Ezra Klein discusses how Donald Trump's selection of JD Vance as his vice presidential pick on July 15, 2024, highlights a significant ideological shift in Trump's administration. Unlike earlier contenders Marco Rubio and Doug Burgum, Vance's alignment with the MAGA movement and his radical stances suggest a departure from moderating influences. His willingness to embrace extremism and pressure Trump to pursue a more aggressive agenda could reshape the Republican Party dynamics and signal warnings about the potential consequences of such a shift.
Vance was of the MAGA movement in a way Rubio and Burgum were not... He believed the biggest problem with Trump's first term was that Trump was surrounded by people who, occasionally, said no to him.
Later reporting revealed a lobbying campaign: Rupert Murdoch and his allies tried to talk Trump out of Vance, as did Ken Griffin... but Trump was swayed by other voices: Don Jr., Elon Musk and Tucker Carlson.
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