"Trump informally polled guests at a dinner held in the White House's Rose Garden on their preferred candidate. "Who likes JD Vance? Who likes Marco Rubio?" he said, before suggesting a Vance-Rubio ticket would be a "dream team." The president has actually done several snap polls in recent weeks, a source familiar with the matter tells WIRED."
"The results have been notable, they say: When Trump polled donors at Mar-a-Lago, they favored Rubio. But when Trump recently polled a group of law enforcement officers that the White House thinks are perhaps more representative of regular voters, they favored Vance. Vance remains the presumptive nominee, White House sources tell me, but he has not been taking anything for granted."
"In fact, the vice president's top advisers started the week huddled at a retreat to discuss political strategy, the sources said. He has also taken steps to bolster his political team, which has remained largely the same since his days as a US senator, ahead of what could be a bruising midterms for Republicans as they grapple with the politically toxic fallout of the Iran war and a House GOP spending package that earmarks $1 billion for Trump's ballroom project, among other issues."
"Vance started discussing changes to his team, including the addition of Cliff Sims as his new national security adviser and elevating Will Martin to be his deputy chief of staff, back in January, according to two sources familiar with the matter. Sims, whose new position was announced yesterday, is widely regarded in Washington as a ruthless political operator who could bolster the vice president through his lo"
Trump polled White House dinner guests on preferred Republican candidates, joking about a Vance-Rubio “dream team.” White House aides have been dealing with the still unresolved question of who will be the Republican nominee. Recent snap polls show different preferences depending on the group: donors at Mar-a-Lago favored Rubio, while a group of law enforcement officers favored Vance. Vance remains the presumptive nominee but is not taking anything for granted. His top advisers held a strategy retreat and began adjusting his political team, including adding Cliff Sims as national security adviser and elevating Will Martin to deputy chief of staff. These moves come as Republicans face difficult midterms amid fallout from the Iran war and a House GOP spending package tied to Trump’s projects.
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