JD waits until after the midterms, then makes deals with Marco, Bessett, and a few others he'd need to make the necessary quota and then discusses it with a few in Congress and then BOOM!

JD does not depend on trump for his job. He was officially elected and trump CANNOT boot nor damage him other than by trump staying in office. The longer, the less likely JD will ever get a real shot at winning.

However, if he boots trump and makes major changes to what upsets the base, he could get a win in 2028. Depending on his opponent. Getting rid of hegseth and RFK, ending the war & tariffs, and pretending to be a grownup in charge would change perceptions.

I've been watching him. He makes a huge effort to be conciliatory, polite, and "normal" when talking to the press. He's phony through and through, but he's pulling it off.

So making deals behind trump's back and Zapping him into the abyss could do wonders for his popularity given that he knows where the bodies are buried and a tell all conference before voting to impeach, with how trump will react in public over it just might save his ambitions.

That, or trump dies and he inherits it all without having taken a stand. He's doomed. He can't trash him once he's dead and get away with it with the base. But he CAN do it beforehand by convincing the last holdout that trump really is a spoiled fruitcake that he simply must replace before we are all poisoned.