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Arwa Mahdawi

Even Maga is falling out of love with JD Vance. If only his rivals weren’t even worse …

A man with a beard in a blue suit, white shirt and blue tie, coming out of small plane and waving
‘The president is loving Vance’s svelte new figure’ … the vice-president in Winconsin earlier this month. Photograph: Mark Schiefelbein/Reuters

There’s something a bit off about JD Vance. And I mean that literally: the vice-president has been snacking on sauerkraut and other fermented foods as part of a weight-loss regime. Health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr got a number of Trump officials, including Vance, on to the diet, and is thrilled with the results. “Within 20 days I lost 20 pounds,” Kennedy said at an event in Michigan last month. “JD Vance is also on the diet and you can see how different he looks.” Dunno about that: still looks like a naked opportunist to me.

If you want to get into Donald Trump’s good books, improving your looks is a surefire way to do so. According to MS Now, the president is loving Vance’s svelte new figure; it’s helped propel him back into Trump’s good graces. Which is lucky for him because he doesn’t have many other fans. They may be full of beneficial bacteria, but everyone around Vance seems to hate his guts.

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