The Morning: 'People who are rich and have hot wives'

Almost every major media outlet has, over the last 48 hours, published a piece on Donald Trump’s VP search.

There’s not all that much to these stories other than that Trump has “narrowed” his list to 8 people. Which isn’t super narrow!

But one quote — from POLITICO — stood out to me about Trump’s vice presidential process. And it’s this: “Trump likes people who are rich and have hot wives.”

I think that is deeply revealing about something we know is at the core of who Trump is: He wants people to “look” the part. And he mostly (only?) cares about surface traits.

I explain further in today’s edition of “The Morning.”