MAKE IT MAKE SENSE: After Trump, what comes next?

Is JD Vance’s courtship of the new far right a move toward a more extreme future?

In today’s letter: With Donald Trump on the ropes, can MAGA survive? And is a new coalition already taking shape?

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Yesterday, we talked about how the Jeffrey Epstein emails might be the beginning of the end for Donald Trump. But the emerging details of his involvement in a shadowy conspiracy that puts some of the wildest QAnon fantasies to shame aren’t the only difficulties he faces right now in holding his fragile coalition together. The furthest-right elements of the MAGA movement are losing faith in his commitment to America First principles, and they may well be looking for something more compelling.

Where’s a right-wing revolutionary to turn? Can MAGA survive Donald Trump? And if not, what might take its place?

Vice President JD Vance’s newest friends may have an answer.