Trump gives stunning response when asked if he views JD Vance as his political successor

President Donald Trump gave a stunning and frank effect erstwhile asked if helium saw Vice President J.D. Vance arsenic his governmental successor.

'No,' the 78-year-old Republican said to the question, posed by Fox News' Bret Baier
during a Super Bowl interview.

Trump was asked if helium viewed Vance arsenic his governmental successor, and whether helium expected Vance to beryllium the 2028 Republican nominee. 

After answering successful the negative, Trump added, 'But he's precise capable.' 

'I mean, I don't deliberation that it, you know, I deliberation you person a batch of precise susceptible people. So far, I deliberation he's doing a fantastic job. It's excessively early,' the president said. 

'We're conscionable - starting,' Trump added. 

Vance was added to the summons successful July aft Trump had a falling retired with his archetypal moving mate, erstwhile Vice President Mike Pence, implicit the 2020 election and the January 6th Capitol attack. 

Pence concisely ran against Trump successful the 2024 Republican primary, but pulled retired adjacent earlier the January 2024 Iowa caucuses, owed to debased canvass numbers and small interest.  

Baier pointed retired that by the midterms successful 2026, Vance would beryllium looking for an endorsement from Trump. 

'Yeah, a batch of radical person said that this has been the top opening, astir 3 weeks, successful the past of the presidency,' Trump said, not answering the question. 

'Well, we've done truthful much, truthful fast,' the president continued. 'And we truly had to origin they person really, what they've done to our state is truthful sad. It's truthful sad. We're going to beryllium bigger, amended and stronger than ever before.' 

If the 40-year-old Vance decides to tally successful 2028, helium could denote arsenic aboriginal arsenic November 2026 - with Trump mounting that precedent. 

During the 2024 cycle, Trump announced his 3rd statesmanlike run conscionable a week aft the midterms concluded - connected November 15, 2022. 

Republicans had underperformed successful those midterms - with Democrats narrowly losing the House successful what was expected to beryllium a 'red wave.' 

But Trump jumped successful the statesmanlike contention historically aboriginal anyway. 

Trump is bound to lone service 2 presumption by the U.S. Constitution's 22nd Amendment. 

But helium has brought up the thought of serving a 3rd word often since being sworn-in again connected January 20th. 

'I fishy I won’t beryllium moving again, unless you bash something,' helium told a gathering of House Republicans. 'Unless you say, "He's truthful good, we person to conscionable fig it out."'

Tennessee GOP Rep. Andy Ogles introduced a bill that would alteration the 22nd Amendment of the U.S. Constitution to let a 3rd Trump word but the barroom for occurrence is incredibly high. 

Ogles' Amendment would let Trump to service a 3rd word due to the fact that his archetypal 2 presumption were non-consecutive. 

It wouldn't allow, for instance, erstwhile President Barack Obama, who astatine property 63 is younger than Trump, due to the fact that Obama served 2 consecutive terms.