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From Lies to Lunacy: The Stupidity of Trump-Vance Campaign Rhetoric
What was once a calculated display of populist bravado has devolved into a circus of lies, conspiracies, and reckless idiocy that threatens the very fabric of democracy.
5 min readSep 26, 2024
From Lies to Lunacy: The Stupidity of Trump-Vance Campaign Rhetoric
The Trump-Vance campaign rhetoric takes absurdity to new heights in an era where politics often feels like a never-ending reality show.
What was once a calculated display of populist bravado has devolved into a circus of lies, conspiracies, and reckless idiocy that threatens the very fabric of democracy.
At the heart of this political insanity lies the unlikely pairing of Donald Trump and J.D. Vance, a former venture capitalist and author who once criticized Trump, only to later embrace his brand of destructive politics for personal gain.
It’s a marriage of convenience born out of desperation to hold on to a fractured base that has, to a large degree, grown more extreme and detached from reality.
