Their second best is JD Vance.

Trump become more famous at the end of the broadcast TV era. Millions of people watched the apprentice on a weekly basis. There’s nobody with that amount of reach anymore.

I’m not sure who would rise up to the level of his TV personality right now. I’m sure there are people who will try to emulate him like Desantis tries to. There will be blustery conservatives but they’re much more like dickhead middle management than someone who will rally the unwashed masses. Republicans will have to lean harder on “the liberal agenda” as a bogeyman rather than having a candidate who pisses off the opposition so badly. However, They will be able to go back to reliable apathy from the left once he’s gone.

There’s no cult of personality like Trump and there will likely never be another one like him.

I absolutely hate that everyone is using ‘folksy’ like it’s some kind of term anyone was ever using to begin with. In the past we would use “down to earth.” Might as well be saying Demure.