Trump has reservations about supporting Vance as the next presidential candidate... “Rubio is great”

US President Donald Trump showed reservations about Vice President JD Vance, who has emerged as the next Republican presidential candidate.

According to CBS on the 9th (local time), President Trump was asked whether he would declare support for the Republican presidential candidate in an interview with the current affairs program '60 Minutes' that was released the previous day, and he answered, "Maybe. Not necessarily."

“We have tremendous talent,” Trump said, adding, “There are so many people I have a very good relationship with.”

President Trump called Vice President Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio a "dream team" and said they "sound like a combination of a presidential and vice presidential candidate."

Analysis suggests that the fact that President Trump has not clearly expressed support for Vice President Vance is unrelated to Vice President Vance's recent actions.

On the 4th, right after the Republican Party's crushing defeat in the midterm elections, Vice President Vance pointed out on social media (SNS) that the Iran war was the biggest defeat and said, "If you want to argue that it (Iran war) was worth taking, that is, losing the Senate for the next six years was a price worth taking, then go for it."

This was interpreted as a counterargument to President Trump, who believes that the war with Iran was necessary even at the risk of losing the election, and some even evaluated it as a 'betrayal' beyond differentiation from President Trump for his next presidential move.

President Trump actually met with reporters the day before and expressed his discomfort with the 'midterm election criticism' posted by Vice President Vance on social media.

“A lot of people don’t like what he said,” he said. “He’s right except for one thing. He should have said one more thing,” he said. “If I had the chance to do it again, I would say ‘yes.’”

In a CBS interview, President Trump said, "Before Vice President Vance posted on social media, he asked me, 'What do you think?' I said, 'Write what you want to write,'" and "I also said (to Vice President Vance), 'But what do you plan to write?'"

Vice President Vance is known to have reported the main points to President Trump before posting on social media, but it sounds like President Trump did not know the specific details.

When asked who else besides Vice President Vance could be on the shortlist, Trump said, "I think Marcos (Secretary of State) is great," and "He obviously likes the job and he's doing a very good job."

Secretary Rubio appeared to be trying to distance himself from the campaign in this midterm election. Therefore, there are observations that the political burden of a crushing election defeat may be relatively less.

“There are some very good senators,” he said. “Maybe it would be better for me not to be involved (in the succession search). If I were to be involved, it would play a big role, because the influence of my declaration of support was very strong.”

It is presumed that the 'great senator' mentioned by President Trump had in mind Ted Cruz (Republican, Texas). While Congressman Cruz and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis are mentioned as the next Republican presidential candidates, it was recently reported that Vice President Vance received advice from his associates dissuading him from running for president.