Trump says will stick with Vice President Pence as 2020 running mate

[November 23, 2019]    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Friday that he will stick with Vice President Mike Pence as his running mate in the 2020 presidential election.

Supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump holds up a "Trump Pence" campaign sign at the president's rally in support of Republican candidates on the eve of the U.S. midterm election in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. November 5, 2018. REUTERS/Aaron Josefczyk

"He's my guy, he's my friend," Trump said in an interview with Fox News Channel's "Fox & Friends." He said former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley "would be great," but that Pence has done a "phenomenal job."

(Reporting By Steve Holland and Lisa Lambert; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)

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