Despite his anti-elite stance, Vance’s connections reveal a more complex relationship with establishment figures. At the same time, as the former president distances himself from Project 2025âa right-wing policy roadmap aiming to purge the federal government and reshape the executive branch and turn the US into what critics characterize as a Christian nationalist autocratic stateâVanceâs Venmo network reveals his ties not just to Halikias but to others associated with a maximalist interpretation of MAGA. Gladden Pappin, for instanceâpresident of the Hungarian Institute of International Affairs and a figure with close ties to the intellectual wing of the far rightâshows up as one of Vanceâs friends.
Senator Vanceâs office declined to comment on the record for this story. In an interview with Newsmax earlier this month, he said that the Project 2025…
