Donald Trump said Saturday that he would appoint Libertarians to his “cabinet and senior posts” if re-elected in November.
Former President Donald Trump told Libertarian National Convention delegates that “maybe they don’t want to win” as he was met with boos when asking for the party’s support during an unprecedented speech Saturday night.
Trump, the first former president to address the Libertarian convention in its 50-year history, consistently asked delegates for their vote in the general election during his speech. He also told the party’s members that they should choose him as their presidential nominee when they make their pick on Sunday.
“But only do that if you want to win. If you want to lose, don’t do that,” Trump smiled and said to the crowd. “Maybe you don’t want to win. Keep getting your three to four percent [in the general election] every year.”
The presumptive Republican nominee told the crowd, if elected as president in November, that he would appoint Libertarians to his “cabinet and senior posts.”
“Pretty good,” Trump said as he scanned the room, seemingly trying to coax the crowd in his favor.
But even that statement was met with loud, mixed reviews as Trump supporters in the crowd were mostly drowned out – throughout the speech – by the skeptical Libertarian delegates.
Trump received his biggest cheer of the night when he promised to commute the sentence of deep web market mastermind, Ross Ulbricht, who is currently serving a life sentence for the illegal marketplace, “Silk Road,” which people used to buy and sell drugs, among other illegal goods and services.
