When it finally comes out that Trump had pretty severe dementia at the same time Vance was calling him "a genius," what he'll have to prove is that he's not a total idiot himself, which will be impossible, because he is. An ambitious idiot, but naive, arrogant, and poised for a fall.

Vance is a puppet, custom-fitted to the hand of one Peter Thiel. His job is to go on one vacation after another - and otherwise take up space and waste time - until Thiel decides it's finally time to snatch Trump offstage. Once Vance is installed, though, it's Thiel who'll be running the country.

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Because Thiel has done such a good job of staying in the shadows, I wonder how effective he'll be at pulling anybody's strings. Like Vance, he's got no network, no support. Yes, Thiel may put Vance in the WH, but then I think the whole MAGA house of cards falls, Repubs pretend it never happened.

Thiel's an off-stage manipulator; the more he stays out of the public eye, the more he gets away with. A tool like Vance makes a good front man; sadly for Thiel, Vance is incredibly clumsy and inept - both socially and politically. And because Thiel's openly gay, he has NO friends in the MAGA crowd.

Right! I forgot about Thiel being gay. If only he were a child rapist, he'd have a lot of friends in MAGA circles.