J.D. Vance was in trouble. "Tarnished Brand" and "Slope Slippery"

The New York Times has no doubt: Vice President Vance is the biggest loser of Tuesday's election. The politician, who is trying to position himself as the president's successor, has become "an avatar of the MAGA movement and a bigger Trumpist than Trump himself." Now he will have great difficulty distancing himself from this "tarnished brand," the NYT continues.

The media notice that other influential representatives of the Republican Party - here is the example of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis - are trying to tactically distance themselves from the president whose policies ruined their party in the elections. DeSantis even called the debacle a “rejection of Washington Republicans.”

However, Vance, who became very close - more than other important members of the administration, such as Secretary of State Marco Rubio - to the Trump family, and especially to Donald Jr., found himself in an extremely difficult position - the daily estimates.

"Newsweek" writes in a similar tone and refers to a survey from October. According to this study, 44 percent have a negative opinion of the vice president. respondents.

CNN, on the other hand, points out that Vance is on a slippery slope: he has lost 18 points in polls since he began in office. percent, and among independent voters - as many as 30 points. and is the least popular Republican vice president at this point in the term.

Even in bookmaker bets - cited by CNN - the vice president is clearly losing: his chances of winning the next presidential election, estimated at 33% in 2025, are now 22%.

The New York Times reminds that the vice president posted a post on the X platform after the Republican Party lost the elections, in which he stated that the reason for the defeat was the war with Iran.

However, Vance did not distance himself from Trump's other disastrous ideas, such as the trade war, nor did he address the allegations of corruption against the Trump clan and politicians in his administration, the daily emphasizes.

And it will be even more difficult for him to distance himself from Trump because, on the one hand, he would expose himself to the anger of the president and a particularly faithful part of his voters, and, on the other, it would be one political volte-face too many. In the end, Vance, who compared Trump to Hitler, underwent a full conversion to Trumpism - reminds "NYT".

It is also not advantageous for the vice president that he is associated with the ultra-right barons of Silicon Valley. Ron DeSantis has already taken a critical stance towards AI companies, and many other Republicans are ready to do the same. They all take into account the fact that for some politicians, accepting electoral donations from Elon Musk turned out to be toxic.

"NYT" sums up: Vance is intelligent and clever, he went from calling Trump "America's Hitler" to becoming his deputy, so he may succeed in another transformation. However, that seems less likely now than it did just a week ago.

Even conservative and Trump-friendly Fox News commentator Brian Kilmeade said on his show that "Vance is not as popular as he thinks." He also stated that "when you are as closely aligned with Trump as Vance is, you have to ask yourself whether there is a benefit or a burden."