As Trump loyalists fret over Mike Pence’s moves to position himself for 2020, at least one of those loyalists is busy making sure he comes out on the winning end of whatever becomes of Donald Trump. Fox News writes:
Corey Lewandowski, who helped Donald Trump win the Republican nomination, is getting back in the campaign game.
He is joining Vice President Pence’s political action committee, which will enable him to travel with the VP and puts him firmly back in the president’s 2020 reelection orbit, say sources familiar with the move. [...]
The move will not only deepen Lewandowski’s ties to Trump’s second-in-command but instantly make him a player in the midterms, a growing source of concern for the president. [...] Trump had discussed the possibility of Lewandowski becoming his chief of staff if John Kelly leaves, as I recently reported. But Lewandowski was reluctant to join the White House, where he has more than his share of detractors, and the Pence job makes that possibility even more remote.
Lewandowski has been a staunch defender of Trump ever since he served as his campaign manager, but there's just no other way to read this move: he's sidling up to Pence so he can have a foot in both camps.
Lewandowski reportedly got Trump’s blessing, who likely thinks it's a good idea these days to have one of his own inside Team Pence. And Pence is framing this as a sign that "there’s no daylight between him and his boss."
But the most interesting player by far is Lewandowski, who stayed loyal to Trump even after he was ousted from the campaign. Something is brewing inside the White House as the midterms heat up, and it's hard to imagine any of these maneuverings being a harbinger of positive things to come for Trump.