by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
One of the looming political mysteries of the latter years of the 2020s is who will be Trump’s successor. I still think there is a good chance that Trump won’t leave power or will run for a third term, but let’s just work on the scenario that Trump shuffles off this mortal coil sooner rather than later.
Tucker Carlson
But before we do, we have to address what would happen with Trump very much alive but out of office. I think he would weld an incredible amount of power to the point that I could even see him trying to become Speaker of the House. But, it is still very debatable if Trump will ever leave office.
So, let’s think about the…inevitable. What if Trump was suddenly no more?
This is such a mystery because Trump’s death cult is so beholden to his specific quirks that there just isn’t anyone one person who would be able to take up his mantle. There might be something of a power vacuum while things sorted out.
The one person I could see becoming Trump 2.0 is Tucker Carlson. He would be perfect for the role. He’s young, articulate and actually not certifiably insane. But I just don’t know. Maybe it would be someone else.
Who knows.
But if Trump departed us while in office, J.D. Vance would probably be America’s Putin and just be in office for at least two terms, maybe more. I just don’t see us being a traditional liberal democracy if that happens.
And, I also think that, in general, our democracy is dead. MAGA is here to stay and there’s no going back to the good old days.
