US President Donald Trump has told his donors that he wants Vice President JD Vance to win the 2028 presidential election, The Washington Post reported on Thursday.
According to two anonymous sources, Trump had told the donors that "At the end of the day, we need to elect JD," during a meeting in the Oval Office two weeks ago.
One presidential advisor told the Washington Post that Trump has privately resolved that Vance will be the next candidate for the Republican Party, but that it is "too early" to know when he will announce his candidacy.
However, other advisors cautioned that Trump could still change his mind about the endorsement, and that he tells different things to different people.
“Anyone assuming it’s a lock is just getting way ahead of themselves, or just doesn’t know the president very well,” one official said.
US Jews support Marco Rubio as next president
Vance's main opponent in the 2028 presidential election is thought to be Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who has received widespread support from Jewish Americans.
“I can certainly tell you with confidence that in the American Jewish conservative circles, it’s Marco Rubio by a margin of 99 to 1,” activist Shabbos Kestenbaum said in May.
“In fact that’s probably underselling it, it’s probably closer to 100 to 0. I can’t think of anyone within the American Jewish MAGA movement who would not want Marco Rubio as the nominee.”
Trump himself has floated a Vance-Rubio ticket, without saying which of the two he thinks should be president.
Joseph Strauss contributed to this report.