President Trump faced a major decision.
It looks like Trump made up his mind.
And Trump made one 2028 decision that left JD Vance speechless.
Trump Appears to Settle on JD Vance as His Successor
Establishment Republicans like Fox News founder Rupert Murdoch begged President Trump not to select JD Vance as his running mate.
Neoconservatives like Ben Shapiro, Mark Levin, and Marc Thiessen spent weeks blasting Vance as a traitor or MAGA and weak for attempting to negotiate a peace deal to end the Iran War.
All want a return to the pre-Trump GOP of Mitt Romney, Liz Cheney, and George Bush.
Trump crushed that establishment plot to sabotage his political movement as he is now telling donors in private that “we need to elect JD,” settling the question of who will inherit the mantle of the MAGA movement.
“President Donald Trump recently told donors in private that he wants to see his vice president win the 2028 presidential election — a sign that he is open to publicly backing JD Vance, even as some advisers caution that Trump has yet to settle firmly on a successor.
“At the end of the day, we need to elect JD,” Trump said during an Oval Office meeting with donors roughly two weeks ago, according to two people with knowledge of the comments who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter,” the Washington Post reported.
While Trump has settled on Vance as his chosen successor, there aren’t any immediate plans for Vance to endorse his candidacy and Trump to back him since the midterm election is the primary focus.
“An adviser to the president with direct knowledge of Trump’s comment to the donors said that Trump has privately resolved that Vance will be the heir to the GOP, but that it is “too early” to determine when Vance will announce his candidacy or when Trump will publicly endorse him,” the post report went on to say.
How Vance Won the Trump Endorsement
Trump reportedly decided to endorse Vance after Vance’s performance as the chair of an anti-fraud task force that is uncovering hundreds of millions of dollars in fraudulent spending in blue states, negotiating a 60-day ceasefire with Iran, and Vance’s media tour-de-force where he destroyed anti-Trump liberals like the hosts of The View in defending the deal.
“Lately Vance impressed Trump by negotiating a June ceasefire deal with Iran, leading a task force to crack down on fraud in federal benefits and parrying a range of media interviews for his book tour in June, the adviser said. Even though the ceasefire deal collapsed in July, Vance advisers believed that his role in the talks was still a political win: The agreement he negotiated was popular, whereas voters widely disapprove of Trump’s handling of the war,” the Post also reported.
Levin, Shapiro and their fellow neoconservatives tried to will a candidacy by Secretary of State Marco Rubio into existence since they believe Rubio would support their foreign policy agenda of the Bush era.
But Rubio has no campaign in waiting, is on record saying he would endorse Vance if he ran, and would have to quit his cabinet position, a move he is making no signs of making, if he wants to run.
Trump, however, wants Rubio as Vance’s running mate, and that’s a decision that likely won’t come until next summer.
“The Trump adviser said that Trump still would like to see Rubio on a joint ticket with Vance — and the president regularly praises Rubio — but that it is unclear whether Rubio would actually want the role of Vance’s running mate,” the Post stated.
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