“Alex Jones’ worst nightmares have come true,” Stuart Stevens says — only they’ve arrived courtesy of Trump and MAGA. Federal troops in American cities, industries pulled into politics, and oligarchs running the surveillance state were once the fever dreams Republicans mocked. Now they’re the reality. Joe Trippi reminds us that this was never just an election cycle but a movement bent on bulldozing democracy.
That movement already has its heirs. Stuart can’t shake the image of J.D. Vance hovering behind Trump with “the gleam of a buzzard eyeing roadkill.” To him, it’s proof of raw ambition. Joe connects the dots to Peter Thiel and Elon Musk, who see Vance as their hand-picked vehicle for power once Trump is gone.
