Trump says Greg Abbott ‘absolutely’ on short list for vice-president

Ex-president tells Sean Hannity that three-term, anti-immigration extremist governor of Texas had ‘done a great job’

Greg Abbott, the hard-right governor of Texas, is “absolutely” on Donald Trump’s short list for vice-president should Trump as expected win the Republican nomination to face Joe Biden.

Calling Abbott a “spectacular man”, Trump told Sean Hannity of Fox News the three-term governor, an anti-immigration extremist, had “done a great job”, adding: “Yeah, certainly he would be somebody that I would very much consider.”