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Donald Trump's calculus for choosing J.D. Vance as his running mate might already be outdated, according to MSNBC's John Heilemann.

The former president has been banking on a rematch with President Joe Biden, who dropped his own re-election campaign Sunday over widespread concerns about his age. And the political analyst told "Morning Joe" that Trump might already regret doubling down on MAGA extremism as Vice President Kamala Harris emerges as the likely Democratic nominee.

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough ridiculed Donald Trump and other Republicans for "freaking out" about the prospect of facing Vice President Kamala Harris instead of President Joe Biden.

The 81-year-old president dropped his re-election bid Sunday under pressure following his weak debate performance and endorsed his vice president, and the "Morning Joe" host said that decision upended the GOP's election strategy. He added it seemed to catch Trump off guard.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suggested that Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance was controlled by the CIA after Donald Trump selected him as his running mate.

In a press conference on Sunday, Kennedy reacted to President Joe Biden's decision to withdraw from the 2024 race.

Donald Trump’s choice of Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) as his running mate just backfired with President Joe Biden’s shock announcement Sunday, MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow argued.

The host said Vance was only picked because Trump thought shoring up conservative support was more necessary to his campaign than winning over undecided voters — because, she said, he saw running against Biden as an easy victory.

A former adviser to Barack Obama struggled to contain his tears Sunday as he described his pain at President Joe Biden’s departure from the campaign trail.

Van Jones — who has publicly called for Biden to step down over the past few weeks — repeatedly struggled to keep his voice from cracking as he spoke to CNN’s Kaitlan Collins.

Fox News host Eric Shawn pushed back on Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) after he claimed that there could have been a "conspiracy" to assassinate former President Donald Trump.

During a Sunday interview on Fox News, Shawn asked Burchett for his theory on the security lapses that allowed the shooting at a rally in Pennsylvania earlier this month.

During an appearance on ABC's "This Week," House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) was put on the spot by host Martha Raddatz for attacks Donald Trump made on President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris in Michigan Saturday night.

Following a week where Johnson praised the former president for his message of "unity" at the Republican National Convention, the former president tossed it all aside on Saturday night, labeling Biden as "sick, weak and pathetic" and adding "stupid" into the mix before calling Harris "crazy" and "nuts."

On Sunday morning the ABC host ran clips of the former president speaking and pressed Johnson, "Has he [Trump] missed an opportunity to promote unity?"

"No, he hasn't," the GOP leader responded. "Look, there is campaign rhetoric on both sides. There has been — it was less than a week and a half ago when President Biden said we ought to put Donald Trump in the crosshairs. Effectively, he said a bullseye. Now he has retracted that statement and Trump has said some things about unity that President Biden has said, but we are in the midst of a heated campaign."

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"But you yourself have said the discourse 'should not be personal or targetting people'" Raddatz shot back. "Have you just changed your mind? Is this the campaign you want?"

"No. No, I articulate things in a different way and Donald Trump as well," Johnson protested. "But his grievances as you said, there have been so many attacks."

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Fox News host Maria Bartiromo and Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) floated possible conspiracy theories over the weekend after former President Donald Trump was shot in the ear.

During a Sunday appearance on Fox News, Johnson suggested that Trump's life was saved because he turned to look at a chart that was first given to the former president by the Wisconsin senator.

Reacting to a report from Politico that pointed out big holes in Republican vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance's resume when it comes to dealing with how the government functions, former Republican National Committee chair Michael Steele expressed surprise the GOP approved of Donald Trump's running mate.

According to the Politico report, "By historic standards, Vance has shockingly little [experience]. No experience balancing a state budget, overseeing disaster response, or wrestling with the legal and moral dimensions of the death penalty. He hasn’t commanded a state National Guard or managed a federal agency or Cabinet office. He’s less than a third into his first six-year Senate term."

That led MSNBC "The Weekend" co-host Michael Steele to wonder why no one is talking about Vance's deficiencies.

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After it was pointed out President Joe Biden's campaign plans to paint Vance as "extreme," Steele added, "I think in addition to extreme, I think there's a big question about experience, I mean, this guy is the least experienced individual to hold the office of nominee for the vice presidency and yet no one seems to be talking about that."

'He will be a vice president to a guy who will be 80 years old or 79 years old in a year and over the course of the next four years is he prepared to step in to run the united— you know, the United States?" he asked.

He later noted Vance's selection did lead to some "friction" among party insiders and added, "There was not a uniform or united view that he should be the choice, but Donald Trump wanted someone that he could control and he got it."

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Eric Trump, the son of former President Donald Trump, said that he would "take a bullet" for Secret Service agents after his father was shot at a rally earlier this month.

During a Sunday interview on Fox News, host Maria Bartiromo asked Trump if he had requested more security for his father.