Donald Trump's grip on the Republican Party is already reshaping the race to succeed him, with a former GOP strategist claiming that 'dozens' of Republicans are quietly preparing 2028 presidential bids in Washington and key primary states right now.
Talk of a 2028 Republican free‑for‑all had largely gone quiet over the past year as Trump pushed to return to the White House again, prompting most ambitious Republicans to wait their turn. That calculation appears to be shifting fast, at least according to Rick Wilson, a former Republican operative and co-founder of the anti-Trump Lincoln Project, who told Raw Story that party insiders are now openly gaming out life after Trump and, in some cases, his mortality.
