“Two people familiar with the dynamic” tell Axios that former South Carolina Gov Nikki Haley is in the running to be fat former President Trump’s 2024 running mate, in what’s likely a pretty obvious case of the often GOP-friendly outlet being dog-walked into helping with someone’s agenda, a major donor nervous about the numbers Haley’s still putting up in primaries long after dropping out if we had to guess. Probably the same ones that dog-walked them into that “Youngkin 2024” fan fiction.

“Republicans close to both campaigns believe it’s in Haley and Trump’s mutual interests to reconcile, despite their bitter fight in the GOP primary and their divergent views on some big issues,” Axios writes with one of their “Zoom in” bullet points in the article. And yeah, we would be fairly shocked if it was not whichever MAGA-weary Republican plutocrat(s) who fed Axios the Youngkin circlejerk, then undoubtedly went all in on Haley hype for a few months, and then finally resigned himself to Trump 2024 who fed them this story to express the same wishful thinking for a “unity ticket.”

As if to underscore how stupid it was for Axios to print this shit, the Orange God Emperor himself just minutes ago took to Truth Social to post “Nikki Haley is not under consideration for the VP slot, but I wish her well! DJT.” Uncharacteristically magnanimous-ish for the fat bastard, so maybe it’s some measure of a win for the Axios “sources” seeking unity in the GOP voter base and to nudge “Birdbrain” to at least endorse Donald and get as many of her voters as she can on board with him.