and you can tell he doesn’t actually believe anything he says.
100% agree on this point.
But that’s also not JD Vance’s goal here. JD Vance’s goal is to sanewash Trump. And he accomplished that.
JD looked and talked like an alien making his first contact with humans
I kinda-sorta see where you’re coming from here.
Alas: this is the marine stare. A lot of marines I know do this. I think people in the know are in the know and see JD Vance’s mannerism here as charismatic.
100% agree on this point.
But that’s also not JD Vance’s goal here. JD Vance’s goal is to sanewash Trump. And he accomplished that.
I kinda-sorta see where you’re coming from here.
Alas: this is the marine stare. A lot of marines I know do this. I think people in the know are in the know and see JD Vance’s mannerism here as charismatic.