"On the initiative of the vice president" should be on the top of the page story today, by Hal M. Brown, MSW

Why is this man laughing?

Image of laughing Vance from Perchance Photo AI

Unfortunately you need a subscription to read this entire Washington Post article:

The major coverage on the WaPo website was the Vance-Walz debate:

On your computer you had to scroll past a couple of ads and even the Better Living section to find the article "Trump mixes up words, swerves among subjects in off-topic speech" (bottom left):

If RawStory hadn't summarized it (here) it was so far the WaPo website page I probably would have missed it.

The (subscription) NY Times also covered this story: 

In a Pair of Disjointed Events, Trump Talks Gaza, Migrants and ‘Full Metal Jacket’

President Donald J. Trump criticized President Biden’s leadership and insisted again he would have prevented the crisis in the Middle East had he won in 2020.

RawStory barely scratches the surface in their summary of The Washington Post article. 

Here are some of the excerpts they left out:

“I think I’m booked every single day for 33 days,” he said at the end of the news conference, incorrectly citing the number of days until the election, which is 35. “I’ve worked for 17 or 18 days when you say in a row, and I’m working even when I’m not working.”

Trump was more energetic during a speech to supporters in Waunakee, Wis., earlier Tuesday. He went on an extended riff about the 1987 film “Full Metal Jacket” and made up a false claim that Harris raised taxes as the San Francisco district attorney, which is not a power of that office. 

"Full Metal Jacket" I wondered, what the hell was he talking about about. I looked it up and found the following: 

'What Are You Babbling About?' Jimmy Kimmel Spots Trump Going 'Full Mental' In Real Time in HuffPost. It included a video clip of this part of his speech:

Here's another excerpt from The Washington Post article:

“They come from, from the Congo in Africa,” Trump said at the event at Discovery World, a science and technology museum a couple of miles from where the Republican National Convention was held in July. “Many people from the Congo. I don’t know what that is.”

Trump elaborated on his proposal to eliminate the Department of Education by describing what he envisioned the agency would look like: “I think you will have like one person plus a secretary. You’ll have a secretary. The secretary will have one person plus a secretary. And all the person has to do is: Are you teaching English? Are you teaching arithmetic? What are you doing? Reading, writing and arithmetic. And are you not teaching woke? Not teaching woke is a very big factor. But we’ll have a very small staff.” 

This all relates to J.D. Vance because it is a reminder that should Trump win he would be a Trump brain-fart leading to an undeniable descent into dementia, or a life threatening or life ending medical event, from becoming president.

I have no doubt, nor should you, that J.D. Vance is very well aware that if Trump wins he may not serve out his term and that he will end up as president. 

Vance is also aware that the vice president is the only member of the Executive Branch that can't be fired. However, he probably can recite every word of the 25th Amendment since in essence it says that the vice president can fire the president. I bet his internet search history shows many clicks on this Wikipedia link.

I bet he has it printed out with this one line highlighted (click image to enlarge):

Vance knows first hand that Trump's mental condition is deteriorating. He knows that the vice president has the ceremonial role of certifying an election, but he knows that his role in beginning the process of enacting the 25th Amendment is anything but ceremonial. 

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