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Trump is playing his would-be successors like fiddles: NYT analysis

Summary by Alternet
President Donald Trump is reportedly cultivating tension between two of his top officials, Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, as he tantalizes each with the prospect of being the Republican nominee in 2028.“Every now and then, while talking to officials in the Oval Office, with friends over dinner, or on the patio at Mar a Lago, President Trump pauses and muses aloud about a subject quietly captivating the Republican Par…

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A report in the New York Times reveals that the president raises the question of the successor in closed conversations and asks his associates, "What do you think of J.D. or Marco?" While Vance leads in the polls, Rubio is gaining points in the political arena and the party is preparing for a future battle for leadership of the movement.

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Alternet broke the news in Washington, United States on Sunday, May 10, 2026.
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