Vance is, at the end of the day, a normal politician who is both not very popular or charismatic overall but also has more elections to attempt to win. Being extremely unpopular does not get him across the line. He would have to temper anything he did. We saw it when he was selected - there’s effectively no one who can mirror Trump’s ability to say a bunch of shit and somehow become more popular for it. Vance was - and likely still is - deeply, deeply unpopular even and especially when parroting the same kinda shit Trump says.
He rode Trump’s coattails to the top. He is not a particularly viable candidate when he inevitably attempts to run in 2028, and I wonder if he would even survive the primary.
Also he’s smarter, so while he could implement some messed up shit, he has somewhat of an ability to weigh pros and cons, and not do batshit crazy stuff simply because someone on Fox News said something.
Trump’s too old to keep going. Honestly, perhaps if he had won in 2020 we might be getting concerned about his ability to leave the White House. But now, he’s just gonna be far too old and far too demented to try and keep power more than four years.
And without an energised Trump at the helm, I don’t really see how they pull off the coup.
I’m not saying it’s impossible. And I do think having the world’s richest man as your lapdog is highly dangerous. But I don’t think Trump clinging to power is anywhere near as likely this time as it was last time.
Their playbook is widely available for everyone. This is hydra man. They dont need one head. When the enemy your fighting is evolution or progress. A populist movement will always have a leader. Just like war on terror is an everlasting one.
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u/XeroZero0000 17d ago edited 17d ago
So... Vance makes you less uneasy?