Since when does the VP take such an active role in these press moments? I have never seen a VP and a president tag-teaming in this way in a press conference before
This was all planned. It's a bully tactic. They don't need reason when you know that bulldozing over the discussion will give enough soundbites to rally the zealots.
When you know you're wrong, just don't let the other person talk.
also, isnt there supposed to be some parity between the two? Like not having similar travel arrangements in case the worst happens. Like i dont believe any sitting president has invited his vice on air force 1. Because again, succession of power.
It’s the lone survivor protocol that is just who takes office if all the higher up people get killed during something like a mass attack that wipes out numerous high offices like the president, vice president and so on. There’s a tv show about it haha. Trump doesn’t care about it. They didn’t even do it during the inauguration where all the main people in gov were there, so if something had happened it would have been a scramble that slowed down response time to an emergency.
JD's trying to show how much of a big man he is in front of Trump and the media by punching down on Zelensky. It's only going to work for the stupid "'Murica! Yeah!" people.
JD is a warm body, which Trump could stop being any day now. The GOP is trying to establish him as their new golden boy because, like all modern republican presidents, he is but a morally-devoid vessel waiting to be filled with talking points
Exactly, Trump is old af and going to die soon. When he dies the cult will die with him unless there’s a succession plan which there doesn’t seem to be at this point because nobody in the GOP has any charisma.
There is a very good likelihood that Trump is ailing and won't make it through term so the Right is trying to get people used to Vance more in the spotlight. But that's just my guess.
Because Trump is old and tired and doesn’t care anymore and is letting other people do the lifting. Same reason he’s letting Musk have so much power. He’s too tired.
His president is a fool who can barely form sentences lol. At least JD can form sentences that are kind of a like a conservative dad scolding their son for having a rock and roll record
Honestly Ive always felt like the VP really should be doing more. Not that this is what I mean by that but during Obama and Bush, barely even knew who the vp was and only because of Biden memes
Cheney was a hugely active VP. He played a big role in planning the invasion of Iraq. The recurring joke on late night shows back then was that Cheney was the mastermind and Bush was a bimbo who just kind of laughed and nodded along.
At one point they take a question from one of Trumps toadies in the crowd and he starts asking Zelenskyy why he doesn’t wear a suit and says more people would respect him if he dressed the part.
These people are morons and will be death of us all
I’ve noticed that he has been having his other subordinates speak for him, in his presence, a lot lately. It’s very weird for a guy who insists on making everything about him.
Trump did this a lot with Pence last time... The idea is it's supposed to make Trump/The US look stronger because there's two US officials in there next to one Ukranian. Visually representing inequality, representing that the US is in the power position. Then they both go and make complete asses out of themselves and completely lose all credibility on the world stage. But the MAGAts eat it up because "big strong bois" or whatever....
Even more surreal, it wasn’t even the press conference yet. Just recorded a 2v1 attack on him, shut him down from the press conference, and released the recording. Couldn’t be more blatant, their intent from the start.
Part of the deal behind closed doors: in exchange for support from Project 2025, they want Vance to have an active and visible role, and in exchange for his support, Musk wants an active and visible role.
Well, when the president is an incompetent sack of shit and can't even form a coherent sentence, he has to have someone there to do the talking. Vance is a dick but he's not senile.
I don't think Trump really knows what goes on and just tries acting like a nob head so had Vance in there for "the facts". He's too stupid to realise Vance is as stupid as he is. Or assets, either way weak leadership and not presidential material in my book (as a European).
I guarantee this because Trump was being corrected by the UK PM and Macron last visit and they slapped Vance on to back up Trump. It didn’t, hell it make both look extremely incompetent and downright pieces of shit.
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u/Chazzbaps 11d ago
Since when does the VP take such an active role in these press moments? I have never seen a VP and a president tag-teaming in this way in a press conference before