Trump named Vance and Rubio among possible Republican candidates in the 2028 election

Trump assessed the Republican Party's leadership potential

US President Donald Trump named Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio among possible Republican Party candidates in the 2028 presidential election. He said this on air on the Fox News channel, answering a question about a possible successor. Trump refused to name a specific politician to whom he is ready to hand over leadership of the country: according to him, it is too early to determine the future contender, but the Republicans have several potential candidates for the race. «There's JD, there's Marco and many others — we have a strong bench, they don't,» the American leader said. He also contrasted his party's leadership resources with those of the Democratic Party, which, in his assessment, has no comparable pool of candidates. Vance holds the post of vice president, and Rubio heads the State Department; both are part of Trump's inner circle and have previously repeatedly figured in discussions of a possible successor. The statement came against the backdrop of the midterm congressional elections: as Life.ru reported, on October 24 Trump, together with his wife Melania, voted early in Florida and told journalists that he had cast his vote for the Republicans. Election Day is set for November 3 — Americans will fully renew the composition of the House of Representatives and elect about a third of the Senate, and the results will determine the balance of power in Congress for the next two years and affect the administration's ability to advance its legislative program. For readers, this means that the intra-party discussion of a successor has already begun long before the 2028 election, but Trump has made it clear that he is not making a final decision — the question remains open.