Carly Fiorina won't lift a finger to help Donald Trump

Donald Trump could really use Carly Fiorina's help right about now.

The presumptive Republican nominee is running against Democrat Hillary Clinton, the first female standard bearer of a major party, and the debate has turned to national security in the wake of the Orlando terrorist attack.

Fiorina would offer the Trump campaign a female Republican who demonstrated during her presidential bid an articulate understanding of international affairs and willingness to take the hammer to Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton.

Yet Fiorina is absent from the stage more than one week after Clinton clinched the Democratic nomination, in the midst of a national spotlight on foreign policy — among Fiorina's favorite topics.

Fiorina's low profile could be attributed to her short-lived stint as the designated running mate for Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, Trump's chief rival for the GOP nomination before he finally wrapped things up in early May.