Donald Trump has refused to endorse JD Vance. The president has told the media that his vice president might not run for president in 2028. Trump has also been taking passive-aggressive shots at Vance after the VP blamed the Iran War for the Republican midterm election defeat. Trump also criticized the size of the crowds that Vance drew for his midterm election rallies.
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Meanwhile, Trump can’t stop talking up Marco Rubio.
The biggest factor in who will be the 2028 Republican presidential nominee isn’t Republican primary voters. It’s Donald Trump.
Democrats have already approved their initial primary schedule, but Republicans have nothing, because there will be no Republican primary until Trump says there is.
Trump will essentially pick the Republican nominee, and don’t be surprised if the GOP primary process isn’t heavily slanted toward Trump’s chosen candidate.
JD Vance seems to be starting to get the sense that he isn’t going to be Trump’s chosen candidate.
Vance thought he would inherit MAGA, but MAGA is dying along with Trump’s presidency, so the vice president realizes that if he isn’t Trump’s chosen one, he has no path.