On the wisdom of wit
JD Vance at the MAHA Summit in DC today: “A good description of Donald Trump: he takes a bulldozer to Overton windows.”
“People who discover something interesting and new are… a little weird. I am reading the biography of John von Neumann, the brilliant Hungarian-American mathematician and physicist. Half the shit he said would have gotten him cancelled. We have to be comfortable challenging old orthodoxy. We need unusual people. We won’t solve American problems with McKinsey consultants.”
RFK: “the job of VP is called the worst job in the country. Many VPs have been sidelined, but some, like Dick Cheney were actually running the country….”
JD Vance: “…not very well it turns out. (Laughter) Look, the job of VP is contingent on the President and their delegation and trust. Some have no trust in their VP, ahem, Kamala Harris. (Laughter). If you see our Cabinet meetings, there is a deep level of affection and trust in the whole team.”
RFK: “who is the funniest in the Cabinet?”
JD Vance: “obviously, it’s the President of the United States. Outside him, I’d say Marco. He has great comedic timing. He is the funniest outside the President.
When Trump met the President of Syria, his first question was ‘How many wives do you have?’ (Laughter) what an amazing question. There are so many layers to it. Or when he stood next to Putin, and Putin is short and his head comes up to Trump’s chest, Trump put his hand at Putin’s height and said ‘I’ve had it up to here with you.’”
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