President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Vice President JD Vance is “most likely” going to be the Republican Party’s 2028 presidential nominee.

After signing more executive orders at the White House, Trump was asked by Fox News reporter Peter Doocy to give his thoughts on the 2028 race after the president said earlier on Tuesday that he would “probably not” seek a third term.

“This weekend, Secretary of State [Marco] Rubio said that he thought JD Vance would be a great nominee,” Doocy said. “You could clear the entire Republican field right now. Do you agree that the heir-apparent to MAGA is JD Vance?”

“Well, I think most likely, in all fairness,” Trump replied. “He’s the vice president. I think Marco is also somebody that maybe would get together with JD in some form.”

The president, however, wasn’t ready to give a full-throated endorsement to Vance as the 2028 Republican nominee.

“I also think we have incredible people, some of the people on the stage right here, so it’s too early obviously to talk about it,” he said. “But certainly, [Vance] is doing a great job, and he would be probably favored at this point.”

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Those on stage alongside Trump included Vance, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, and Attorney General Pam Bondi.

Last week, Rubio was asked by Fox News host and daughter-in-law of the president, Lara Trump, about the potential competitive field for the 2028 Republican presidential race.

“Well, I think JD Vance would be a great nominee,” Rubio said. “And if you know, I think if he decides he wants to do that. And so, you know, and I think he’s doing a great job as vice president. He’s a close friend. And I hope he intends to do it.”

Rubio added that he wants to stay in his role as Secretary of State “as long as the president allows me to do it … which would keep me here all the way through January of 2028.”

Multiple people in the current Trump administration are viewed as potential contenders in a 2028 Republican primary, which would be the first presidential election cycle without Trump in the race since 2012.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday establishing a task force that will handle the 2028 Summer Olympic Games.

The president signed the order in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on Tuesday afternoon, where he shared that the new White House Olympics task force will handle the security at the Olympics and other issues pertinent to the massive event. The Olympics task force will be comprised of Trump’s cabinet and administration members.

“During his first term, President Trump was instrumental in securing America’s bid to host the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt shared in a statement ahead of the signing. “The President considers it a great honor to oversee this global sporting spectacle in his second term. Sports is one of President Trump’s greatest passions, and his athletic expertise, combined with his unmatched hospitality experience, will make these Olympic events the most exciting and memorable in history.”

Casey Wasserman, the chair and president of LA28, the Los Angeles Organizing Committee for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games, expressed her appreciation to Trump and the WHite House on Tuesday “their leadership and unwavering support,” describing the upcoming event as “the largest and most ambitious Olympic and Paralympic Games ever hosted in the United States.”

“Since we secured this historic opportunity in 2017, President Trump has consistently recognized the magnitude of our responsibility in welcoming the world to Los Angeles,” Wasserman said. “The creation of this task force marks an important step forward in our planning efforts and reflects our shared commitment to delivering not just the biggest, but the greatest Games the world has ever seen in the summer of 2028.”

In July, the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee quietly changed its policy in July to comply with the president’s executive order banning men from competing against women, a major win for conservatives and the White House.

The Daily Wire reported this week that the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issued guidance building off the president’s Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports executive order, ensuring that certain athlete-related petitions and applications will be available only to women. The guidance calls for the Department of Homeland Security to develop policies to block male international athletes from competing against women in the United States.

A USCIS spokesman told The Daily Wire that the president’s February executive order was the catalyst for the agency’s decision. That order directed that all funds be rescinded from “educational programs that deprive women and girls of fair athletic opportunities,” saying that allowing men in women’s sports is “demeaning, unfair, and dangerous to women and girls, and denies women and girls the equal opportunity to participate and excel in competitive sports.”