Why Should Trump Select Sarah Palin as VP? As an Insurance Policy Against Impeachment

Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential candidate, apparently has conservative commentator and former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin on his short list of running mates.

Ben Carson, a neurosurgeon who unsuccessful ran for the GOP nomination, confirmed to reporters that he was among those being considered by Trump for vice president. The list, Carson said, also included Palin, who has endorsed the billionaire real estate developer.

In January, Palin praised Trump -- who inherited much of his wealth -- as a self-made man who represented the American dream and wasn't afraid to speak his mind, regardless of whether he knew what he was talking about.

"He's got the guts to wear the issues that need to be spoken about and debate on his sleeve, where the rest of some of these establishment candidates, they just wanted to duck and hide," Palin said. "They didn't want to talk about these issues until he brought 'em up. In fact, they've been wearing a, this, political correctness kind of like a suicide vest."

Trump, according to one source, was impressed by Palin's speech, even though he didn't understand any of it.

U.S. Sen. John McCain selected Palin as his running mate in the 2008 presidential campaign. Some experts said the decision cost McCain the presidency because of Palin's erratic behavior, incoherent interviews, and ignorant statements.

Palin, for instance, did not know the duties of the vice president, a position she was, in fact, running for.

Should it worry Trump that Palin didn't -- and perhaps still doesn't -- know the duties of the vice presidency?

No less than it should worry Americans that Trump doesn't know the duties of the presidency or the meaning of the Constitution.

This demonstrates why Trump should select Palin, rather than why he should not do so.

If Trump is elected president, he will, in all likelihood be impeached, because of his ignorance of, or outright hostility for, the Constitution.

But what if impeaching and then removing Trump from office would make Palin president?

What then?

By having Palin as his vice president, Trump would guarantee himself job security --and America would become the laughing stock of not just the world but of all civilization.

But that would happen merely if Trump is elected presidency.