{"id":1478,"date":"2025-08-09T13:21:31","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T13:21:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/?p=1478"},"modified":"2025-08-09T13:21:31","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T13:21:31","slug":"donald-trump-appears-to-name-likely-2028-republican-ticket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/?p=1478","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump Appears To Name Likely 2028 Republican Ticket"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>President Trump is signaling that the 2028 Republican presidential race may already have a frontrunner\u2014and it\u2019s his current Vice President, JD Vance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a series of comments on Tuesday, Trump said Vance is \u201cmost likely\u201d the favorite to carry the MAGA movement forward into the 2028 presidential election, although he stopped short of offering a formal endorsement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI think most likely,\u201d Trump replied to Fox News\u2019 Peter Doocy when questioned on the matter. \u201cHe\u2019s the Vice President.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a surprising twist, Trump floated the idea of pairing Vance with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, a former rival from the 2016 primary and a figure once considered out of step with the MAGA wing of the party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMarco is somebody that maybe would get together with JD in some form,\u201d Trump said, adding that he has \u201cincredible people\u201d in his Cabinet who could help shape the future of the movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rubio\u2019s name wasn\u2019t widely seen as a likely addition to a 2028 MAGA ticket. Known for his hawkish foreign policy stance and past clashes with Trump, Rubio has since carved out a role in the administration as a foreign policy heavyweight. Trump\u2019s suggestion of a Vance-Rubio alliance hints at a broader strategic vision\u2014perhaps aiming to unite different factions of the GOP heading into the post-Trump era.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 BREAKING: President Trump all-but clears the GOP 2028 presidential primary field, says JD VANCE is LIKELY the favorite.<br><br>DOOCY: Do you agree the heir apparent to MAGA is JD VANCE?<br><br>TRUMP: &quot;I think MOST LIKELY. He&#39;s the VP. Marco maybe would get together with JD&#8230;We have\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WL8QzqDAjq\">pic.twitter.com\/WL8QzqDAjq<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EricLDaugh\/status\/1952838244082827653?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 5, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite renewed speculation, Trump insisted it\u2019s \u201ctoo early\u201d to make any decisions about 2028. He also reiterated that he would \u201cprobably not\u201d seek a third term\u2014something barred by the Constitution but floated occasionally by Trump and his allies, sometimes jokingly, sometimes not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some political analysts believe Trump\u2019s vague talk of 2028 and repeated third-term teases are part of a calculated effort to keep the spotlight on himself and his administration\u2014delaying the inevitable jockeying for position that comes with an open Republican field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Still, his remarks on Vance and Rubio may have already reshaped that conversation. Rubio in July signaled his support for a prospective J.D. Vance run for the nation\u2019s highest office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWell, I think JD Vance would be a great nominee. If he decides he wants to do that. I think he\u2019s doing a great job as Vice President. He\u2019s a close friend and I hope he intends to do it,\u201d Rubio told Fox News\u2019 \u201cMy View With Lara Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s kind of early, you know, but being in the role that I\u2019m in here at the Secretary of State, I really don\u2019t play in politics,\u201d Rubio explained. \u201cThere\u2019s actually rules against me being involved in domestic politics.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI want to do this job as long as the president allows me to do it and stay in that job, which would keep me here all the way through January of 2028,\u201d he went on. \u201cYou never know what the future holds. You never rule things out or anything.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Secretary of State Rubio has also described Vance as \u201cone of my closest friends in politics.\u201d If paired together in 2028, they might make for a formidable team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The betting platform&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/conservativebrief.com\/favorite-2028-93294\/\">Polymarket<\/a>&nbsp;launched its 2028 presidential election sweepstakes, giving users a chance to buy and sell shares on who they believe will win the White House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vice President JD Vance is the early favorite overall,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/conservativebrief.com\/favorite-2028-93294\/\">sitting at 27 percent<\/a>, according to the site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>California Gov. Gavin Newsom trails behind at 17 percent, followed by New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at 10 percent. Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and others round out the top of the board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kamala Harris, who was the Democrats\u2019 2024 nominee and former vice president, sits far down the list at just 4 percent, one point behind President Donald Trump, who is constitutionally&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/conservativebrief.com\/favorite-2028-93294\/\">barred<\/a>&nbsp;from running again after completing two terms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Trump is signaling that the 2028 Republican presidential race may already have a frontrunner\u2014and it\u2019s his current<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1479,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1478"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1480,"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1478\/revisions\/1480"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/states-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}