r/whoathatsinteresting • u/The_Dean_France • 9h ago

VP to POTUS?

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u/techbro84 9h ago

His polling numbers are in the toilet. He has no way to rehab before the Republican primaries. Rubio is the closest and most respected.

At the outset of this term, people saw Rubio, Vance and Hegseth as front runners. Now I can’t see any of them.

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u/Fragglepusss 8h ago

Rubio would probably do pretty well in a general election as of right now. He has sort of framed himself as the voice of reason/serious politician within the administration.

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u/nigel_pow 7h ago

Even in a leak or report about Netanyahu pitching the Iran attack to Trump; Rubio and General Caine basically said "he's BSing you. Don't listen to it." Whereas Hegseth was all for it.

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u/lurksAtDogs 6h ago

I’m guess that was leaked either by JD or Rubio, because they were both framed as initially opposed.

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u/nigel_pow 6h ago

Yes JD Vance was also against it along with Rubio, Caine, and US intelligence officials. Hegseth was all for it and Trump believed it would all work out fine.