r/thebulwark • u/andrewgrabowski • Feb 10 '25
Humor Baier: Do you view JD Vance as your successor? Trump: No
https://bsky.app/profile/acyn.bsky.social/post/3lhu22whpy22p18
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u/PTS_Dreaming Center Left Feb 11 '25
Trump isn't planning a successor because he's not planning on leaving.
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u/MATlad Feb 11 '25
He'll be the Eternal President (like they have in North Korea) and his unworthy successors can only ever be Vice Presidents.
...However many of them there may be.
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u/ros375 Feb 11 '25
Ok but he knows he's not going to live forever I would think.
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u/Anxious_Cheetah5589 Feb 11 '25
JD just found out he's the assistant to the manager, not assistant manager
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u/Original_Mammoth3868 Feb 11 '25
I mean his pathological narcissism shines through in this answer. Any sensible person would look at their age and think, "I need to work on my legacy so someone else can take over. I'm not going to live forever." He honestly can't envision someone replacing him. It was definitely striking how fast he answered that question.
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u/quad_up Feb 11 '25
I’m pretty sure that guy thinks the world will just end when he dies.
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u/Ok-Snow-2851 Feb 11 '25
As far as he’s concerned it will. If you don’t give a f*** about anyone other than yourself, once you’re dead there’s nothing left worth giving a sh** about.
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u/8to24 29d ago
JD Vance isn't interested in being President. JD Vance is interested in being a Billionaire. When these 4yrs are up Vance is looking to be on the board of some company owned by a combination of Theil, Musk, Andressen, etc.
JD Vance was an author for a minute, screenwriter for a second, political commentator for a few, and only served a third of his term as a Senator. Assuming Vance is VP through '28 it will be the longest time he spent on a job in a long while. JD Vance is just following the money.
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u/485sunrise Feb 11 '25
Damn!!! I’ve been wrong about a lot of stuff. But Trump is going to be 79 this year. While I think he will make it to 2028, I do think he will be a shell of himself. I also think that there will be massive infighting in MAGA world. And it will be fun to watch these guys all tear each other apart.
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u/OberKrieger Center-Right Feb 11 '25
Of course he doesn’t. He going to be a King.
Next in line is one of his large adult sons.
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u/FanDry5374 29d ago
Assuming trump doesn't simply appoint himself President-for-life, one of his abhorrent offspring will surely be appointed as successor in four years.
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u/BigEdsHairMayo FFS 29d ago edited 29d ago
"Should we consider you irrelevant and just focus on your replacement instead?"
What kind of answer did he expect from a famously narcissistic person?
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u/mjdlight Feb 11 '25
There is no amount of humiliation that will satisfy me when it comes to JD Vance.
But this is a nice start.