If I had my choice for the next Speaker of the House, it would be a Republican who is not currently a member of Congress, giving them a much needed extra vote. How about Donald Trump for Speaker? As far fetched as it may sound, Trump is willing to do if asked…
Now that there’s an opening, a handful of House Republicans are calling for it and the former president is both publicly and privately toying with the idea.
“A lot of people have been calling me about speaker. All I can say is we’ll do whatever is best for the country and the Republican Party,” Trump, 77, told reporters Wednesday outside the Manhattan courtroom where his civil fraud trial is ongoing.
“My total focus is on being president,” Trump added, noting that there are other “great people” in the GOP who could handle the job.
However, a Republican House aide told The Post Wednesday that the GOP kingpin is indeed “interested in the job.”
While the speaker of the House doesn’t technically have to be a sitting member of Congress, having a non-member fill the role — let alone a former president — would be unprecedented.