There will be a world after Trump — in the GOP.
A world after this coming second term. And I agree with Paul, that Tangerine’s loony disposition, along with his creeping paranoid dementia, will very likely mean that JD Vance will be neutered, or outright fired, by 2026 at the latest. He will not be the nominee (not least of which because the next two to four years will be universally seen as a sh!t show — by all except those reaping the graft).
Trump will (without serious doubt, via his myopic ego) end Vance’s chances. I also agree with Paul that DeSantis taking the Defense Sec’y job will toss a bomb into the Florida GOP, and likely end his own political chances (again, because at the first sign of trouble — caused by Tangerine, of course — Trump will scape-goat DeSantis for it). Here’s Paul’s central take on it — in context:
…There’s also the possibility that Trump will order DeSantis to take actions that are unlawful, or arguably so. If DeSantis refuses, he will be alienated from MAGA-world for all time. If he consents, he could eventually find himself on trial.
DeSantis’ position as a Cabinet member would be even more precarious than the average selectee because of Trump’s pre-existing animosity towards him. It’s easy for me to imagine Trump being even quicker than normal to accuse DeSantis of disloyalty or to shift blame to his Defense Secretary for a failure by the president….
The irony is delicious: in running Trump for a second term, the GOP has again killed its young leadership plans — and likely given 1600 Penn. back to the Democrats by 2028 (if not earlier, due to a death / 25th Amendment ouster of Trump — all of old age).
Hinderaker’s more boot-lickering version of this analysis… overnight, is a post on whether Tangerine should spend lots of goodwill — to indict various 2020-2024 actors in the Biden Administration. Charming. Hinderaker thinks it far-fetched that people would believe that Tangerine will try it — even though it was at the core of his stump speeches.
Me? This is just the mob boss / crook trying to indict people that held him to account for his crimes.
Of course Trump will try. Yet, Hinderaker comes out at… it will hurt Tangerine and the GOP to pursue that course. I agree — and I say… bring it on.
Yep. What’s not to like?
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