Seeing how vance just appeared out of thin air a few months ago right into orangeasshole's asshole, shoulder deep just makes me ponder this strange setup.
My random thought is it's possible that most the crooks in the gop in higher places, vance and orangeass may all think that they are the ones deciding things and ideas when the reality may be that the super rich are creating circumstances and scenarios for them to act in. We know for almost certainty that cheeto thinks he's making decisions and people respect him. I see the same with vance, a self absorbed moron oblivious to the world around them.
My contention is they are puppets, include the turtle mitch and they're all reading scripts they don't even realize that they are. Some gop may see this as well, but they will go along because to not to would be job and financial suicide. Once you're a crook and lying and involved with real bosses above you, you are trapped like a wet rat.