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lame54

(38,980 posts)
Fri Nov 14, 2025, 02:01 PM Nov 14

Trump is the Cult of Personality. Vance is the...

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When Trump is gone Vance will have a harder time steering the ship
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kentuck

(114,963 posts)
2. They will be rudderless without Trump.
Fri Nov 14, 2025, 02:05 PM
Nov 14

He is the cult of personality. They cannot be replaced with just anybody.

marble falls

(69,550 posts)
3. Vance will go hardcore middle ground hoping to save the elections. The GOP will be virtually scrubbed out in that ...
Fri Nov 14, 2025, 02:05 PM
Nov 14

... election and Vance will retire to write his book.

hlthe2b

(112,222 posts)
6. I don't care how gross/crude South Park becomes... their Vance portrayal as even more dorky "Tattoo" (Fantasy Island)
Fri Nov 14, 2025, 02:30 PM
Nov 14

--is so damned on the mark!


muriel_volestrangler

(105,254 posts)
7. They can't admit they were wrong about Trump, so they stick with him. They don't have to defend a choice about Vance
Fri Nov 14, 2025, 02:45 PM
Nov 14

so it'll be quite easy for them to turn on him. Same goes, really, for anyone else - they're investing so much in keeping on supporting Trump, that they'll need a break when he finally falls/dies. I don't think the cult is inheritable (and no, the Trump spawn won't be able to - MAGA only go through the motions of liking them because Trump still wants that).

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