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Miles Archer

(22,496 posts)
Tue Feb 17, 2026, 12:39 PM Feb 17

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 Feb 17 OP
Marco has the goods, probably. Florida GOPs know trump. LuvLoogie Feb 17 #1
The GOP will have to buy his endorsement for hard money. flvegan Feb 17 #2
marco has to hide under covers on a plane so that Orange Caligula can't see him nap. themaguffin Feb 17 #3
Marco is brown duckworth969 Feb 17 #4
He's not going to back Rubio either. BannonsLiver Feb 17 #5
Right lol, Rubios continuing humiliation is one of the few things in life trump actually enjoys. Volaris Feb 17 #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 Feb 17 #8
Then he might have a chance lame54 Feb 17 #7

LuvLoogie

(8,708 posts)
1. Marco has the goods, probably. Florida GOPs know trump.
Tue Feb 17, 2026, 12:42 PM
Feb 17

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

flvegan

(66,102 posts)
2. The GOP will have to buy his endorsement for hard money.
Tue Feb 17, 2026, 12:42 PM
Feb 17

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

(20,375 posts)
5. He's not going to back Rubio either.
Tue Feb 17, 2026, 01:09 PM
Feb 17

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

Volaris

(11,603 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
Feb 17

Miles Archer

(22,496 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
Feb 17

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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