Why Trump keeps his veep­stakes con­test alive and the list long: ‘This is The Appren­tice: 2024 ver­sion’

For­mer Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump has had the GOP nom­i­na­tion locked up for almost a month, but his list of pos­si­ble run­ning mates has yet to shrink.
Sev­er­al names have been float­ed to be Trump’s part­ner of choice, from Sen. J.D. Vance (R‑OH) to Gov. Kristi Noem (R‑SD) to Sen. Tim Scott (R‑SC), but it appears that the list has grown, rather than shrunk, as the Repub­li­can Nation­al Con­ven­tion inch­es clos­er. Trump report­ed­ly likes the large com­pe­ti­tion to be his vice pres­i­den­tial pick.
The Wash­ing­ton Post report­ed that Trump advis­er Jason M …