Trump keeps people on their toes with a firehose of bullshit and stuff that's so old it sounds new. can you actually see Vance doing that? he cares way too much about how he's received
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yes, it's completely impossible to imitate even if you aren't a weird freak like Vance bsky.app/profile/king...
sep 1, 2025, 4:21 am • 78 6 • view
I disagree, in that I think Trump's apparent magic in 2024 was a combination of the media running interference for him & willful self-deception on the part of the electorate; no reason those things can't help Vance. But I agree in that Vance doesn't have a decade-old personality-cult around him
sep 1, 2025, 4:34 am • 13 1 • view
And he won't get an easy landing, either; the GOP isn't the outparty, Americans really aren't happy with it, and he'd have to have rather more political talent than I give him credit for to turn this situation around
sep 1, 2025, 4:34 am • 13 2 • view
self-deception that has served no one since Trump since Dobbs
sep 1, 2025, 6:51 am • 9 0 • view
a reasonable point, although i believe the willful self-deception from the media and electorate does stem from trump's unique qualities. reporters think trump is more 'fun' (bc of his chaos) and low-info voters believe he's more 'moderate' (bc businessman). vance won't necessarily inherit that.
sep 1, 2025, 6:03 am • 9 0 • view
How much of the machinery in place will be enough though to just push the movement forward? How much does it rely on Trump at this point? How much could he serve as a sort of dead prophet figure?
sep 1, 2025, 4:27 am • 5 0 • view
The simple fact that he tries to think through his bullshit while his lips are moving and presents it like a pedant totally devaluates it. Most especially among MAGA.
sep 1, 2025, 4:25 am • 0 0 • view
i also think he will not be able to separate his online and offline personas in public image in a way trump has
sep 1, 2025, 4:32 am • 2 0 • view