CNN: JD Vance is seriously considering sitting out the 2028 presidential race following Republicans’ devastating midterm losses, according to people close to him.
The Iran war, rising costs and growing voter dissatisfaction with Trump are raising concerns among Vance’s allies about whether a Republican can win in 2028.
One source put it bluntly: “If they don’t end the war in Iran, no Republican has a shot at 2028.”
One ally also acknowledged that Vance may decide to wait, saying: “It just may not be his time.”
Trump: “They compared myself, Abraham Lincoln and Ronald Reagan, and Lincoln was at 8%, Reagan was at 14%, and I was at 56% or something like that. So I think my approval rating is good.”
Reporter: You have given Putin multiple deadlines to agree to a ceasefire, and he keeps ignoring your demands.
Trump: Has he been fighting us in the war? Who are you with?
Reporter: MS NOW.
Trump: MS NOW is fake news. MS NOW has the worst ratings in history.
Douthat: Who do you trust more, Putin or Zelensky?
Trump: Well, I'd rather not say, but I get along with both…There is tremendous hatred between President Putin and President Zelensky…When they had their first meeting there was great disrespect shown to Russia.
Douthat: There's a Forbes story that said that your net worth went up by $3 billion.
Trump: Well, so did everyone's
Douthat: My net worth did not go up by three billion, for the record.
Trump: Well, you should have had stock.
Q: “Do you think you could work with the Democrats without insulting them consistently?”
Trump: "Yeah, I do. Sure, I could. I also call many of them Dumocrats”
Trump: People years ago asked me, ‘Is it true you’re dating your sister?’ I said, No
I have two beautiful sisters. One of them is a federal judge. The other is beautiful, but I never had any interest in dating her.
Q: Do you expect to go back to war against Iran as soon as this week?
Trump: Why would you ask such a stupid question? New York Times. OK, let’s say I did. Would I tell you?
Trump: I'm the only president to pass. I passed 3 cognitive tests. And they're hard. They have a lion, a bear, a snake, and a camel. They say, which one is the snake? It's a very powerful test, very highly respected test, very well known test, 30 questions, very hard. I passed it all 3 times. I aced it
Trump: We brought inflation way down. We have it way down now. When the war ends, it will come way down. It can be over whenever I want it to be over. Someone asked me, 'when will the war in Iran end?' I said, whenever I want it to end
Trump: We’ll take care of Cuba on our way back from Iran.
Those beautiful ships, they’ll pass Cuba. We’ll have one of them stop about 50 yards off the coast. They’ll raise up their hands, and then we’re gonna send Marco Rubio in.
Trump continues to defend Vivek Ramaswamy’s despicable ad:
I don’t know anything about a stepfather. This has nothing to do with the stepfather. I know that her mother got on television and said that her daughter shouldn’t be the governor of Ohio.
She says her daughter is a liar