Despite how much oxygen it sucks up in the talkosphere, most voters just don’t care that much about foreign policy. So it seems at least plausible to me that someone could win MAGA voters with a “MAGA agenda domestically + (very softly) neocon abroad” message.
But I struggle to see how that candidate could be Ted Cruz. He’s never been an immigration hawk, the core MAGA issue, and he’s about 10% as charismatic as Vance.
A lot of people do not know this but Hillary Clinton's campaign at first actually supported Trump. The wiki leaks emails confirm it. For the simple fact they saw him as having the worst chance of winning.
Despite how much oxygen it sucks up in the talkosphere, most voters just don’t care that much about foreign policy. So it seems at least plausible to me that someone could win MAGA voters with a “MAGA agenda domestically + (very softly) neocon abroad” message.
But I struggle to see how that candidate could be Ted Cruz. He’s never been an immigration hawk, the core MAGA issue, and he’s about 10% as charismatic as Vance.
This could backfire for Cruz
A lot of people do not know this but Hillary Clinton's campaign at first actually supported Trump. The wiki leaks emails confirm it. For the simple fact they saw him as having the worst chance of winning.
If Trump endorses Vance that'll take all the wind out of Lyin' Ted's sails.
And Tucker is anti Trump and anti MAGA