Donald Trump Jr. Moves to Be MAGA's New Kingmaker

Thursday, June 13, 2024

His father gets most of the headlines. But Donald Trump Jr. has become a behind-the-scenes power broker in GOP politics ...

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... Why it matters: Trump Jr., 46 " and friends including Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio), 39 " have emerged as the next-generation Republicans who are the most eager, and best positioned, to carry on the elder Trump's MAGA legacy.

- - - It's unclear whether that means Trump Jr. will run for office some day.

- - - He privately cites his support of Vance to be his father's pick for vice president as evidence he has no plans to run.

- - - But as Trump Jr. told an Iowa voter in January, "I'm not going to say no, because if you do" and wind up running, "they say: 'Liar!'"

Zoom in: For now, he's a gatekeeper for the party his 77-year-old father has remade in his own image. ...

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-06-12 06:33 PM | Reply

One qualification: Does this coked-up d-bag avoid his legal bills? Or has Daddy not been covering them all this time?

#2 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2024-06-12 11:40 PM | Reply

DonJr will be the next head of MAGA?

I can see the morons cheering for him already.

#3 | Posted by ClownShack at 2024-06-13 01:01 AM | Reply

DJTJ thinks by suggesting the obvious choice (Vance), he'll be proven clairvoyant.

BTW...anyone suggesting a piss test for that gun owner? Asking for a Biden.

#4 | Posted by Danforth at 2024-06-13 01:03 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

"It's unclear whether that means Trump Jr. will run for office some day"

Oh, please do.

And please suck up every dollar which would've otherwise gone for solid candidates.

#5 | Posted by Danforth at 2024-06-13 01:05 AM | Reply

@#3 ... DonJr will be the next head of MAGA? ...

My view of the hold the Trump family has over the MAGA cult....

Screaming Jay Hawkins - I Put a Spell on You
www.youtube.com

Lyrics excerpt...

genius.com

...
I put a spell on you because you're mine
Stop the things you do
Mwahahaha, watch out!

I ain't lyin', yeah
I can't stand no runnin' around
I can't stand no puttin' me down
I put a spell on you because you're mine
Oh yeah
...

imo, Mr Hawkins goes over the top in his performance of that song.

His performance shows, I'll say, a crazed interpretation of the lyrics.

imo, perfect for my view of how fmr Pres Trump views his MAGA cult.

#6 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-06-13 01:52 AM | Reply

*Sniff*Sniff* ... Top a da werld ... *snnnnort* ... Ma!
~ Donnie "Nose Knows" Trumpf

#7 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2024-06-13 05:39 AM | Reply | Funny: 1

Last week a letter from Half-Scoop arrived. Opened it and could not stop laughing.

The grift is stupendous.

#8 | Posted by shoeless at 2024-06-13 02:28 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Normal people: "Surely MAGA can't stop any lower."

MAGA: "hold my beer."

#9 | Posted by jpw at 2024-06-13 03:51 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

Just curious. Shouldn't Junior also be tried on court for lying on a gun ownership application about whether he uses drugs?

#10 | Posted by e1g1 at 2024-06-13 05:10 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Shouldn't Junior also be tried on court for lying on a gun ownership application about whether he uses drugs?

He'll probably tell whoever is writing his book for him to leave the drugs part out.

#11 | Posted by REDIAL at 2024-06-13 05:15 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Besides being the son of MAGA what has he ever done for the Country, his state or the people of the United States?

The prince has the look of dissipation upon his face.

#12 | Posted by randomcanyon at 2024-06-13 05:33 PM | Reply

Eric is too busy stealing from cancer charities to worry about being a kingmaker.

#13 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2024-06-13 05:37 PM | Reply

I recall a tabloid news article from decades ago about Don Jr when he was college age or so. Apparently at Madison Square Garden for either a hockey or basketball game, he overconfidently got involved in a quarrel with another spectator. Needless to say, Don Jr lost the fight pretty badly. When the paterfamilias saw the condition of Don Jr after the brawl, he allegedly barked: "Nobody does that to a Trump!" and sent out members of his private security force looking for the fellow that humiliated and injured his scrawny son. This incident took place before ex-transit cop Keith Schiller joined the Trump Crime Family (TCF). If I can find an archival source, I shall post it.

#14 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2024-06-14 05:41 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 2