I hope VP Vance is taking copious notes and getting his cabinet together...because

[Peacetrain]

this current President is most definitely in a downward spiral.. His 2 and 3 AM tweets, showing he is not sleeping at night.. his childish choice of words and claims of people being "mean" to the United States.. to taking advantage of us etc. etc.. His diminishing vocabulary. Pulling things out of thin air and proclaiming them laws. Just all a few of the signs of his impairment worsening..

If you have ever taken care of a family member or friend or worked in the field with people who have some type of dementia will see the signs..They can be fine at one pm and then after 5 or so the sundowning starts.. and it can be frightening how out of control it can get.

We thought he was having issues in his first administration and he was.. but it has gotten so much worse..

[gab13by13]

1. Maybe not all of his corporate pals shorted the market?

[BoRaGard]

2. Vance is good a whinging, but not as good as Krasnov (R-Felon)

One thing we know is that the GOP likes whingers, like Krasnov. So Shady will need to downgrade his game if Krasnov kraps out.

[NEOH]

3. I'd tend to agree but...

He isn’t called “Teflon Don” for nothing…

[RockCreek]

6. Cockroach Don

is my descriptor of choice for the fact he is still alive.

[bucolic_frolic]

4. Where is the Joe-Biden-is-too-old GQP Chorus today?

Plus, Vance now has proven his creds ... he has the magic touch.

[maxsolomon]

15. That Chorus is on FB waiting for a chance to hijack

any Media Matters post.

[allegorical oracle]

35. Vance strikes me as playing Thomas Cromwell to TSF's Henry VIII. And

Henry had Cromwell beheaded.

[exboyfil]

5. 2 years plus one day

That is Vance's goal I think. Part of me hopes he is just craven and not a whack a doodle.

[Hekate]

20. Vance is Thiel's golden boy. Vance is a lot of vile things, but he's also smart.

[Aristus]

7. He's in the 'Adolf Hitler moving phantom armies around a map' phase.

Hope he shoots himself soon...

[NNadir]

11. I haven't checked recently for a "Hitler finds out..." video from "Downfall," but there...

...should be some good ones about the senile orange bastard coming out soon.

[OMGWTF]

14. As a convicted felon Shitler is not allowed to own a gun, but when did laws ever stop this mofo?

[Fiendish Thingy]

8. Death is the only way Vance becomes president

Republicans in congress don’t have the guts to impeach him, and The loyalists in the WH will do everything short of Weekend At Bernie’s to keep Trump in power.

[lame54]

10. Weekend at Bernie's is not possible...

Two people couldn't carry Trump around

[Fiendish Thingy]

19. Exactly

That’s why Vance would be president only if Trump dies

[The Madcap]

23. They would need a forklift

and a heavy-duty one at that.

[vapor2]

32. That was such a great movie and you do have a point as it would be obvious

[sunnybrook]

9. I"m sorry but I've heard this for almost 10 years

He's increasingly more unhinged. He's doing despicable, outrageous things. People will tire of him... he has to go... or his 2 or 3 AM tweets indicate he is knocking on death's door. This could be 2017... or any other of the last 8 or 9 years. His middle of the night rants are not NEW. He has always done this.

I would love to believe he will be our of our lives soon. But that doesn't make it true.

[Martin Eden]

17. The Fascist Grifter hasn't changed, but the circumstances have.

Aside from stroke or death, The Felon will remain in office -- UNLESS House and Senate Republicans turn against him in sufficient numbers to remove this cancerous tumor by impeachment.

[Nasruddin]

18. I agree with this with a caveat

Trump is the MRSA of bad leaders, but Vance is his ace in the hole.

Vance will not be accepted as president. We will head to some kind of civil war as every other demon in Pandora's Box comes out and wants their shot at president.

He is anti-charismatic, belongs to the wrong faction, and completely unable to do the job. But undoubtedly thinks he's the smartest guy in the room and has no problem making that clear.

I think the other side(s) knows this, and knows he was a bad choice for stand-in.

They will keep Trump running with LLMs and animatronics if they have to.

[DET]

37. "Trump is the MRSA of bad leaders"

I have to borrow that.

[Paladin]

22. Sorry to have to agree with you. (nt)

[erronis]

12. Vance don't need no notes. If he fills that position he'll have his bosses do his thinking.

thiel/etc.
putin

[OMGWTF]

13. Come on cholesterol!! Do your thing and rid us of this monster.

[LiberalArkie]

30. He is the prime example of what the modern medicine can keep alive.

[WarGamer]

16. In other words... Trump is the same he's been since 2017.

[Diamond_Dog]

29. Yep

[Escape]

21. Not to discount what you are saying..

but evaluating or diagnosing Donald Trump by any typical or practical standards is not going to work.

Trump has been seriously mentally ill for years...decades. He has always been irrational, self-centered, angry, ugly, cruel and corrupt. He has offered hundreds of middle of the night illogical rants with asinine logic and preposterous content.

And yet, almost daily on DU I see sane rational posts or videos predicting (hoping) that Trump is finally spiraling down.

If Trump showed up naked at the Pope's funeral, riding a pony, carrying a machine gun and singing opera, it would be perfectly within his character, nothing out of the ordinary and cheered and praised by Fox News and the MAGA minions..

[thesquanderer]

24. I suspect JD has been planning for it ever since the day he accepted the nomination. (n/t)

[Iamscrewed]

25. Denial

The 25th amendment should have been used in tRump's first administration. Now we need to use the same removal ideology for the entire cabinet.

[patphil]

26. That's a good news, bad news thing.

The good news would be Trump died. The bad news would be JD Vance is president.
In some respects, Vance is worse than Trump. He's healthier, smarter, but also just as mean, callous, and loveless as Trump. He may replace some of the more egregious Trump appointees, but he'd replace them with people who are smart enough, and talented enough to do even more damage.
I don't see the train to fascism getting derailed, or even slowing down with Vance.

[Ol Janx Spirit]

31. But this is a cult of personality and he does not have one... So try as he might...

...and even with the backing of the billionaire bros, I do not think he would have any hope of keeping the factions together like F-47 does. The coalitions would quickly splinter and fall apart through infighting and disagreement. Elon and Con Jr. would quickly rush in to try to grab the mantle, but neither of them have what it takes either. Shady will nonetheless find himself washed out of the boat by the tsunami of insanity.

But that first domino has to fall before any of that happens.

[riversedge]

27. Yes, Trumps mental instabiliity has gotten worse as the months pass, but Repugs r. too chicken to impeach him.

[Ms. Toad]

28. Please identify anything in what you cited that wasn't both true, and said,

Repeatedly for the last 5-10 years.

[SergeStorms]

33. In plain English......

he's crazier than a shithouse rat. 🤪 The thought of the ersatz hillbilly, J. D. Vance, being president does absolutely nothing to quell my fears that democracy is dead in the U.S.

[Javaman]

34. project 2025 already has the cabinet set up. vance will only be a place holder for their BS. nt

[Mz Pip]

36. Trump isn't going anywhere

He’s been saying crazy stuff for years and still his minions cheer.

[Pacifist Patriot]

38. His tertiary syphillis has caused such a brain soup, I remain gobsmacked he is stil on this mortal coil.

And I've thought that for at least a decade!

[progressoid]

39. Like Ronald Reagan?