Summary

JD Vance is actively working to raise his profile in the Trump administration after being overshadowed by Elon Musk.

During a recent Oval Office meeting, Vance took the lead to criticize Zelensky as “disrespectful,” setting up Trump to criticize Zelensky.

According to New York Times reporter Michael Shear, this confrontational approach is part of Vance’s strategy to avoid being “relegated to the B-team” in what has become “one of the most fast-paced and aggressive administrations in modern history.”

  • neidu3@sh.itjust.works
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    Sorry to break it to you, guyliner, but under Trump you’ll always be the b-team, at max. He’ll throw you under the bus in a second if it serves his agenda.

    And in this case you’re struggling to reach even that segment as you’re clearly outranked by a terminally online immigrant numpty who just want friends.

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      Firstly, “guyliner”?!:) I love it!!! Guyliner Couchthrob (it’s immature but it contains no less truth than most of the things that come out of his mouth…).

      On the actual context, and as some of the other comments line it out, there appear to be 3 subtle concurrent fault lines here:

      1. Trump who is only for himself (and putin).
      2. Musk
      3. The tech broligarchy whose goal is long-term power consolidation through propping up Guyliner Couchthrob as the successor

      I think it’s clear that trump will throw musk under the bus when he’ll need a sudden boost in popularity. His plans with Guyliner are much less clear, I’m sure he’s considering to keep him for medvedev/putin type of setup (from back when russia had term limits, LOL).

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        I heard “guyliner” on a podcast. Don’t remember which, so I won’t take credit for that one. WTYP, probably.

        Also, I’m not against guys wearing eyeliner in a reasonable manner (which Vance objectively does), it was just that it is the only visual and noteworthy trait about him.

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          There’s nothing wrong with his ottoman erotic fixation either.:)

          Jokes aside, I think guyliner is fair game to mock someone trying to be the arbiter of “traditional masculinity”.