Gov. Paul LePage took a low-key tone this morning during his weekly radio appearance on WVOM. LePage has shut out media interviews — except for the WVOM hosts and Ray Richardson, he said this morning — so his radio interviews and town hall meetings represent the only opportunities to hear him speak in public.

Here’s a summary of what he said this morning.

LePage won’t attend the Republican National Convention later this month in Cleveland. There has been speculation that given LePage’s support of Trump and Trump’s reported difficulty finding marquee Republicans to speak for him on stage, that LePage might be tapped. “If I felt that he needed me there I’d have one, but I think it’s pretty much established,” said LePage. “If he calls me I’ll be there. It’s that simple.”

LePage won’t be Trump’s vice president. LePage said the Trump campaign has not discussed a vice presidency with him. “He needs someone from a big state, like Texas, Florida, Ohio or Pennsylvania. He doesn’t need someone from Maine.” LePage quipped that he’s holding out to be the ambassador to Canada in the summer and the ambassador to Jamaica in winter. Ya mon.

Any polls showing Hillary Clinton in the lead can’t be trusted because “the polls are made by people in the press.” This is another salvo in LePage’s war on the media. “I’m not so sure she’s as high as you think she is,” he said of Clinton.

Trump needs to talk about the national debt to win. “If he goes out and talks to the people, the people will react,” said LePage. LePage also suggested Trump read “Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin.” 

LePage said again that he is interested in running for the U.S. Senate to unseat Angus King. “I’m very seriously considering it,” said the governor, who then unveiled a very snappy campaign slogan: “You’ve heard ‘where’s the beef?’ The beef’s not in Angus. It’s in LePage.”