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The Independent
7 days ago
- Business
- The Independent
Trump names JD Vance as his heir apparent and names other cabinet members who could ‘help' MAGA in 2028
President Trump has named Vice President JD Vance as his heir apparent while praising a cohort of cabinet members that could propel MAGA into 2028. The commander-in-chief was inside the South Court Auditorium in the White House on Tuesday to sign an executive order for the creation of the 2028 Olympics Task Force. The same day, he shared in an interview that he 'probably wouldn't' run for a third term despite joking in the past that he would. 'I'd like to run,' he said when asked about the possibility on CNBC's Squawk Box. 'I have the best poll numbers I've ever had.' His comments came after Fox News senior White House correspondent Peter Doocy asked who would be leading MAGA in the next presidential race. 'This weekend, Secretary of State Rubio said that he thought JD Vance would be a great nominee. You could clear the entire Republican field right now. Do you agree that the heir apparent to MAGA is JD Vance?' Doocy said. Trump explained that Rubio and Vance could effectively work together as a formidable duo in office. "Well, I think most likely. In all fairness, he's the vice president, and I think Marco is also somebody that maybe would get together with JD in some form," Trump said. He also suggested that other senior members in his cabinet were capable of the job. '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, but certainly he's doing a great job,' he added. "And he would be probably favored at this point." Trump earlier joked on the podium, 'I didn't think I'd be here for the games.' During the same press conference, another reporter questioned whether the Department of Government Efficiency was planning to make more cuts to the federal government. 'Well, it's not so much DOGE anymore,' Trump said, off the back of an ongoing feud between the former leader of the spend-cutting department, Elon Musk. The president drilled down that cuts would continue to be made 'with a scalpel as opposed to an axe.' Trump also spoke about a former Department of Government Efficiency employee, Edward Coristine, the 19-year-old better known by his nickname 'Big Balls,' who was attacked in Washington, D.C., over the weekend in an apparent attempted carjacking.
Reuters
04-08-2025
- Politics
- Reuters
Former football coach Dooley joins Republican race for US Senate in Georgia
WASHINGTON, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Former University of Tennessee football coach Derek Dooley on Monday joined a crowded Republican field aiming to unseat Democratic U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff in Georgia next year, a race Republicans hope will expand their majority in the chamber. Dooley, 57, who is backed by Republican Governor Brian Kemp, touted his readiness to work with President Donald Trump in an announcement that called for low taxes, smaller government, conservative social values and results for Georgians. "I'm going to work with President Trump, fight for you and always put Georgia first," Dooley said in a two-minute video. Dooley, the son of legendary University of Georgia football coach Vince Dooley, has never held public office. He joins a race for the Republican gubernatorial nomination that includes two sitting members of the U.S. House of Representatives, Buddy Carter and Mike Collins. Republicans, who have repeatedly lost U.S. Senate contests in Georgia in recent years, hope to claim Ossoff's seat to expand their 53-47 seat majority in the Senate during a cycle that traditionally punishes the party of the sitting president. Georgia is one of six Senate races that are seen as competitive by political analysts. The other five are in Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire and North Carolina. Democrats face an uphill battle in capturing control of the chamber, as they would need to defend seats in Michigan, Minnesota and New Hampshire where incumbents are retiring and flip at least four Republican-held seats for a majority. They are seen as having better odds of capturing the House of Representatives, though efforts underway in heavily Republican Texas to redraw district lines could dim their chances in that chamber as well. Georgia Republicans had sought to persuade Kemp to run against Ossoff, but the popular two-term governor declined to enter the race. "The latest addition to Georgia's messy and chaotic GOP primary is a failed football coach who has only ever spoken out to cheerlead Medicaid cuts that hurt Georgians," the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee said in a statement. Dooley was head football coach at the University of Tennessee and Louisiana Tech University. He also has coached in the National Football League. Ossoff unseated former Senator David Perdue in a run-off following the November 2020 election. Georgia's other U.S. senator, Democrat Raphael Warnock, defeated former Republican Senator Kelley Loeffler in the 2020 run-off and overcame a challenge from Republican Herschel Walker in a 2022 run-off.
