No one in his circle has done that. None of them are self-made men. We've watched their rise, we all know they got where they are by relentlessly kissing Trump's ass
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Let's assume no fracturing of Maga after trump's death, let's assume they ALL instantly line up behind JD Vance. Sure, they'll probably vote for him if they gotta, but do you think they'll feel the same visceral ride-or-die loyalty to that toad that they do to Trump? not in a million years
It's like: If Saruman the White dies, do you think the orcs are gonna take orders from Grima Wormtongue? Do you think they'll be willing to die for him?
Oh, you're gonna lay down your life for JD Vance, the man you've watched doing the "thank you sir may i have another" routine with trump for the last 4 years? yeah right
he can get up there and say all the same stuff as trump but you know he's a toady just imitating the master! Unless vance pulls some HUGE death-defying stunt (which as a coward, he is INCAPABLE of doing) the chuds will never see him as a true leader
and that's the thing - Vance can't do that because it would involve defying Trump! And that would end his meal ticket. And once Trump is dead? then it's too late to prove himself, we've all seen what he is!
"b-b-but the propaganda machine will just make them like him!" the propaganda machine is not what made people like Trump. They like Trump because of the actual things Trump does, what he says, how he makes them feel. that's not faked! And the same will be true of vance
i don't know how self made any of them are, but they had mostly risen pretty well already before they jumped on the trump train. if trump hadn't run in 2016 we could've conceivably gotten pres Rubio or whoever. none of them could have rewritten the GOP dna the way he has, but it still woulda sucked
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He defied Trump ***once***.