J.D. Vance Can’t Explain Why Trump Threw Him Under the Bus in Debate
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When JD Vance says that Trump "'explicitly' told him that he [Trump] would veto a federal abortion ban", I believe JD Vance. Whatever was happening in the room at the time, Trump thought that that statement would be most beneficial to him personally in that moment. When Trump said the opposite thing in the debate, it's because he thought that would be most beneficial to him personally in that moment.
The only thing that matters to Trump is what he thinks is best for him personally right now. Ethics are irrelevant. Legality is irrelevant. Continuity is irrelevant. Reality is irrelevant. He does not remember the past and he cannot conceive of the future. "Me, now" is the only thing that matters to him. There is no big picture. His entire universe is a singularity of "me, now."
Best summary of Trump I've read yet.
This is how he has always operated. People tend to forget.
I believe Trump when he said that he never discussed that with Vance.
It was actually John Barron!
That's right, baby! The Barron is back and more senile than ever and he's speaking exclusively to J.D. Vance.
^Good God, I fucking hate that this joke could be real^
They're different people and totally don't have two 2 other family members' names, including his alter ego, Donnie "Johnny" Trump
"So, Mr. Barron-"
"No, I've told you so many times, Baron is my son."
"Wait, are you saying that you're actually Donald Trump?"
"No, no, of course not. I'm John Miller. Definitely not Trump. Never even met Trump."
"Okaaaayyyy... Mr. Miller-"
"You don't have to be so formal. Please, just call me President Trump."
This reminds me of the Competitive Endurance Tickling episode of The Dollop, the guy financing all of it had several online personas they mocked because it was so transparently all the one guy who clearly didn't want to have it all traced back to him
I can explain it. Everyone is expendable to Donald Trump. This includes our country.
And his kids! Especially his kids!
Cause Trump is incapable of admitting fault. He wanted his supporters to kill his last VP because Pence recognized that America didn't want Trump.
Let’s not give Pence more credit than he deserves. Pence didn’t decline to support Trump out of a sense of duty or because he cares about Americans, but because Dan Quayle (!) told him he had no choice in the matter:
source: How Dan Quayle saved democracy. Yes, really.
Donald Trump's response if asked:
"I've never met J.D. Vance. I don't know who he is. People tell me he's a fan, but I've never met him.
You mean J P Mandel?
Funny, did you catch the part where he projected that on Harris? He accused her of claiming to have never met Biden 😂
He’s just a volunteer coffee boy.
JD knew what he signed up for. It's being Trump's bitch and not certifying the election results.
He's the cushion for pushin in this election.
Well, when you couch it in those terms…
Best comment I’ve read in this thread, sofa
He's n'ottoman to be trifled with.
Seriously. How did he not understand that he's the gimp in this relationship? Trump is going to dominate and abuse him. How does he not understand that's what he signed up for?
He understands...he's a power bottom...he's ok with the role.
he would just lovea seat in the room where it happens
Has he met trump??
Honest question has he? I don't think I've seen a photo of them together
Yes, let me see if I still have the link
This should be it
funny, everyone else can.
that piece of shit will park a bus on literally anyone that isnt named donald trump
I'm pretty sure Jr would end up under a bus just as fast as anyone else.
J.D. is just War Boy fodder to Colonel Bone Spurs
Draft dodging in a conflict where we were the bad guys is the moral decision though.
I don't understand why people bring up his stopped clock moments as a gotcha.
He has never given any indication that he did it for moral reasons. He has consistently described service members as suckers and has expressed confusion about why anyone would be willing to serve. Have you ever seen any indication that Trump was opposed to the war in general or is a pacifist or skipped out for any reason other than it is unpleasant and dangerous? Granted, I don’t know that Bill Clinton was super anti-war either, but I guess it bothers me less when the draft dodgers don’t openly mock service members and POWs.
Yes, hence why I referred to it as a stopped-clock moment, as in "a stopped clock is right twice a day".
I am not accusing Donald Trump of having any moral integrity.
Nah, John "I hate the [slur for asians], I will hate them as long as I live." Mccaine was a ghoul who is rotting in hell, everyone should be mocking him.
On one hand, getting shot down stopped him from murdering more Vietnamese people, on the other hand, if Jane Fonda hadn't shot him down, he'd have probably kept crashing planes.
People are hoping, almost unconsciously, that hypocrisy still matters
Immor-tangelo.
Two IQ pennies confused why they’re in a jar of nickels.
What do they say about beware meeting your hero? Vance has finally met his hero - the real Donald Trump.
Maybe Vance should be a bit more discerning in who he idolizes. Though this is just a sample from a life of ill-advised life choices that stem from being an immoral, stupid sack of shit.
I don’t believe Vance idolizes him. I think Vance is in this for himself and has no shame.
Exactly. He's still the same person who thinks Trump is "America's Hitler", he just realized he has a lot to gain from being Hitler's #2.
Didn't work out great for Himmler
Or for a more contemporary example, see Mike Pence.
Yep.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/15/politics/kfile-jd-vance-comments-trump/index.html
Vance was asking for it. U see the couch he was wearing????
Cuz that's what narcissists do! Its about meeeeeeee!
Yeah! He should've done it on a street!!
I think it's the eyeliner. Trump prefers a lighter shade.
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