General Discussion

vary considerably with his circumstances. His current persona is apparently that of Trump's enforcer, as he seems to be trying to reinforce his asshole bona fides to establish that he's just as mean and soulless as his boss. Of course, cosplaying an asshole to ingratiate himself with the Big Asshole means he is actually an asshole; he's just an asshole without any principles or purposes at all other than pure ambition. He is likely counting on the possibility that Satan will call Trump home before the end of his term, and he wants to establish himself as Powerful! and Mighty! so Trump's MAGA cult will accept him as the inevitable replacement in 2028. That will be a hard sell, since Vance lacks the evil but apparently compelling charisma that created the cult in the first place; nobody likes him. He's creepy and not good at demagoguery, and his fundamental phoniness oozes from every pore. I think that when Trump is finally out of the picture there will be a huge power struggle in the GOP, and Vance will lose.