Saturday’s private donor event at the Palm Beach, Florida, Four Seasons showcased the leading candidates to be presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s running mate.

While Trump has maintained a vice president pick will not dictate the 2024 winner — the candidates at the top of the ticket do that — the chosen running mate can help steer the path of the 2028 GOP primary front-runner as Trump can have a direct hand in passing the MAGA baton.

“It’s funny when I listen to the fake news, they all say, Well, you know, he’s going to have a hard time getting people in his administration because he’s very tough, and I’m not sure he can get anybody to be vice president of the United States,'” Trump reportedly told the private donor luncheon. “I’ve got 50 people calling me, begging me: I’ll cut off my right arm, sir. Please, I want to be the vice president.

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