Trump Says Too Early to Endorse Vance for 2028 Run
President Trump declines to endorse JD Vance for 2028, calling it too early ahead of midterms.
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President Donald Trump has yet to endorse Vice President JD Vance for a potential 2028 presidential run, stating it is “too early” to make such a call while the midterm elections are still ahead. During a press briefing in the Oval Office on Tuesday, Trump said he and Vance have not discussed the possibility of a future campaign.
Trump and Vance Avoid Endorsement Talk
“Well, I’ll tell you this — he’s a very talented person, and he’s a very good person, but we’ve literally, I don’t think we’ve ever talked about it,” Trump told reporters. Vance echoed the sentiment, saying, “No sir,” and added, “I said that too.”
Trump emphasized the importance of focusing on the upcoming midterms, stating, “You know, who would believe that? I don’t talk about it with him, he doesn’t talk about it. It’s early. We are very early right now. We have to get through the midterms, we’ll see how it goes.”
Vance Uncertain About 2028 Plans
Earlier in the week, Vance told journalist Mark Halperin that he believed Trump would endorse him if he decided to run for president. However, when asked if he thought Trump would endorse him “right away” if he launched a campaign, Vance replied, “I would think so, but I don’t know, man. I haven’t talked to him about it.”
Halperin pressed further, asking if it would be “weird” if the president considered not giving Vance his endorsement. Vance responded, “No, I don’t think it would be weird. I mean, again, I think I would get his endorsement, but I also think there is something to be said for people actually running their own race. And because the president’s endorsement is so dispositive, you could absolutely see a scenario where the president says, ‘You know what? We need to let this race play out and not, like, preemptively pre-judge the results.’”
In the same interview, Vance admitted he has not yet decided on his plans for 2028. “I just haven’t focused on it,” he told Halperin, before adding that the additional pressure that comes with vying for the Oval Office might be too much for him. “Like sometimes you know media scrutiny, pressure, policy. I can be terrible at it… so I don’t know,” he said.
Source: Breitbart
