He's gonna need a change of pants when that day comes

why else would you risk angering donald this badly. why would you want this in the media if donald wasn't going to die.

I mean everyone is thinking it and I'm sure their own party is concerned if he can step up in an emergency situation too - that's worth clarifying and reassuring their base on regardless of his current health.

i don't think anyone cares how smart or competent his replacement is, since donald is a moron

I mean his base thinks he's a total genius with rizz

like. if you want to reassure their people, you tell them donald trump *isn't dying*. telling them that president jd vance is up for the job because he ate his wheaties and listened to uncle don's wisdom is not your first choice

I dunno. I think part of it too is that they just went after Biden and Kamala over all of this. They ate them alive insisting Joe was fine while his health deteriorated. They know 2028 is going to be important and they don't have anyone else to run for them?

there's also the factor that Just a Dumbass Vance might be getting over his skis

Both? Both would be good.

this isn't isaac chotiner this is usa today, a newspaper founded expressly to deliver softballs and keep the reading level as close to elementary school as possible. nobody had to trick him to say this. he probably had the question in advance

yeah, there's a reason i have "probably" in there. i think i lean 2:1 "not just being stupid, actually thinks Trump is dying" bsky.app/profile/ennu...

I agree with your 2:1 take but where's the downside in angering trump? He can't fire JD

he can deliberately hedge him out, de-legitimize him, work harder to prevent him and his people from having information and authority in the WH before he dies, etc

He has a level of independence that nobody else in the administration has, and up to a certain limit trump just has to live with what he says. People who aren't paying attention aren't going to read between the lines on this answer like we can, so trump risks creating a story if he acts out.

I think he's just trolling. If trump were dying, JD wouldn't have been trying so hard to make sure the Epstein papers remained a story

Trump probably doesn’t hate Vance to the extent Biden hated Kamala though

Vance is an undisciplined little worm that is giddy at the prospect of being president

His feet are light and nimble. He never sleeps. He says that he will never die. He dances in light and in shadow and he is a great favorite. He never sleeps, Donald Trump. He is dancing, dancing. He says that he will never die.

Holy shit

someone should ask trump if he thinks JD is ready.

that's a hilarious answer to me, oh yeah I got to watch the shittiest example of something up close