Nothing to see here. Just the vice president meeting with the owner of Fox News and the Wall Street Journal.

Definitely not suspicious.

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    “Keep it up, Rupert, pretty soon his heart is bound to give out and I can officially take possession of those Oval Office couches…”

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      JD might be smart enough to know that Trump needs to die after the mid terms for JD to be eligible for two more terms.

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        Or, he might not care, because he understands he doesn’t have enough charisma to win the election on his own, so he needs more time to establish himself as a sitting President to have any hope.

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          The thing that baffles me about charisma is it can be very divisive.

          To me Trump has the charisma of a sweat-soaked week-worn gym sock, but some people find him extremely compelling.

          I’m not saying JD has that kind of charisma; I’m just saying I would have no way of knowing.

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            Trump has that kind of charisma that appeals to morons. Vance doesn’t have any kind of charisma at all.

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            People find durian compelling, and that is often compared to rotting flesh and gym socks. So there’s that, I guess.

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            Trump is Cocomelon for racist manchildren. Jimmy the Loveseat can sound vaguely coherent in carefully scripted and rehearsed contexts but anything even REMOTELY improvisational and he falls apart like a wet napkin. He’s a blatant puppet who was chosen purely for the ability to fit the largest number of rolexes in his colon.

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            I mean I wouldn’t think he’s charismatic either. But I saw fucking Maga people walking around with cups they said was JD Vance cum last summer so who the fuck knows?

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            Oh, I would very much argue the contrary point. Nobody (except Peter Thiel) gives a damn about JD Vance. Do you think Republicans in Congress would set their own constituents’ concerns aside in order to pass President Vance’s “One Big Beautiful Loveseat” bill?

            There will still be elections; there have to be, in order to even seat a new Congress. The only issue is how ratfucked they will be. If Trump is still breathing and in office during the midterms, he knows how to not only rile up the base, but also how to play dirty. Trump has been playing dirty since before JD Vance was born. Vance simply won’t know how to do it properly, and no amount of Crypto dollars will cover up that he doesn’t connect to the “common clay of the West” like Trump somehow does.

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              Do you think Republicans in Congress would set their own constituents’ concerns aside in order to pass President Vance’s “One Big Beautiful Loveseat” bill?

              Yes because I think Congress actually wanted this bill passed and any complains they had expressed about it where purely for show. Even with JD they would back the bill because that’s what their owners wanted. They don’t care about constituents.

              As for Trump vs JD I think it’s hard to tell at this point. Trump is senile and not doing anything special now when it comes to strategy. I think he serves more as an excuse than reason for the bills, i.e. Republicans feel like they can vote for unpopular bills because Trump will take the blame not because they are forced to do something against their will. And it’s working because while Trump’s approval is falling Republicans are still likely to maintain control of the house. I think JD can do the exact same thing but he will be easier to control for the donors.

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          I think tramp was made an offer he couldn’t refuse to take on the couch fucker. Unlimited cash for campaigning.