🗞️ Story file #769
Trump declines to commit to endorsing Vance in 2028
Oct 21, 2 PM ET to Oct 21, 6 PM ET
- 6outlets carried it
- 🫏2 · 1 · 3🐘left · center · right
- 4 hourson the front pages
- 6front pages at once, at its peak
- 2 of 2parts of a saga
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- Oct 21, 2 PM ETfirst on a front page: The Sun
- Oct 21, 2 PM ETpeak: on 6 front pages
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HuffPost
Trump Dodges JD Vance 2028 Endorsement Question, With Vance Right Behind Him Oct 21, 6 AM ET
PBS NewsHour
WATCH: Trump doesn't commit to endorsing Vance for president in 2028 yet Oct 20, 5 PM ET
The Hill
Trump deflects on potential Vance endorsement Oct 20, 5 PM ET
The Epoch Times
Trump Says He and Vance Haven’t Spoken About 2028 Endorsement Oct 20, 7 PM ET
The Sun
NOT SO FAST Awkward moment Trump refuses to say he'll endorse JD Vance in 2028 PRESIDENT Trump praised the vice president as a very talented person but said it was too early to think ahead at the 2028 presidential election. Oct 21, 2 PM ET
Washington Examiner
Trump says he hasn’t spoken to Vance about 2028 endorsement Oct 20, 9 PM ET
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🧶 Retelling
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- 🧩 Political infighting
🫏 2 left shows
↔️ its answer: He's a maverick
“Donald Trump refuses to endorse J.D. Vance for the 2028 presidency.”
🦗 Nobody's retelling it online yet, as far as the daily reports of the last week can tell.
🗣️ names in it: Donald Trump JD Vance
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🧵 Persistence
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🧵 Vance-Trump 2028 endorsement
JD Vance says he thinks Trump would endorse him if he ran for president
Oct 18, 11 PM ET
Trump declines to commit to endorsing Vance in 2028 (this story)
Oct 21, 2 PM ET