If Trump wins, the 2028 race will be an epic showdown between Vance and DeSantis. This board, which would have already melted down, will burn a hole all the way to China.
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Certainly plausible.

BUT MAGA would be divided and bought off from within and defeated.

The Establishment (Google Jockey Inc) have sat on their hands and decided if they can't kill Trump and he won't lose - they need to just wait for him to do 2 terms, OR fizzle out. *Then* via dividing MAGA from within, *and* perhaps narrowing it down to ONE Establishment candidate vs multiple MAGA candidates, the Establishment takes back the GOP - at least a big part of it. The nuclear option here is paying a MAGA to go 3rd party, should Harris need the help or the Establishment wants to throw it to her.

They'll get someone who talks MAGA but is really Establishment.

JD *could* be that but if Trump loses, some GOP'ers are gonna question cat ladies, IVF Talibanism, tracking periods, etc.

Enter the likes of Youngkin. Governor Kemp. Possibly Governor Sununu but he might come off as too nice although he's talented and so affable. And names I'm sure I'm not familiar with because I just don't watch like I used to.