US president Donald Trump on Thursday expressed uncertainty about vice president JD Vance running in the 2028 presidential election after the midterm results favoured Democrats in Congress, fuelling speculation about Vance’s political ambitions.
Vance has begun shaping his own political message, which includes setting out different views on foreign policy and Washington’s diplomatic approach towards Israel, according to the report.
In a lengthy social media post on X, Vance said, “The reason we lost is the war. Earlier reporting noted: “The reason we lost is the war. Follow US midterm election results LIVE updates here. His comments come after Vance distanced himself from Trump and blamed the administration’s war with Iran for midterm election losses.
Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump said that although he and Vance discuss a wide range of issues, he was unsure who would enter the 2028 presidential race.
The president himself said so last night,” Vance wrote.
Earlier reporting noted: US President Donald Trump’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr, has backed Vice President JD Vance ‘s blunt assessment of the Republican Party’s midterm defeat, throwing the spotlight on divisions within the president’s own camp over the Iran war. Earlier reporting noted: Trump Jr endorsed Vance’s lengthy post on X, in which the vice president blamed the Republicans’ electoral setback on the administration’s failure to address voters’ concerns over the Iran conflict, rising living costs and US foreign policy.
The vice president blaming Trump’s war for the Democrats’ midterm gains marks a rare public disagreement with the president. It also highlights Vance’s opposition to the war from the beginning, despite his repeated public defence of it. “I think part of it was Iran, but at the same time, people understood the importance of what I have done with Iran.
Because you can’t let the number one state sponsor of terror have a nuclear weapon,” Trump said, historically, it will be much more important than this evening.
He told reporters that he thought Vance’s post on X “was good,” acknowledging that he has long known the vice president’s views on the war. “I know how he feels about it,” Trump said, according to WSJ.
Vance said Republican voters who had supported Trump in 2024 turned out to vote again but were unhappy with the war, rising energy prices and the administration’s shift away from its “America First” agenda.
