This would not be the year that they pick an assassin. Anyway, mainstream media seemed settled on MAGA succession with the choice of Vance. These kinds of move

This would not be the year that they pick an assassin. Anyway, mainstream media seemed settled on MAGA succession with the choice of Vance. These kinds of movements forbid doubt in their adherents. There’s cultural doubt about Elon and Vivek, but not JD Vance. With Trump deciding not to pay Rudy’s bill for representing him, Rudy showed doubt so he’s out. I suspect Project 2025 will operationally subsume MAGA. Projects like Contract for America and the Tea Party try to attach the anger toward one issue onto their other culture war issues. Note that Gingrich and the PPP scammers of the Tea Party never intended to live up to traditional rectitude and morality. These are all messy political winners who need a way to hint who’s the in-group. They “get it” without having to actually say it. The friction in succession will be that Vance is indirectly representing Thiel and directly representing P2025. As opposed to his former views on Trump as “America’s Hitler”, which probably won’t corrode the myth you’re talking about. Maybe 60% of GOP lawmakers have thought such things and Vance is a bridge to them.