The Daily Mail’s U.S. political editor David Martosko is reportedly a contender for a communications post in Donald Trump’s administration, but in a clear conflict of interest he’s still covering the president-elect on a regular basis.
Politico on Tuesday reported that Martosko “has interviewed for a position” in Trump’s administration, with press secretary being a potential fit.
Martosko has filed numerous election-related stories since Politico mentioned he was a candidate for a job in Trump’s White House. Headlines include: “Michigan recount finds voting WAS flawed – but mainly in Clinton-friendly Detroit where one-third of voting machines recorded too many ballots,” “More than half of Trump’s ‘every single day’ intel briefings come from his own top adviser – not the Director of National Intelligence – as former top spy says arrangement ‘can’t last,'” and “Trump business advisory board adds three new members including PepsiCo CEO who said her employees ‘were all crying’ after the election.”
The Daily Mail did not immediately respond to TheWrap’s request for comment.
Other members of the media who have landed or are being considered for positions in the incoming Trump administration include Monica Crowley, Laura Ingraham and Kimberly Guilfoyle, but they are pundits, while Martosko is a straight-news reporter who is expected to maintain objectivity.
Martosko became known as one of the more Trump-friendly journalists covering the election long before he emerged as a potential candidate for his staff. A Washington Post reporter called him “Trump’s de facto comms director,” as far back as June.
2020 Presidential Candidates, Ranked by Vegas Odds (Photos)
Donald Trump won't take office until Jan. 20, but gambling site Bovada is already thinking about the next election. Here are its top candidates to win the presidency in 2020, ranked from worst odds to best.
John Kasich 40/1 odds
Bovada ranks several Republicans, which means they would have to replace Trump as the Republican nominee. Ohio's governor famously skipped the GOP convention there because he didn’t support Donald Trump. Maybe Bovada thinks he could take on Trump in the 2020 Republican primary?
Note that several people are tied at 33-to-1 odds. Rubio, a Florida senator, famously feuded with Trump during the 2016 primaries, earning the nickname “little Marco.” Bovada has longshot odds on him replacing Trump.
The first Democrat on our list, she was just elected as a California senator after previously serving as the state’s attorney general. She'll only have four years of experience in 2020, but President Obama only had four years.
The Democratic senator-elect from Nevada will be the first Latina senator. Like Harris, she will only have had four years of Senate experience in 2020.
The outgoing vice president considered running against Hillary Clinton in 2016 but decided not to after the 2015 death of his son Beau. Biden is popular, particularly with working-class voters whom Trump lured from the Democrats. He'll be 77 in 2o20, which would make him the oldest person to win the presidency, if he won.
After coming losing the Democratic nomination in 2008 to Obama and coming so close in 2016, does the former secretary of state have it in her to try again? She'll turn 73 in 2020, but Trump is eight months older.
The New Jersey senator is a talented campaigner and speaker and one of the most prominent African-American Democrats. The New Jersey senator is also popular among his peers.
The Massachusetts senator could pick up supporters of the Sanders movement. She has feuded with Trump, but also expressed a willingness to work with him on certain issues.
The House Speaker is a star among traditional conservatives, but it will take a TV drama worth of surprises for him to somehow replace Trump as the presidential nominee, but that's true of every other Republican on this list, too.
Gambling site Bovada is already thinking about the next election
Donald Trump won't take office until Jan. 20, but gambling site Bovada is already thinking about the next election. Here are its top candidates to win the presidency in 2020, ranked from worst odds to best.