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J.D. Vance is being awfully quiet. (Original Post) yellowcanine Jul 21 OP
Because he knows evidence of his couch fucking days Aviation Pro Jul 21 #1
He's quietly flying around from billionaire to billionaire getting things fixed. bluedigger Jul 21 #2
This the second trip he has made out to Big Sky for meetings..... Historic NY Jul 21 #3
Getting his ducks in a row for when Trump croaks. Or rather, Thiel getting HIS ducks in a row before Trump croaks. -nt CrispyQ Jul 21 #4
Or he's going to help Trump croak. milestogo Jul 21 #8
I think you nailed it, CrispyQ. Diamond_Dog Jul 22 #26
Maybe he's got a clue Bettie Jul 21 #5
I'm not sure about the 'lean and hungry' part EYESORE 9001 Jul 21 #6
Alfa 👀🙄 underpants Jul 21 #7
He's been breaking in the new living room suite. marble falls Jul 21 #9
He just went to visit Murdock in Montana. Something is goin' on themaguffin Jul 21 #10
How to get 45 real paranoid about JD's secretive actions? PuraVidaDreamin Jul 21 #11
I wonder what that secret meeting was about in Montana last week? Initech Jul 21 #12
Why did he go to Montana?? kentuck Jul 21 #13
Plotting how to use the 25 Amendment to become President. republianmushroom Jul 21 #14
Measuring for drapes is a pretty quiet activity. Xavier Breath Jul 21 #15
Not to mention "trying out the couches." yellowcanine Jul 22 #17
I don't know, he looks like he might be a noisy one during certain...um...activities. Xavier Breath Jul 22 #20
Trump doesn't like trespassers on his spotlight time and told him to shut up. Ping Tung Jul 21 #16
Can you blame him? DFW Jul 22 #18
J.D. will have trouble with MAGATs. yellowcanine Jul 22 #19
That's a given. However.... DFW Jul 22 #22
If MAGAs still want to follow the Constitution, yes that's their option FakeNoose Jul 22 #24
Good analysis, DFW. I agree. Diamond_Dog Jul 22 #27
No bad press before he ends up being president. Trump is going, maybe soon. mucholderthandirt Jul 22 #21
If the 25th Amendment comes into play, it will be initiated by Vance FakeNoose Jul 22 #23
I doubt Vance makes a 25th Amendment move at all ITAL Jul 22 #25
Every time he opens that mouth of his, he says something so socially tone-deaf that it's a wonder his Aristus Jul 22 #28
Spending some alone time with his couch. surfered Jul 22 #29

Aviation Pro

(14,592 posts)
1. Because he knows evidence of his couch fucking days
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 08:58 AM
Jul 21

Or what really happened behind the wire in Iraq are about to surface.

bluedigger

(17,273 posts)
2. He's quietly flying around from billionaire to billionaire getting things fixed.
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 09:18 AM
Jul 21

Spent a couple hours out at Murdoch's ranch last week. Wonder who he's visiting this week.

CrispyQ

(40,037 posts)
4. Getting his ducks in a row for when Trump croaks. Or rather, Thiel getting HIS ducks in a row before Trump croaks. -nt
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 09:28 AM
Jul 21

Bettie

(18,649 posts)
5. Maybe he's got a clue
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 09:29 AM
Jul 21

because every time he opens his pie hole, people dislike him a little more.

EYESORE 9001

(28,643 posts)
6. I'm not sure about the 'lean and hungry' part
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 09:30 AM
Jul 21

Bear do doesn’t appear to have missed any meals lately.

kentuck

(114,447 posts)
13. Why did he go to Montana??
Mon Jul 21, 2025, 11:07 AM
Jul 21

Did he go at Trump's suggestion or on his own?

Did Trump want him to make a deal with Rupert or just to tell him he was "only kidding". He knows how much he needs Hannity and friends at FOX News. He knows he shot himself in the foot.

But, it appears that JD is building up his resume to be the successor to the dipshit.

DFW

(58,604 posts)
18. Can you blame him?
Tue Jul 22, 2025, 06:48 AM
Jul 22

If he clams up and gets his money men in line, he could find himself in the Oval Office by Christmas. If he mouths off or gets greedy with headlines, he might find himself, courtesy of his boss’s boss, with a first class seat on one of the shorter routes flown by Eighth Floor Window Airlines.

yellowcanine

(36,560 posts)
19. J.D. will have trouble with MAGATs.
Tue Jul 22, 2025, 08:48 AM
Jul 22

He has a history of bad mouthing Trump and the charisma of an old uncle telling dad jokes.

DFW

(58,604 posts)
22. That's a given. However....
Tue Jul 22, 2025, 10:01 AM
Jul 22

If he is sworn in and sitting in the Oval Office, the only things the Trumpanzees can do is primary him in 2028, or else impeach and remove before he gets a new VP confirmed, and put Johnson in there.

FakeNoose

(38,048 posts)
24. If MAGAs still want to follow the Constitution, yes that's their option
Tue Jul 22, 2025, 10:13 AM
Jul 22

... but some of them are crazy (for Chump) and some of those crazies have guns.
Are they willing to patiently vote out someone they don't like?

mucholderthandirt

(1,623 posts)
21. No bad press before he ends up being president. Trump is going, maybe soon.
Tue Jul 22, 2025, 09:56 AM
Jul 22

Do the 25th, come in as a sane, reasonable person, still have the entire Project 2025 agenda, just quieter. People will be grateful for the appearance of normalcy.

FakeNoose

(38,048 posts)
23. If the 25th Amendment comes into play, it will be initiated by Vance
Tue Jul 22, 2025, 10:08 AM
Jul 22

The VP must call the meeting of the Cabinet officers in order to discuss and vote on removal on the basis of 25A. We don't know when or if that will happen, but they won't be able to keep it a secret in today's 24/7/365 news environment. (After which, there are more steps outlined in the Amendment.)

Once that happens some of us will be very happy and probably celebrate.

But how will the faithful MAGAs react? They're going to be furious and many will blame Vance. These people are occasionally known to act crazy and many of them have gunz. I think Vance is laying low on purpose because of the crazy-factor.

ITAL

(1,149 posts)
25. I doubt Vance makes a 25th Amendment move at all
Tue Jul 22, 2025, 10:20 AM
Jul 22

However, if he did, he'd likely try and wait until January 21st 2027, because then he could serve more than two full terms.

This could be prep just in case Trump croaks, but I still don't think he is anytime soon. Longevity runs in Trump's family.

Aristus

(70,506 posts)
28. Every time he opens that mouth of his, he says something so socially tone-deaf that it's a wonder his
Tue Jul 22, 2025, 11:10 AM
Jul 22

ineptitude doesn't keep him up at night. Maybe he's decided silence is the best policy.

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