Probably the worst thing about the Trump/Pence ticket right now is that they’ve gotten off to such a mistrustful start. For Trump, I think he feels like people in the Pence camp starting leaking that he was the pick before he’d made the final decision, and then he wound up feeling boxed in and looking for a way out. For Pence’s folks, it’s the fact that people in the Trump camp (or at least people highly trusted by the Trump camp) are making it crystal clear that they aren’t all that enthusiastic about Pence and won’t have his back.
When Dan Senor tweeted that it was disorienting to have a conversation with Pence about how unacceptable Trump was as a candidate only to see him accept a position on a ticket with Trump, that only added to the level of basic mistrust.
It's disorienting to have had commiserated w/someone re: Trump – about how he was unacceptable, & then to see that someone become Trump's VP
— Dan Senor (@dansenor) July 15, 2016
These guys have to work together on the stump for the next four months, and they don’t look like a good team so far.
