• frezik@midwest.social
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    14
    ·
    4 months ago

    Trump has to have some dirt on Vance. Trump chooses people based on loyalty first. Vance used to be a Never Trumper, and he’s being put in a position where he could Amendment 25 Trump straight out of office on day one and take the job for himself (and even has some plausible reasons for doing so). I don’t see Trump giving the job to him without having some insurance.

    • Fedizen@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      6
      ·
      4 months ago

      Imo i think its the reverse: the silicon valley tech bros insisted on Vance and Trump capitulated to get that sweet, sweet tech bro money.

    • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      4
      ·
      4 months ago

      Does it have to be dirt? I mean, the Republican loyalty machine has determined that people will say quite literally almost anything the party wants the person to say.

      Vance strikes me as a more clean-cut Alex Jones type. Not the kind of guy that sits in a tree seat to bow hunt a turkey to eat, but the kind of guy that pays do a canned hunt from a helicopter with a bunch of tacticool gear and an expensive knife, takes pictures of it, and has someone else do all the work of dressing the kill. Talks a tough-guy line, but that’s just it. Talks tough but just does it to get the views.

      • Fedizen@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        4 months ago

        That’s more “Alaskan Mayor” brand. Alex Jones is the guy who gets “downloads from god” to fight the “satanic deep state”.