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TommyT139

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8. I took her as being serious.

Reply to OGBuzz (Original post)

Tue Apr 14, 2026, 12:59 AM

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Trump doesn't want to share any glory. He also wants a scapegoat, as heentipned, to blame Iran failures on. And the fact that Vance was known to oppose the war (at first anyway) makes it all the more appealing to Trump to make Vance the point troll dealing with the Iranians.

Trump wants to control who gets to "succeed" him, and Vance won the poll at the recent CPAC, so to keep Vance and Rubio competing to grovel the lowest, Trump has to send Vance to rack up some failures.

Maybe she was joking about Vance resigning before midterms, but I don't see how that would help the rethugs any, come November.

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Interesting take from the Rachel Maddow show, although Rachel probably meant it as humour. [View all] OGBuzz Monday OP

I watched her and as usual, she has a way to bring the tid bits together and this take was interesting... Deuxcents Monday #1

Lawrence is focusing on his mental illness tonight. Thank goodness we still have MS NOW. OGBuzz Monday #3

I had wondered about that segment as well. Krasnov Ilsa Monday #2

Love the fart analogy 😂. And then we could end up with VP 'Lurch' Kuschner and second lady Ivanka. OGBuzz Monday #4

I thought the Lurch character in the Trump-Addams family drama is played by Barron. Intractable Tuesday #5

LOL. Good point. I don't know how to post pics but there's a strong argument for both. OGBuzz Tuesday #6

Ted Cassidy (the original Lurch) and Barron are about the same height, around 6'9". Intractable Tuesday #7

I took her as being serious. TommyT139 Tuesday #8

Vance was definitely handed the trifecta of failure with Matt Gaetz, Viktor Orban, and the Iran negotiations. OGBuzz Tuesday #9

Jared, if anyone TommyT139 Tuesday #10

It's a strange dynamic. OGBuzz Tuesday #11