Comment by Sohcahtoa82

Vance trying to pull off a 25th would be political suicide.

Trump's fan base is absolutely rabid. Anybody trying to exercise the 25th Amendment would be treated as a betrayal of the party and country, and I'm sure some morons would try to claim it's treason (because they don't know what defines treason).

> but perhaps he's waiting for popularity to completely erode

Never gonna happen. There's nothing that'll reduce Trump's popularity with MAGA.

> He's certainly not going to be a serious candidate for 2028 without an absolute miracle of a turnaround in the next 2 years.

Vance has an utter lack of charisma. Neither the good form of charisma, nor the anti-charisma that Trump carries that riles up a base. He's boring and doesn't know how to talk to people. Just look at the 2024 video when he visited a donut shop while campaigning with Trump.

I like to think that because Vance is utterly incapable of getting people excited, he would get devoured in a general election, but the DNC really knows how to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. I'm terrified that the DNC is going to push Gavin Newsom in 2028.

If 2028 ends up Vance vs Newsom, we'll probably see the lowest voter turnout in decades.