For Vice President Mike Pence, leading the task force is his biggest assignment from President Trump — and it has highlighted their vastly different approaches.
While President Trump takes questions, boasts, and often goes on tangents during task force briefings, Vice President Mike Pence stands aside, keeping his composure.While President Trump takes questions, boasts, and often goes on tangents during task force briefings, Vice President Mike Pence stands aside, keeping his composure.When President Trump tapped Vice President Mike Pence to lead the coronavirus task force in late February, it was a moment of growing pressure.
"It makes sense to have somebody like Pence involved, but it does present risks for any vice president with this kind of problem," said Joel Goldstein, a vice presidential scholar."And it has particular risks when, you know, your president operates the way Trump does." While Trump takes questions, boasts, and often goes on tangents, Pence stands aside, keeping his composure. He sticks to the script, ticking through progress updates, reminding the public to take social distancing seriously, thanking them for their sacrifices, and always pausing to mark the loss of life to COVID-19.
"I say, 'Mike, don't call the governor of Washington. You're wasting your time with him. Don't call the woman in Michigan,'"Trump recounted at a recent briefing."He's a different type of person. He'll call quietly anyway," Trump said.
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