Donald Trump loves to pit his advisers and staffers against one another'many aspects of Trump's persona on The Apprentice may have been manufactured, but not this one. Lately, The New York Times noted this weekend, this has played out as Trump informally polling friends and advisers on who would be a better Republican presidential nominee in the next election: J. D. Vance or Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Making predictions about how voters will feel by the 2028 election is futile, but for a long time, the front-runner seemed to have been decided within the administration. 'If J. D. Vance runs for president, he's going to be our nominee, and I'll be one of the first people to support him,' Rubio told Vanity Fair last year. Prominent outside activists such as Erika Kirk have also thrown their lot in with Vance. Now Rubio appears to be gaining some momentum. The secretary of state (who is also Trump's national security adviser) is suddenly everywhere, whether ringside with Trump at...
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