Trump signals surprising approach to choosing his successor as GOP's 2028 field grows
VANCE, CRUZ, DESANTIS DIAGNOSE GOP'S MIDTERM DISASTER AS 2028 BATTLE BEGINS "I think we have an unbelievable bench of talent," Trump told Fox News' Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum in an election night interview on Fox News..
Key points
- President Donald Trump says he may not put his thumb on the scale when it comes to picking the Republican Party's 2028 presidential nominee.
- I'm just not going to talk about 2028 anymore." The conservative firebrand senator from Texas, who was runner-up to Trump in the bruising 2016 presidential primaries, has made no secret that he may run for the White House again in 2028.
- Even with last week's setbacks, Vance leads many of the early 2028 GOP presidential primary polls, has built a formidable fundraising network thanks in part to his role as the Republican National Committee's finance chair, and has a team of advisors and aides that would form the beginnings of a presidential campaign.
Maybe I'm better off not getting involved." Trump for months has touted the GOP's "great bench" when asked about the likely Republican field of contenders aiming to succeed him in the White House.
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- Rubio, who ran unsuccessfully for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination, is doing his best to stay far away from the 2028 spotlight.
- SIGN UP TO GET THE POLITICS NEWSLETTER "There's going to be a robust field of candidates that test the waters in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina and that's exactly as it should be," Nicole Schlinger, a veteran Iowa-based Republican strategist, told Fox News Digital.
- Rubio, who has said a handful of times over the past year that he'd back Vance if the vice president decides to launch a White House campaign, was asked about 2028 Monday while taking questions from reporters during a stop in France.
- It was a Watergate-level repudiation." In a possible preview of the Republican primaries, Cruz has put plenty of daylight between himself and Vance over support for Israel, with Cruz spotlighting his support for the Israeli government.
- "Probably, not necessarily," Trump said in a post-midterm election interview on CBS' "60 Minutes" when asked whether he will endorse in the primary to pick the next Republican nominee.
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