--- title: Donald Trump: Newt Gingrich Will Be 'Involved' In Government description: "In one form or another, Newt Gingrich is going to be involved with our government," Trump said Wednesday, stoking Veep speculation. canonical: https://time.com/4396010/donald-trump-newt-gingrich-vice-president-ohio/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-07T00:15:53.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T23:05:47.403Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump: Newt Gingrich Will Be 'Involved With Our Government' og:description: "In one form or another... 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Brief is TIME's Washington newsletter, written by senior correspondent Philip Elliott. It explains the politics, personalities and power dynamics behind the headlines, three times a week. It reaches 85,000 subscribers with a 37.0% open rate as of August 2026. #### Where can I get analysis of Washington politics by email? D.C. Brief is TIME's free Washington politics newsletter, available at time.com/newsletters. It is written by a TIME senior correspondent who covers the capital full time. #### Who writes TIME's D.C. Brief? Philip Elliott, a senior correspondent at TIME, writes D.C. Brief. #### Is D.C. Brief free? Yes. D.C. Brief is free at time.com/newsletters.  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Jul 7, 2016 12:15 AM UTC  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, left, and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, right, acknowledge the crowd during a campaign rally at the Sharonville Convention Center on July 6, 2016, in Cincinnati. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, left, and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, right, acknowledge the crowd during a campaign rally at the Sharonville Convention Center on July 6, 2016, in Cincinnati. John Minchillo—AP  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Jul 7, 2016 12:15 AM UTC Donald Trump continued to stoke [Veep speculation](http://time.com/4390977/veepstakes-on-the-gop-side-its-about-the-drama/?iid=sr-link2) Wednesday night, teasing a crowd in Ohio with praise for [Newt Gingrich](http://time.com/4328193/donald-trump-newt-gingrich-vice-president/?iid=sr-link2). “I’m not saying it’s Newt, but if it’s Newt, no one’s going to be beating him in those debates,” Trump said in Cincinnati of his vice presidential pick. Gingrich appeared with Trump at the rally, and the crowd seemed enthusiastic about his presence, periodically breaking out into chants of “Newt! Newt!” Trump also said that even if he does not choose Gingrich as his running mate, the former House speaker will have a place in his administration. “In one form or another, Newt Gingrich is going to be involved with our government,” Trump said. “He’s smart, tough. He gets it.” The presumptive Republican nominee just had one caveat: “Newt’s going to be involved if I get approval from his wife.” Trump told TIME Wednesday that he will be announcing his vice president “[just prior](http://time.com/4395872/donald-trump-vice-president-announcement-republican-convention/?iid=sr-link5)” to the GOP convention in Cleveland. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4396010/donald-trump-newt-gingrich-vice-president-ohio/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4396010/donald-trump-newt-gingrich-vice-president-ohio/"},"headline":"Donald Trump: Newt Gingrich Will Be 'Involved With Our Government'","datePublished":"2016-07-07T00:15:53.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T23:05:47.403Z","description":"\"In one form or another, Newt Gingrich is going to be involved with our government\"","url":"https://time.com/4396010/donald-trump-newt-gingrich-vice-president-ohio/","keywords":["Donald Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd57c0da7c140c970/69889aedcd1bba3495701633/donald-trump-cincinatti.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd57c0da7c140c970/69889aedcd1bba3495701633/donald-trump-cincinatti.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Donald Trump, Newt Gingrich","caption":"Donald Trump, Newt Gingrich","creditText":"John Minchillo—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4396010/donald-trump-newt-gingrich-vice-president-ohio/","name":"Donald Trump: Newt Gingrich Will Be 'Involved With Our Government'"}}]}] ```