America’s vice-president has cast himself as the chief ideologist of a movement, MAGA, whose essence is that it has no ideology. Register for free to read our columnist’s take https://www.economist.com/united-states/2026/04/16/jd-vances-theory-of-trumpism-is-no-match-for-the-practice?taid=69e408424cd2160001d664a2&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=voante