Posted on 09/05/2024 10:35:35 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Since his selection as Donald Trump’s running mate, Senator JD Vance has performed poorly on most metrics by which we judge vice-presidential nominees. He has never been noted for his charisma, and his attacks and insults have rendered him exceptionally unpopular.
But he was not picked for traditional political reasons, like electoral strength in a swing state or being the ambassador to a needed voting bloc. It may be hard to recall after weeks of talk about “cat ladies,” but Mr. Vance, as much as virtually anyone else in Mr. Trump’s orbit, has tried to put ideological and policy meat on the MAGA bones. Mr. Vance was positioned to be MAGA’s overseer of the so-called deep state, the one who would make sure that, this time around, things would really change. Whether or not he became Mr. Trump’s heir, he would make sure that there would be a Trumpism beyond Mr. Trump.
But can there be a Trumpism beyond Mr. Trump? The idea — which appeals to many on the right who agree with the Trumpist turn on immigration, trade and foreign policy but also see Mr. Trump’s unfitness for office — may be an impossible dream in principle and not only because of Mr. Trump’s practical inescapability.
Mr. Trump’s persona has been the essence of his appeal — his policies matter more for the way they create and sustain that persona than they do for their substantive impact. It is intimately bound up with his anti-institutional posturing, his claim to be the one man who can defeat the system. That is a very difficult thing to institutionalize or even to hand off to a successor.
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Using the word “Trumpism” in your article is a good way to make sure I don’t read it.
Hey! NY Slimes! Vance is Senator Vance, not Mr. Vance.
They are so desperate.
A large personal risk in order to rescue America. I did not know anything about JD Vance until President Trump selected him.
Like you, I think we can look forward to the time that Vance is President and we will all be supporting his actions, because (said to one of President Trump's Generals about why we were moving the Embassy to Jerusalem ) "because it's the right thing to do."
Listen to the whole thing in context. It's worth the 12 minutes..
Sebastian Gorka explains why America - and the world - needs President Trump back in office
The NYT traditionally called every man “Mr.”.
I don’t know what they do in the current era of “gender bending”!
Probably a significant amount of truth to that.
“I am about halfway through the evil Project 2025 report, and it discusses how to address the bloated administrative state, and doesn’t pull punches on it either.”
I haven’t gotten into Project 2025 so far. Might have to find a good summary somewhere since I don’t know enough to express an opinion about it.
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