Trump takes live audience poll on JD Vance, Marco Rubio for 2028. Watch

• President Donald Trump asked the audience to cheer for who they liked for the 2028 presidential ticket.
• Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are considered front runners for 2028 Republicans.

President Donald Trump asked for audience participation to poll who should be the Republican presidential nominee on the 2028 ticket.

Trump has mentioned Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio as potential contenders in the past. For a while, he was also floating himself as a possibility, but the Constitution limits presidents to being elected only twice.

At a Rose Garden Club Dinner honoring police week on May 11, Trump was talking about potential Democratic presidential candidates, California Gov. Gavin Newsom and former Vice President Kamala Harris, before musing about potential Republican opponents.

"We got a lot of beauties out there," Trump said. "I don't know, who's it going to be? Is it going to be JD? It is going to be somebody else."

Trump then asked the audience to cheer for who they liked: Vance or Rubio. See their responses:

Watch: 'Who likes JD Vance? Who likes Marco Rubio?'

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Here is what Newsom, Harris have said about 2028 election

Newsom and Harris are considered two top contenders for the Democrats in 2028. Other potential candidates could be former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore and Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro.

Harris, speaking with Rev. Al Sharpton at the National Action Network Convention on April 10, said she "might" run for president again: "I'm thinking about it. I'm thinking about it."

Newsom also said he is considering running for president in an October interview with "CBS News Sunday Morning."

Vance has repeatedly shelved conversations about a 2028 run when asked.

"If we do a good job in 2025 and 2026, then we can talk about the politics in 2027," Vance told Lara Trump on Fox News' "My View" in September. "I really think the American people are so fed up with folks who are already running for the next job, seven months into the current one."

Rubio, who ran for the nomination unsuccessfully in 2016, told Vanity Fair in December, “If JD Vance runs for president, he’s going to be our nominee, and I’ll be one of the first people to support him.”

Trump, at the Rose Garden dinner, called Vance and Rubio together, "a perfect ticket."

"I do believe that's a dream team, but these are minor details. That does not mean you have my endorsement under any circumstances," Trump said on May 11. "I think it sounds like presidential candidate and vice presidential candidate."

Contributing: Zac Anderson, Kathryn Palmer, USA TODAY

Kinsey Crowley is the Trump Connect reporter for the USA TODAY Network. Reach her at [email protected]. Follow her onX (Twitter),Threads,Bluesky andTikTok.