Trump also told the Times that he isn’t opposed to using nuclear force if he “needed it” to take over the Arctic island but that “it might upset NATO," since the island is a self-governing territory of NATO member country Denmark.
Trump also told the Times that he isn’t opposed to using nuclear force if he “needed it” to take over the Arctic island but that “it might upset NATO," since the island is a self-governing territory of NATO member country Denmark.
25th amendment justification right there.
Throw it on the pile.
Then we’re stuck with Vance, who would have a couple of years normalize MAGA, and get reelected in 2028.
Better to let Trump burn it to the ground, and then crush and purge MAGA once and for all.
Idk, Vance has always been distant from the rest of the administration, and simply put he has no rizz. Utterly sauceless. There’s nothing fun or whimsical about him that MAGA chuds can project a parasocial relationship onto.
Plus, his wife isn’t white, which is already a big problem for large swaths of the Trump base.
I just don’t think he has it in him to hold the MAGA coalition together
Vance (a) would not be able to play the “drunk master” game (b) does not have the political capital of Trump.
Nobody does, it’s a classic Cult of Personality. MAGA is all about Trump, and when he assumes room temperature, it’s all over, except for the backstabbing, recriminations, and rationalizations.
Sure, there are plenty who will claim to be his successor, including Vance, Rubio, Hegseth, Bondi, etc. But they will be attacked by Don Jr, who surely sees himself as Trump’s obvious successor, and possibly other Trump inner circle loyalists. Then there are the “reformers” like MTG and Hawley who will be burning down the MAGA house. Then there will be the hapless, feckless Trad Republicans, claiming to have been held hostage for over a decade, who just want to revive their honorable party. Blah, blah, blah.
We can’t forget that the Republican Party is as dead as the Whigs. That was just they’re larval form, before they morphed into their final form - MAGA. They are all MAGA now, and MAGA must be crushed and purged from our government, and our society.
But if we just wait them out, MAGA will probably mostly end itself, they are that virtuosically incompetent. The only problem is the massive damage they’ll do along the way.