump reached new heights.
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"So we see Donald Trump in this huge crisis, this rolling chaos, and I think with every day, Mike Pence imagines he's one day closer to the Oval Office." "He actually heard from his being, God's direction, and he thought God was calling him to now be vice president and function as a president-in-waiting," said D'Antonio. "His decision to accept Donald Trump's offer to be his running mate, but it even goes back much further," added D'Antonio, who is also a CNN contributor.īy the time he finished high school, Pence had decided he was going to be president and became a member of Congress and governor of Indiana with that goal, D'Antonio claimed.
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"Absolutely everything Mike Pence does is oriented toward him becoming president," biographer Michael D'Antonio said on CNN while promoting The Shadow President: The Truth About Mike Pence, which he co-authored with Peter Eisner released Tuesday. Vice President Mike Pence believes with every passing day that he is closer to becoming president, courtesy of President Donald Trump's mounting scandals and God, Trump biographer claims in his new book.