For once, the e-mail blast was not all about the President himself, but offered a chance to win a face-to-face meeting with his deputy, Vice President JD Vance.
JD Vance on a high-profile trip to the Vatican to meet Pope Leo XIV (Photo: Vatican Media/Vatican Pool – Corbis/Getty Images)
It is not coincidental to see Vance centre-stage at the very moment Elon Musk has disengaged from Washington to helm his somewhat-troubled businesses.
His infamous efforts to stoke the argument with President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office in February were seen by many Washington observers as an effort to remind Trump that he was still there.
Elon Musk at a meeting of Donald Trump’s cabinet in March 2025, wearing a variant of the classic Maga hat that says “Trump was right about everything” (Photo: Brendan Smialowski / AFP)
Now, with Musk out of the way and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) slowing down, the path is clearer for Vance to shine.
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He has travelled to India with his wife (who has Indian heritage) and their three young children, and in meetings with Prime Minister Narendra Modi advanced talks on the unfinished trade deal between Washington and New Delhi.
46% of Republican voters say they would support Vance to succeed Trump, leaving the second-placed candidate, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, trailing in the dust with 8% support.
“I think I’ve done enough”, he said, “but if I see a reason to do political spending in the future, I will do it. I just don’t currently see a reason”.
Demand for its electric cars has collapsed, and several of its dealerships have been violently attacked as a result of Musk’s controversial cost-cutting at DOGE.
A protest in Seattle in March 2025. Many critics mockingly spoke of “President Musk” in an attmept to needle Trump about his powerful ally (Photo: AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)Having struggled in the early phases of Trump’s second term to carve out a niche, Vance may now see a path to advance his ambitions.
Vance also faces ongoing questions about his true commitment to Trump’s “Make America Great Again” agenda.
His somewhat fluid political views will now come under the microscope as never before, as he cruises into a higher gear in a largely Musk-free Washington.
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