Rich Lowry

So that's a benefit to the ultimate competition for a Trump endorsement.

Or if it goes wrong and J.D.

has kind of proved right, does Trump resent that?

It's very difficult to know or game out exactly how that interaction is going to go down.

And then with Rubio, I had a connected person who was making a very good case that I hadn't thought of.

quite this way recently, just saying he's not gonna run.

This is a guy who is at the pinnacle of his power.

He's at the end of a very powerful president.

Pursuing priority is very important

for him, Iran's one, but Venezuela is much more of one and Cuba's at the top of the list and has an ability to be a legacy shaping Secretary of State.

So really in about eight months from now or nine months after the midterms, is he gonna say, forget it, I'm quitting all that, I'm giving all that up

And I'm going to the Pizza Rants restaurants in Iowa and living there for the next year and a half.

And what might be an underdog campaign against J.D.

Vance, who is a favorite?

Why would he do that?

So I think a lot of people are thinking Vance Rubio.

I'm not sure whether Rubio is going to be in that equation unless, you know, there's some inside track we're not aware of and and Trump's really bonded with him.

And there's some chance that he could give his nod formally or informally to Rubio.

If you're Rubio, you're sitting very pretty right now, and you're still young and have a lot of time.

I think there'd be a lot of disquiet over J.D.