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Miles Archer

(22,404 posts)
Tue Feb 17, 2026, 12:39 PM 11 hrs ago

Let's face it. Trump is never going to "endorse" the couch effer as his "successor." He has a crush on Little Marco.

Rubio is a DREAM COME TRUE for Trump. During the first campaign, he thoroughly ridiculed and humiliated him, and in 2026, Marco spends most of his time with his snout never more than an inch away from Trump's butt.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-blows-off-vance-while-gushing-over-little-marco/

Trump Blows Off Vance While Gushing Over Little Marco
DON'T ADD VANCE
It was the second time in almost as many weeks that Trump declined to fully endorse his VP.

Farrah Tomazin Political Correspondent
Published Feb. 17 2026 11:35AM EST

Trump has once again refused to endorse Vice President JD Vance as his preferred successor while he gushed about Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s performance on the world stage.

For the second time in less than two weeks, the president declined to give Vance his wholehearted backing for the next presidential race, instead opting to sidestep a firm commitment while he still has three years in office.

Speaking aboard Air Force One as he returned to Washington, a reporter asked Trump about the positive reviews Rubio received at the Munich Security Council over the weekend—and whether there was any scenario in which he would support him at the top of the Republican ticket in 2028.

“That’s something I don’t have to worry about now,” Trump said.

“I’ve got three years to go, so it’s something I don’t have to worry (about). JD is fantastic, and Marco is. They’re both fantastic, I think, really. And I think Marco did a great job in Munich.”


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Let's face it. Trump is never going to "endorse" the couch effer as his "successor." He has a crush on Little Marco. (Original Post) Miles Archer 11 hrs ago OP
Marco has the goods, probably. Florida GOPs know trump. LuvLoogie 11 hrs ago #1
The GOP will have to buy his endorsement for hard money. flvegan 11 hrs ago #2
marco has to hide under covers on a plane so that Orange Caligula can't see him nap. themaguffin 11 hrs ago #3
Marco is brown duckworth969 11 hrs ago #4
He's not going to back Rubio either. BannonsLiver 11 hrs ago #5
Right lol, Rubios continuing humiliation is one of the few things in life trump actually enjoys. Volaris 10 hrs ago #6
Oh, I know, and Don Jr has said that he wants it, and feels that it's owed to him as the "rightful heir" to the MAGAts Miles Archer 9 hrs ago #8
Then he might have a chance lame54 9 hrs ago #7

LuvLoogie

(8,679 posts)
1. Marco has the goods, probably. Florida GOPs know trump.
Tue Feb 17, 2026, 12:42 PM
11 hrs ago

And trump has the goods on Marco. A symbiotic corruption.

flvegan

(66,057 posts)
2. The GOP will have to buy his endorsement for hard money.
Tue Feb 17, 2026, 12:42 PM
11 hrs ago

He has no loyalty. He/they will need to pick a candidate and write McTacoTits a check. Once it clears, he'll be all in. Plus he'll want full pardons for himself from the new guy (it won't be a woman, don't be silly). JUST himself.

BannonsLiver

(20,330 posts)
5. He's not going to back Rubio either.
Tue Feb 17, 2026, 01:09 PM
11 hrs ago

People are sleeping on Don Jr as the 2028 nominee. Just sit back and watch it unfold because it’s coming.

Volaris

(11,563 posts)
6. Right lol, Rubios continuing humiliation is one of the few things in life trump actually enjoys.
Tue Feb 17, 2026, 02:03 PM
10 hrs ago

Miles Archer

(22,404 posts)
8. Oh, I know, and Don Jr has said that he wants it, and feels that it's owed to him as the "rightful heir" to the MAGAts
Tue Feb 17, 2026, 02:59 PM
9 hrs ago

The only thing I can hope is that the Trump "brand" is so toxic by then, and the people who sat out 2024 are SO MOTIVATED TO VOTE to STOP his becoming president, that he won't have a chance.

But if America's napping again, it's...as they say...a "lock.:

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