{"id":2467214,"date":"2025-07-26T23:12:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T03:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rubio-dodges-on-2028-bid-hopes-vance-runs-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-07-26T23:12:44","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T03:12:44","slug":"rubio-dodges-on-2028-bid-hopes-vance-runs-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rubio-dodges-on-2028-bid-hopes-vance-runs-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Rubio dodges on 2028 bid, hopes Vance runs &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frubio-dodges-on-2028-bid-hopes-vance-runs-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2467214&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Secretary of State Marco Rubio has remained non-committal about a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/counting-down-the-worst-moments-of-the-medias-love-affair-with-michael-avenatti\/\" title=\"Counting Down The Worst Moments Of The Media\u2019s Love Affair With Michael Avenatti\">potential presidential run<\/a> in 2028, expressing satisfaction wiht his current work at the State Department and emphasizing that while he does not rule out future possibilities, he is focused on his current roles. In an interview with Lara Trump, Rubio praised Vice President JD Vance, calling him a close friend and expressing hope that Vance will pursue the nomination for 2028. Rubio highlighted his multiple roles in the Trump management-including <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >acting national security adviser<\/a> and acting administrator for USAID-and views his service as the apex of his political career if he can make a meaningful impact. Former President Donald Trump has previously mentioned Rubio as a potential successor alongside Vance but indicated preference for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/graham-if-democrats-call-witnesses-at-trial-we-will-call-democrats-thatve-used-inflammatory-language\/\" title=\"Graham: If Democrats Call Witnesses At Trial We Will Call Democrats That\u2019ve Used Inflammatory Language\">sitting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: &#039;Pipeline&#039; to Obama Admin Seen as &#039;Currency&#039;\">vice president<\/a><\/a> as a frontrunner. Trump has dismissed the possibility of a 2028 presidential bid for himself, stating his intention to serve only two terms and pass leadership to a strong Republican successor.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Rubio dodges on 2028 bid, hopes Vance runs<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2180442\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Secretary of State <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/marco-rubio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Marco Rubio<\/a> dodged on a presidential run in 2028 on Saturday night, signaling he is content with his work at the <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/state-department\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">State Department<\/a> while also acknowledging &ldquo;you never rule things out.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with President Donald Trump&rsquo;s daughter-in-law, <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/lara-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Lara Trump<\/a>, Rubio was asked if he was eyeing a run for the presidency after Trump listed him as a potential successor along with Vice President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jd-vance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">JD Vance<\/a>. Rubio, ultimately mum on ambitions of his own, responded with lavish praise for Vance, who he called his &ldquo;close friend.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3480306\/jeff-daniels-kamala-harris-2024-loss-would-govern-like-abraham-lincoln\/\">Jeff Daniels on 2024 loss: Harris would have governed like Lincoln<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3474543\/joe-bidens-attempts-defend-legacy-autopen-investigations\/\">Dropout: Joe Biden&#8217;s mixed attempts to defend his legacy against autopen investigations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3477873\/trump-white-house-unleashes-media-cool-epstein-drama\/\">The Trump White House unleashes on the media to calm Epstein drama<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;I think JD Vance would be a great nominee if he decides he wants to do that. I think he&rsquo;s doing a great job as vice president and he&rsquo;s a close friend. I hope he intends to do it,&rdquo; Rubio <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Acyn\/status\/1949281575507751007\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While silent on any plans for 2028, Rubio revealed that he would be &ldquo;satisfied&rdquo; with his work as state secretary as the &ldquo;apex&rdquo; of his political career.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I feel, honestly &mdash; you never know what the future holds, you never rule things out or anything and that&rsquo;s just because you just don&rsquo;t know, things change very quickly &mdash; but that said, I believe that if I am able to be here through the duration of his [Trump&rsquo;s] presidency and we get things done at the pace that we&rsquo;ve been doing the last six months, I&rsquo;ll be able to look back at my time in public service and say I made a difference, I had an impact, and I served my country in a very positive way. And I would be satisfied with that as the apex of my career,&rdquo; Rubio said.<\/p>\n<p>Rubio has been a central figure in Trump&rsquo;s second administration, with him currently serving in four roles, three in an acting capacity. Those include state secretary, acting administrator for the U.S. Agency for International Development, acting archivist for the National Archives and Records Administration, and acting national security adviser.<\/p>\n<p>Trump chose Rubio as his acting national security adviser following Mike Waltz&rsquo;s departure from the role due to the Signal chat leaks earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/05\/09\/trump-elevates-marco-rubio-as-a-potential-successor-and-as-a-2028-rival-to-vance.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"first pitched\">first pitched<\/a> Rubio as a potential successor in a <em>Meet the Press<\/em> interview in May, praising him as a &ldquo;great&rdquo; potential leader while also speculating that Vance may have the upper hand as vice president.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Certainly you would say that somebody&rsquo;s the VP, if that person is outstanding, I guess that person would have an advantage,&rdquo; the president said.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/education\/3479551\/marco-rubio-harvard-investigation-exchange-student-program-eligibility\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"RUBIO ANNOUNCES INVESTIGATION INTO HARVARD'S EXCHANGE STUDENT PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY\">RUBIO ANNOUNCES INVESTIGATION INTO HARVARD&rsquo;S EXCHANGE STUDENT PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trump had toyed with the prospect of running himself, which would be for an unconstitutional third term. But he has since <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2028-election\/-eight-year-president-trump-weighs-third-term-speculation-rcna204579\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"maintained\">maintained<\/a> he&rsquo;ll be a two-term president.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There are many people selling the 2028 hat,&rdquo; Trump said in May. &ldquo;But this is not something I&rsquo;m looking to do. I&rsquo;m looking to have four great years and turn it over to somebody, ideally a great Republican, a great Republican to carry it forward.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2180442\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2180442\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rubio avoids 2028 run, backs Vance for president<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3359,"featured_media":2467215,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/rubio-dodges-2028-bid.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[47150,5438,15469],"class_list":["post-2467214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-2028-bid","tag-rubio","tag-vance"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/rubio-dodges-2028-bid.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2467214","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3359"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2467214"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2467214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2467218,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2467214\/revisions\/2467218"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2467215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2467214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2467214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2467214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}