Link: https://www.themirror.com/news/politics/gallery/jd-vance-donald-trump-endorsement-2023412

President Donald Trump declined to endorse Vice President JD Vance for the 2028 presidential election during a press briefing in Ireland

JD sold whatever soul he possessed for power, but he remains a terminal loser.

Yeah I mean Trump wants to run in 2028, why would he endorse someone else?

Nobody likes JD Vance.

I do like his pope-killing record but that's about it.

He does seem to kill everything he touches. He went and endorsed Orban and he immediately lost the election LMAO.

He's posturing by saying "they're all very good" in order to get the most people to pay him off.

Only the one person that would least be missed seems to be immune.

Probably family.

What about what family?

Can we FUCKING FINISH THIS ELECTION FIRST BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT 2028?

He might endorse his own family if he doesn't run himself. All the benefits, none of the work.

Don't think he cares about his family. He wants the glory for himself. But it's a good guess.

I can see Trump Jr. running on a explicit platform of "I will let my dad live in his bunker in the WH basement and make all the decisions"

I think it depends on which family member and how recently he has taken his meds.

Better get to work JD

Dear god. Junior is going to run. That’s the 7 in this range of possibilities.

Which one? Cokey McSniffles or the dumb one?

Little Marco is the heir no one likes JD

No, eric is the ugly one.

I do like how we all know the one with a vagina isn't even in the realm of possibilities for them.

Oh man, no, 2026 is already in the bag for Democrats, we got the House and Senate - no need to even vote anymore, just take it easy and enjoy the 2028 race!

/s

They're all the ugly ones.

talking about the next election (2028) is the fastest track to acknowleding the lame-ducked-ness of the current occupant. I say speculate away.

He has no intention of transferring power peacefully to anyone.

But genuinely a fucked up face, that's Eric and barron.

No. We should not be talking about elections 2 YEARS IN ADVANCE! it's not fucking normal! I do not want every day of every year to be occupied by electoralism.

That may actually be good for Vance...

Even a broken clock’s right twice a day.

Trump betrays literally everyone who ever trusts him.

I hope they run Vance. Better him, with four years of on-the-record stupidity to call out, than a virtual unknown with a whitewashed past.

In American electoral politics, it is ‘fucking normal’ to be talking about the next presidential election cycle following the midterms, and the midterms are in like 2 weeks. It’s ‘fucking normal’ to start marginalizing the current administration because they can’t run for re-election again and to start focusing on new people, and despite your hysterics, I think we could actually agree that paying less attention to Donald Trump would be a great thing for literally everybody, so calm your fucking tits.

following the midterms

One problem. The midterms haven't even finished. This is preceding the midterms.

It’s ‘fucking normal’ to start marginalizing the current administration

That's fine. But we don't need to start talking about elections! It leads to thinks like good ol' Mitch saying we can't let Congress vote on a SCOTUS position because we're a year away from an election.

Your patronizing tone is not welcome. I don't fucking care what the status quo is, I'm sick and fucking tired of the status quo.

I think it's 50/50 on whether or not he even runs for president. Rubio is probably the biggest Republican contender for that race at the moment.

It’s also normal for them to put christmas decorations out in some stores before thanksgiving and you’ll still get people whining that it’s too soon or whatever. This is all just a weird complaint, because it happens every election cycle, and, we’d ideally like to move on. The zombie corpse of Mitch McConnell can read a calendar and the political reality as much as anyone. They’ll use whatever tricks they have to fuck over as many people as they can as long as they can. But we need to start talking about whatever the post-Trump era will look like, nobody wants to stay mired in this.

In case you forgot, that wasn't a hypothetical. It actually occurred during Obama's admin. Enough people thought "yea that sounds right" to the point that there wasn't even a procedural change in SCOTUS selection.

Christmas decorations being up early is one thing. Talking about electoral politics is an entirely different thing, that actually has consequences. People tune out of politics all together because we talk about elections years before they actually happen.

Both parties absolutely love that we spend all our time with politics discussing elections, because all they do day in and day out is fundraise for their parties. Assuming that they never eat or sleep, politicians in both parties have less than 30 seconds to review bills before they vote on them, because of all the fundraising they do. The constant electoralism means that they never have to change.

It should be illegal to endorse a candidate for president before the midterms. Or to ask someone to. What an absolute non-story.

How long do you want the election season to be? Two fucking years isn't enough? Mexico gets it done in 90 days.

“Who do you want in the White House when you leave?”

“When I what!?”

Classic narcissist.

Heh, Costco has them out as of a few weeks ago (at least) and it's not even freaking Halloween yet.

"JD" "Vance", who called donnie "America's Hitler"?

In case you forgot, that wasn't a hypothetical. It actually occurred during Obama's admin. Enough people thought "yea that sounds right" to the point that there wasn't even a procedural change in SCOTUS selection

And then one of those ghouls, Barrett? was sworn in like 2 weeks before an election when it suited their needs.

Yes, I know. Mitch did that one too, and has to do with Mitch weaponizing the fact that people tune out of politics because of constant electoralism. It's not just Mitch, it's not just Republicans, it's the underlying system. Part of that underlying system is constant electoralism.

Precisely. I hate to say it, but I agree with Trump here (about it being too early, not about JD being terrific)

"It's too early," Trump responded. "I mean, it's too early. I think he's terrific. There's so many terrific people."

your thesis is that people weren’t tuned into the election 2 weeks before the election?

My thesis is that electoralism is so constant that enough people agreed with him in 2016 to the point where no changes were made to SCOTUS selection, setting himself up to just do what he wanted. The Democratic party was pissed at both situations, but they saw fundraising opportunities instead of actually fucking doing something.

it's funny to me that people are pretending like he's not just going to run again. He wants to be a dictator just like his favorite people, pootin and kim jong un. And all his stupid mouth breathing knuckle dragging supporters will just line up with whatever dumb bullshit excuse is fed to them "but presidents are only limited to two consecutive terms!" "but FDR!" "but he's a war-time president!"

There is no level of duplicitous stupidity these traitors won't stoop to.

Then it is up to the people of America to transfer it violently on his behalf.

I think it’s 50/50 on whether or not he even runs for president.

I like that this could be about Vance or Trump. Although I think there's more than a 50% chance Trump will try to run. And maybe a 50% chance Vance will. lol

Traitors DESERVE TO BE EXECUTED! By due process or civilian intervention.

I read that situation as the republicans had the democrats in complete checkmate and just did what they wanted to do. They made up arguments on the fly to suit their needs, and I think they will continue to do that in the future. The US is a system in which there will be constant elections, so try not to get too twisted about that?

I will rage against the dying of the light. I will not go gentle into that good night.