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So, in an absolute best-case scenario, we're asking for a schism between Vance and Trump wide enough such that Vance secures a majority of support among executive departments (a thing that is never going to happen) which only endures until Trump tweets "Nuh uh, I'm fine". At which point, the issue is deflected to Congress, a body that is fully in the tank for Donald Trump.
Y'all are choking to death on Copium if this is what you're all waiting for.
FFS, half the Democrats in Congress tacitly endorse Trump's Iran War. The only real objection they've made is that Trump didn't ask nicely for their blessing before the bombing began. Schumer, Jeffries, and the rest abhor the IRGC and are all in favor of bombing them into a fine powder. The bulk of the DC liberal establishment had no problem funding this war via the NDAA, which passed with a majority of Democrats in favor. They have no problem with killing civilians, as evidenced by their fixation on war costs over human casualties. They have no problem with the high price of energy, as evidenced by blue state governments' refusal to impose rationing or fast-track alternative energy infrastructure. The liberals are not going to save you.
The "moderate" Republicans in Trump's own cabinet certainly aren't going to save you. Mitt Romney is not coming to the rescue. John McCain is fuckin' dead, bitch. Lindsey Graham is currently in the Boy Tent absolutely flogging himself in ecstasy over this war. Howard Lutnick and Scott Bessent are making eight figure bets on polymarket with his insider info. Linda McMahon is in the cuck chair watching her husband sodomize an intern. Sean Duffy is off finding new train lines to cut because they're Woke. These are your rational moderates who are supposed to check Trump's war.
It's not happening.
It puts Vance in place without needing to survive an election. Republicans will have a new lie to hide behind.
The cynic in me thinks Vance and the rest of the GOP are waiting until Jan 21, 2027, or shortly thereafter, to remove Trump.
That gives Vance a nearly two-year trial run, and the built-in incumbent advantage (as long as he can blame everything on Trump) in 2028. Being less than two years as replacement President also maintains his eligibility to run twice more.
If Vance takes over now, he can't run in 2032 (assuming they do enough fuckery that he's re-elected in 2028).
I've wondered if Trump will fake a reason for stepping aside in January, gave jd take over, and then run again in 2028.
That’s actually been the plan since the beginning. A major component of the Dark Enlightenment is the mimetic theory of desire’s scapegoat mechanism.
Would possibly work worse than when Biden was swapped for Harris.