Jeremy Boreing

Or he's actually a part of their political project.

It could be any of those three things.

And I think that only time is going to help us understand which of those three things it is.

But I think it would be cynical to assume right out of the gate that just because JD Vance is friends with Tucker Carlson and just because Tucker Carlson claims JD Vance, that's politically advantageous for Tucker Carlson to do, right?

That doesn't mean that JD Vance is a part of Tucker Carlson's political project.

And obviously, I certainly hope he's not.

I think that, you know,

Sometimes it's easy to say, well, Donald Trump, poor Donald Trump, what a buffoon that he chose J.D.

Vance.

And J.D.

is actually part of this project to take apart his coalition.

And he only picked J.D.

Vance because Tucker Carlson told him to.

That's sort of like saying George W. Bush only invaded Iraq because the Jews told him to.

You don't become the president of the United States and not have your own judgment and your own opinions.

I like to think that probably Donald Trump isn't some puppet that can be wielded by other nefarious political actors.

He chose J.D.

Vance in the end, maybe on Tucker's recommendation, but he chose him.

I'd like to think that he believes, therefore, that J.D.

Vance can be a good steward of the coalition that Trump built.