JD Vance hated Donald Trump with a passion, until he did not.
He thought Trump was a potential Hitler, said the most insulting things about Trump.
At the same time, he connected with billionaire Peter Thiel, a right wing advocate, who pushed him to run for the Senate seat in Ohio, and is his major benefactor.
As a result, Vance has adopted admiration for Trump, and has taken on positions that are extreme, the most so for any Republican since Barry Goldwater in 1964.
Vance has demonstrated he is an isolationist, not willing to support Ukraine or Taiwan, so like Trump, cozying up to authoritarian governments, a shocking development for the heritage of the Republican Party since World War II.
Vance also has made clear he wants no exceptions for abortion, a national ban, and even if a young girl is made pregnant by a male relative, that incest is not an excuse to avoid following through on pregnancy, an unreasonable view.
Vance should be seen as a real threat long term, because he can now be seen as the inheritor of Donald Trump’s MAGA movement!
The fact that the Russian Foreign Minister has just praised Vance should be a warning sign of the danger of Trump and Vance, and to the long term stability of NATO and other alliances with democracies against authoritarian governments, including Taiwan against China, and South Korea and Japan against North Korea.
If Trump wins or even if he loses, JD Vance will be a presence in American politics for the long run, and it is essential that Americans understand the long term threat to American foreign and domestic policy!
Trump is claiming that God saved him. His evangelicals are eating it up.
The RNC attendees are wearing bandages on their ears in a show of support for Trump. It’s sickening!
They also have “Mass Deportation” signs they are showing off for the news cameras.
Trump rally gunman researched Michigan mass shooter and his parents online.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/19/politics/trump-rally-shooter-searches
NBC is reporting that Biden’s family is starting to discuss his possible exit plan.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/joe-biden/bidens-family-starts-discussing-exit-plan-2024-race-rcna162658
Dr. Sanjay Gupta on CNN says that there are still key questions about Trump’s injuries after the attempted assassination.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/18/health/dr-sanjay-gupta-analysis-trump/index.html
There’s a massive global tech outage this morning affecting a wide variety of businesses. Supposedly it’s not a hack, but just a software flaw.
https://www.cnn.com/business/live-news/global-outage-intl-hnk/index.html
Trump’s speech last night, which was 92 minutes, was the same old Trumpian talking points, misleading statements and lies. I’ve heard it described as being like an aging rocker going on tour playing his greatest hits. He railed against a migrant “invasion,” accused Democrats of “cheating” in the 2020 election and praised foreign autocrats.
I hear that even Fox News viewers tuned out before Trump finished his long, rambling speech.
It sounds like the Trump rally shooter’s intentions may have been less politically motivated and more about attacking the highest-profile target near him.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/19/politics/trump-rally-gunman-portrait-motive-invs/index.html