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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
John Bowden

Trump is pushing ‘good friends’ Rubio and Vance as possible successors – can they take the mantle in 2028?

Donald Trump over the weekend floated the possibility that Marco Rubio, his secretary of State, could run for president in 2028.

The remark, made during an interview with NBC’s Meet the Press, was notable given that Trump himself ran against Rubio for the GOP nomination for president in 2016, eventually winning the contest that year. At the time, the two men engaged in one of the bitterest spats of the Republican primary field.

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