The President of the United States, Donald Trump, proposed his Vice President, JD Vance, and the Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, as an "ideal team" for the 2028 presidential elections, although he has avoided explicitly endorsing either of them.
"Who likes JD Vance? Who likes Marco Rubio?" Trump asked before suggesting that the pair "sounds like a good formula," during a dinner with law enforcement officials for National Police Week.
"JD is perfect, that's been a perfect formula," he added at a press conference.
He then emphasized that the hypothetical candidacy would be "an ideal team" for him.
"I think it sounds like a candidate for President and a candidate for Vice President," he noted, clarifying that his positive perception of this possibility "does not mean" that they have his support "under any circumstances."
The Republican has maintained a certain level of ambiguity about who will receive his support for the upcoming presidential elections, and he has not made it clear whether he would support Vance instead of Rubio, or whether he would encourage them to run together on the same ticket. Neither of them has expressed any intentions in that regard.
Rubio, for his part, launched his own presidential campaign in 2016, although he suspended it after losing the primaries to Trump.
Furthermore, Rubio told Vanity Fair in December 2025 that he would be "one of the first to support" ...
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U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday proposed his Vice President, JD Vance, and Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, as an "ideal team" for the 2028 presidential election, although he has avoided endorsing either of them. "Who likes JD Vance? Who likes Marco Rubio?" Trump asked before suggesting that the pair "sounds like a good formula" during a dinner with law enforcement officials for National Police Week. "JD is perfect, that's been a perfect formula," he added at a press conference. He then emphasized that the hypothetical candidacy would be an "ideal team" for him. "I think it sounds like a candidate for President and a candidate for Vice President," he noted, clarifying that his positive perception of this possibility "does not mean" that they have his support "under any circumstances." The Republican has maintained some suspense about who will receive his support for the upcoming presidential elections, for which he has not made it clear whether he would support Vance instead of Rubio, or whether he would encourage them to run together on the same ticket, although neither of them has expressed any intentions in that regard. Rubio, for his part, launched his own presidential campaign in 2016, although he suspended it after losing the primaries to Trump. In December 2025, Rubio told Vanity Fair that he would be "one of the first to support" Vance if the Vice President ultimately decided to run for the White House. Vance, for his part, stated in February 2026 that "there is no conflict whatsoever" between him and Rubio, amid speculation about who might be the next Republican candidate for the 2028 elections. "I think it's interesting that the media wants to create this conflict, where there is no conflict at all," he claimed in an interview with Fox News, after U.S. President Donald Trump declined on several occasions to comment on his potential successor. "Marco is my closest friend in the administration. I think he's doing a great job for the American people," Vance defended, before adding that "we all have to continue to do a good job for the American people, from the President on down."