As the Jeffrey Epstein scandal engulfs President Donald Trump, I suspect a few wealthy right-wing figures are secretly smiling, none more than president-in-waiting JD Vance.


The vice president is nothing if not a slithery opportunist. With stunning expediency, he went from calling Trump an “idiot” and “America’s Hitler” to bear-hugging the MAGA movement, becoming Trump’s running mate and saying of the aforementioned idiot, “I’m proud to stand beside him.”

Vance is an ideological contortionist backed by dodgy tech billionaires like Peter Thiel, Elon Musk and David Sacks, whose money helped elevate him to become Trump’s unlikely vice presidential pick.

So is it that hard to believe Vance is watching Trump digging his Epstein hole deeper and deeper and thanking his lucky stars for the president’s incompetence and history of loutish behavior? The vice president was already on a magical political ride buoyed by his own lack of principles. Now all he needs to do is sit back and let Trump self-immolate while occasionally furrowing his brow at liberals and feigning support for the president.

Vance certainly behaves like a loyal Trump advocate, but given the heat........

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