Donald Trump meets Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin as running mate battle reaches fever pitch

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Former President Trump and Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin met at Trump National Golf Club in Loudon County, Virginia, on Wednesday.

It was the first time the two leaders have met and comes as speculation continues to swirl around who Trump will select as his running mate.

DailyMail.com was told by a source familiar that they did not discuss Trump’s open vice presidential position, but rather about how to win Virginia in 2024.

The leaders specifically talked about strategy to win voters over including about honing in on the economy, inflation and the border crisis.

Trump has teased that he will announce his VP pick at the upcoming Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 

President Trump and Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin met at Trump National Golf Club in Loudon County, Virginia, on Wednesday

He told Fox News' Aishah Hasnie on Thursday that his running mate was 'probably' in the room where he held a meeting with Senate GOP lawmakers, but that he would wait until the convention to announce.

North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum is is the running along with Senators JD Vance, Ohio, Marco Rubio, Florida, Democrat-turned-Republican ex-Rep. Tulsi Gabbard and Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y.

South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott and South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem have also been rumored to be on the list. 

Scott, Rubio and Vance were all in the Republican meeting earlier in the day.  

Trump also called Youngkin 'great' and said he would consider him for VP. 

'I think I could consider that. Yes. I haven't, I haven't been asked that question, but he would be on that list. He's very good. We had a great meeting about Virginia,' he told Hasnie.

And picking Youngkin could actually help him in the general election in just five months. 

Recent polls have indicated that Virginia, a deeply purple state, could actually be in play for the presidential election. 

In 2020, President Biden received 54 percent of the vote compared to Trump's 44 percent. 

But according to a recent Roanoke College Institute survey, Biden and Trump are tied in Virginia at 48 percent. 

Youngkin held out on endorsing the former president until after Super Tuesday in March. 

He said in a post on X: 'It's time to unite around strong leadership and policies that grow our great nation, not four more years of President Biden.'

There was speculation that Youngkin would enter the 2024 race himself, but he put those theories to bed last year.

'I'm not going anywhere' he told reporters adding that he's focused on the commonwealth. 

Youngkin held out on endorsing the former president until after Super Tuesday in March

Trump traveled into Washington, D.C., after his meeting with Youngkin to sit down with House and Senate lawmakers.

Behind closed doors at the House side Capitol Hill Club, he insisted the Russia-Ukraine war would not have happened under his watch and urged Republicans to get better about messaging on abortion.

The former president told a horde of Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill that Vladimir Putin is 'more afraid of him than Biden.'

In addition, he praised Republican 'unity' after a meeting in the Senate. 

'I just want to thank the Republican Senate, and I want to thank also the House we met, as you know, with the full House Republican House today and we had a tremendous meeting with them also.'

Trump traveled into Washington, D.C., after his meeting with Youngkin to sit down with House and Senate lawmakers

There was speculation that Youngkin would enter the 2024 race himself, but he put those theories to bed last year

'And there's great unity very similar, different topics, actually, but not that different. And there's one thing in common, we want to make America great again, we want to make our country great again, we're a nation that's in decline. We're declining nation.'

Trump insisted that Republicans are 'going to bring back our jobs' and 'common sense to government.'He added that there will be 'strong borders' and people will be able to enter the U.S. legally and not 'pour in from prisons all over South America and all over the world.'