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Even though President Donald Trump’s tenure is going on in America, the game of check-mate has already started within the Republican Party for the country’s next presidential election (year 2028). These days, the official press briefing room of the White House has been transformed into an unofficial ‘Audition Stage’ for this upcoming mega-fight. After US Secretary of State Marco Rubio took over the podium two weeks ago, now the country’s Vice President JD Vance is also seen directly addressing the media.
Actually, White House’s regular press secretary Caroline Levitt is on maternity leave these days. In his absence, these two biggest leaders of the administration were given the huge responsibility of holding back-to-back press briefings. Political experts are not seeing this as a mere coincidence, but as a big ‘show of strength’ to contest the presidential elections of 2028.
JD Vance shows calmness amid sharp questions from journalists
Recently, Vice President JD Vance bravely faced sharp, complex and confusing questions from reporters in the White House press room for almost an hour. During this time, when there was a competition among the journalists to shout and ask questions, Vance lightened the atmosphere by smiling. He said, “Marco Rubio was absolutely right, this place really is nothing less than chaos.”
Vance also joked light-heartedly about the seating arrangement for media persons. However, when it came to serious policy and political questions, his tone appeared very measured and moderate. Political analysts believe that this calm behavior of JD Vance is completely different from the direct, aggressive and attacking style of President Donald Trump and he is leaving a new impression.
Strong defense of Trump administration’s tough measures against Iran
According to the report of international news agency Reuters, during this long press conference, JD Vance strongly supported every domestic and foreign policy of the Trump administration. Vance defended the administration’s decisions, fully justifying the tough military and diplomatic measures taken against Iran. Along with this, he also justified the new $1.7 billion special fund created in the national interest to provide financial assistance and compensation to Trump’s associates who claim themselves to be victims of political persecution.
An interesting incident happened during this briefing when a journalist addressed JD Vance as a ‘potential future presidential candidate’. On this, Vance immediately took charge of the situation and distanced himself from the race, saying, “I am not a potential future candidate. I am the Vice President of the country right now. I love my current responsibility and I am trying to do this job as well as I can.”
Vance or Rubio? What is going on in Trump’s mind?
Even though both JD Vance and Marco Rubio are not giving much importance to their presidential ambitions of 2028 on public platforms, President Donald Trump himself is not far behind in fanning this internal race. Recently, during a high-profile dinner organized in the Rose Garden of the White House, Trump suddenly asked a question to gauge the mood of the guests present there. Trump asked, “Who here likes JD Vance? And who likes Marco Rubio?” The surprising thing was that the guests applauded the names of both the leaders with almost equal enthusiasm.
Donald Trump even said smilingly that if these two strong leaders contest elections together in the future, it will prove to be a ‘perfect ticket’ for the Republican Party. However, he did not forget to clarify that it would be too early to officially declare any one leader as his successor. After this, when reporters asked Trump directly that who impressed JD Vance and Marco Rubio more in the press briefing, Trump patted both of them on the back and said, “I think both of them have done a wonderful job. I saw both of them live on TV and both of them are very capable and wonderful people.”