In the early hours of Feb. 28, President Donald Trump and his administration joined Israel in launching a wave of strikes on Iran, and later that night, he asked a group of roughly 25 GOP donors at Mar-a-Lago in Florida whom they would prefer he support for president in 2028: Secretary of State Marco Rubio or Vice President JD Vance.
Attendees overwhelmingly indicated Rubio through their cheering, according to two people who were at the event. “It was almost unanimous for Marco,” said a person in attendance, who, like others in this article, was granted anonymity to speak candidly. “Yeah, that’s right,” said the second attendee about the informal Trump poll. “It was clear, at least that night.” Another person in the room characterised the response as more “evenly split” between Rubio and Vance, NBC News reported.
