How Dakota Politicians Learned to Manage Trump

I-90 is also the route so many tourists on their Great American Roadtrip continued to take west, onto Devil’s Tower in Wyoming and beyond to the Big Horns, Tetons and the biggest hustle, er attraction, of them all: Yellowstone. Then, he got closer to the bone, recounting how people usually respond to those they meet from Wyoming or Montana — “so beautiful!” — before reciting the reaction he often gets about his home: “North Dakota must be cold.” ‘Northern’ exposure This prompts reference to another longstanding Burgum pet project: dropping the “North” and renaming the state “Dakota.” As he puts it: “’Dakota’ is a beautiful word, ‘North’ is a real handicap.” Burgum promoted the change when he was still in the business world, gave it up once he became governor and is now ready to pick up the cause once more. “’He’s from a small state, three electoral votes,’” Burgum said, aping those keyboard warrior critics, before firing back: “What state is Joe Biden from?” JFK picking LBJ, and the ticket carrying Texas, was the last time a running mate’s state played a key role in winning the White House, Burgum said before sarcastically noting yet another recent example of a vice president from a small population state: “Cheney pulled in Wyoming.” Naturally, Burgum only gushes about Trump. Bubble to first restore Medora in the 1960s, worried out loud that Burgum being “tied at the hip to Donald Trump doesn’t give you a good start in 2028.” If Burgum is “doing this to be president, he’s better in the cabinet,” said the former governor, because as vice-president, Burgum would have to be “a mini Donald Trump.” Another former North Dakota governor, Jack Dalrymple, is more bullish on his successor as Trump’s vice-president, even if he doesn’t make the case as Burgum would prefer it. As one North Dakota Republican put it to me, for all his popularity from afar Trump “couldn’t win a governor’s race here.” Politics is too personal, and he wouldn’t wear well.