President Trump has reportedly been pitting two of his top officials against each other in a bizarre succession game. Within hours of the first strikes on Iran last month, he hosted an event at his Mar-a-Lago home in Palm Beach,

President Donald Trump reportedly asked two dozen donors at Mar-a-Lago what they thought of Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio for 2028, with the crowd applauding louder for Rubio.

Trump had not anointed a White House successor but has said that a GOP ticket of Vance and Rubio would be formidable. Nineteen percent of respondents to a recent Daily Mail/JL Partners poll said that Vance is the most influential member of Trump’s inner circle. Rubio was second in the survey, with 12%.

When President Trump gave his first press conference since the start of the Iran war, he brushed past Vice President Vance, instead lavishing praise on Secretary of State Marco Rubio. “Marco Rubio is doing a great job.

The president has lately extolled the secretary of state amid the focus on foreign policy, but many see the vice president as a better heir to the MAGA empire.

President Trump joked about 'criminal charges' for Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a college sports roundtable

Donald Trump says advice from Pete Hegseth, Marco Rubio, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff shaped the decision to strike Iran, prompting scrutiny of Operation Epic Fury and the administration's war strategy.

Battenfeld: Secretary of State Marco Rubio is now seen as the leading contender to succeed President Trump – besting Democrat Gavin Newsom and even GOP Vice President JD Vance in the latest