Trump told donors 'we need to elect JD,' source confirms, as he weighs Vance or Rubio in 2028

President Donald Trump has publicly been coy on whether he might back Vice President JD Vance or Secretary of State Marco Rubio to succeed him in the White House, but private comments to donors suggest he might be leaning toward the man he already picked as his running mate in 2024.

"At the end of the day, we need to elect JD," Trump told donors privately during an Oval Office meeting roughly two weeks ago, sources told The Washington Post.

A source familiar confirmed to Fox News Digital the Post reporting on Trump's remark.

While Post sources say the remark is not evidence Trump has made a choice between his VP or Rubio, a man he has handed many hats in his administration, it is a rare and previously unreported lean of his long-term thinking.

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