Former White House counselor Kellyanne Conway recently wrote a story for the New York Times making some recommendations for whom he should select as his next vice president.
However, The Daily Beast's Michael Ian Black speculates that the entire point of the Conway column was to manipulate Trump into seeing her as VP material, despite the fact that she's never held elected office.
Black argues that Conway has proven herself to be a very deft power player in the Trump White House, where she worked for four years and never suffered Trump's wrath the way countless others did during his tenure.
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In particular, Black argues that Conway is "shameless" enough to unlock the keys to Trump's "syphilitic mind" with a combination of all-out flattery and the promotion of Trump's own business interests.
"She happily promoted Trump brands during her time in the White House, to the point that the Office of Special Counsel recommended she be fired for multiple violations of the Hatch Act," writes Black. "Further, she understands that loyalty-as-obsequiousness is precisely what Trump desires."
As an example of this, he cites Conway's claim that "Trump is someone who is not fully understood for how compassionate and what a great boss he is to women," despite the fact that Trump "was ordered to pay over $80,000,000 for defaming E. Jean Carroll, who had previously been awarded millions in damages when a jury found Trump liable for sexually assaulting her."
The bottom line, he concludes from reading her op-ed, is that "Kellyanne wants in."