STORY: :: August 5, 2025
:: Washington, D.C.
:: Trump suggests J.D. Vance is his heir to lead the MAGA movement
Journalist: “Do you agree that the heir apparent to MAGA is J.D. Vance?”
Trump: “Well, I think most likely in all fairness, he’s the vice president. And I think Marco (Rubio) is also somebody that maybe would get together with J.D. in some form. I also think we have incredible people, some of the people on the stage right here. So it’s too early, obviously, to talk about it. But certainly he’s doing a great job, and he would be, probably favored at this point.”
Trump also proposed that Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio join forces for a future Republican ticket.
Trump has declined in the past to offer any endorsement for a 2028 successor. He said in February that Vance was “very capable” but that it was too early to name him as the leading candidate.
Vance, a 40-year-old onetime Marine, has carved out a sizable role in the Trump administration, serving as a key diplomat and top surrogate selling Trump’s domestic policy at home and foreign policy abroad.
Rubio, a former Florida senator, has emerged as a significant figure in an administration that has spent considerable time tackling thorny foreign policy dilemmas. He is the first person since Henry Kissinger to serve as both secretary of state and national security adviser.
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