Speaking during an interview on Fox Business, Lara Trump, the daughter-in-law of the president and former Republican National Committee co-chair, appeared to indicate to host Stuart Varney that current Vice President JD Vance is her father’s chosen successor, at least as of now, and will be the candidate pushed as the inheritor of the MAGA mantle in 2028.
As background, it has been suspected from around the time that Vance was chosen as vice president that he was President Trump’s favorite for the role, but that has not yet been explicitly stated by anyone within the Trump family, and has been left alone by VP Vance, who has repeatedly said he is focusing on his current job rather than looking at his next one.
So, it was something of a surprise for Lara Trump to indicate to Varney this early in the administration and so far before the 2028 election that the vice president will inherit the MAGA mantle, though the news was likely welcome to most MAGA Americans, given Vance’s strong chances and the paucity of real MAGA politicians to follow Trump.
Beginning, she explained that the vice president is a relatively young man, making his potential candidacy a worrisome problem for the Democrats, as he can speak to the youth far better than most of them. She said, “JD Vance is just over 40. And I think Usha is 39. So yes, they’re young, which is terrifying to the Democrats.”
Continuing, Lara Trump pointed to how wonderful it would be to have Vance to follow President Trump for another eight years as the Democrats continue imploding, saying, “Imagine, Stuart, we kept what we’ve seen happen over the past 10 years going for the next eight years, which is what a lot of people believe is going to happen.”
Noting that their party seemingly has no real legs to stand on, as it lacks anything resembling an inspiring message or even a clear leader, and thus eight more years of destruction would be very painful for it. She said, “The Democrats are in such a bad spot, with no leader, no message, and nothing that the American people are interested in.”
Adding to that, Lara got to the crystal-clear indication that President Trump currently plans on promoting VP Vance as his successor in 2028. She said, noting that the Democrats better be freaking out over the news, “Once Donald Trump ends his term, and we love the Trump 2028, hats, don’t kid yourself. I know everybody, especially a lot of Democrats, love those, then it will be JD Vance for the next eight years, and that is terrifying to the Democrat Party.”
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Concluding, she noted that the Democratic Party’s young base is composed of insane radicals who hold extremely un-American ideas, such as supporting socialist policies. She said, on that point, while also getting in a jab at former Biden White House Press Secretary and current MSNBC host Jen Psaki, “Of course, Jen Psaki is representing them right there. And don’t forget, the youngsters in the Democrat Party are basically socialists.”
Watch Lara here: