2026-05-13T23:55:41.215Z / 美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）
作者：基特·马厄
发布时间：2026年5月13日，美国东部时间晚上7:55
总统唐纳德·特朗普将举办电视竞赛选拔继任者？
周三，副总统J·D·万斯对此打趣称，这听起来不像他会做的事。几天前，特朗普在玫瑰园的一场活动中询问观众，万斯还是国务卿马可·鲁比奥更适合担任2028年总统大选的总统候选人。
与特朗普不同，两人都未谈论自己未来的政治抱负，而是通过公开形象和行动表明立场。本周，特朗普和鲁比奥都在中国访问，万斯将自己比作《小鬼当家》里的麦考利·卡尔金，而他周三则独自在白宫园区出席一场反欺诈活动。
他宣布了多项打击联邦医疗保健项目欺诈的新举措，其中一项针对加利福尼亚州——该州民主党州长本身就是2028年总统竞选的潜在候选人，也是本届政府的常客对手。不过，万斯也回答了记者有关伊朗的提问，并开了几个玩笑。
当被美国有线电视新闻网问及特朗普似乎乐于让他和鲁比奥互相竞争时，万斯面无表情地说：“嗯，我只是觉得，美国总统举办一场电视竞赛来选拔自己的继任‘学徒’，这听起来不太像他会做的事。”
周一，特朗普在玫瑰园晚宴上邀请观众为自己支持的人选欢呼。
“会是谁呢？是JD吗？还是其他人？我不知道，”他说道。
尽管现场观众似乎为出席活动的万斯鼓掌声更大，但特朗普并未投下任何一票，反而将两人称为“梦幻组合”和“完美搭档”。
万斯周三坚称，他专注于做好本职工作，并且如果他现在将精力放在争夺最高职位上，美国民众会对此感到反感。
“我很钦佩马可，我认为他是一位出色的国务卿。他已经成为我非常非常亲密的朋友，但我认为我们两人现在都非常专注于完成美国民众的事务，”他说道。
但由特朗普公开言论引发的2028年总统竞选猜测愈演愈烈，万斯和鲁比奥轮番成为焦点——鲁比奥上周在白宫举行了自己的新闻发布会。
万斯在特朗普和鲁比奥抵达北京数小时后走上讲台，解释了他本周为何留在美国国内，领导政府的反欺诈特别工作组——这是特朗普今年早些时候交给他的任务。
“总统几个小时前刚抵达中国，”万斯说道，他指出特勤局的相关规定要求特朗普在海外访问期间，他必须留在美国本土。“有些日子——比如今天——我有时感觉自己就像《小鬼当家》里的麦考利·卡尔金。我走进白宫，里面非常安静，一个人都没有。”
万斯与美国医疗保险和医疗补助服务中心主任穆罕默德·奥兹博士一同出席活动，并驳斥了有关本届政府反欺诈行动带有政治目的的批评。
“如果有一位腐败的州长，他们不会与我们合作，那我们就不得不使用其他工具来确保他们配合，”万斯说道。“但我认为，有很多州长，无论民主党还是共和党，都意识到这是一个非常严重的问题。”
这位副总统将于周四开启他的反欺诈巡回宣讲，届时他将前往缅因州班戈——该州将在11月的中期选举中迎来一场竞争最为激烈的参议院席位角逐。他表示，他还将与前州长保罗·勒佩奇一同开展竞选活动，勒佩奇目前正在竞选美国国会众议院的一个席位，共和党对今年拿下该席位抱有很高期望。
作为副总统，万斯一直积极在国内开展活动，走访宾夕法尼亚州、密歇根州和北卡罗来纳州等，传递特朗普政府认为的政策胜利成果。他还以共和党全国委员会财务主席的身份进行筹款，并在“转折点美国”活动中与年轻保守派人士交流。
但就在上周万斯在艾奥瓦州为一名共和党国会议员助选的同一天，鲁比奥在华盛顿主持活动，成为首位在新闻秘书卡罗琳·莱维特休产假期间代为主持新闻发布会的内阁成员。他的团队利用他被问及对美国的期望这一契机，制作了一段类似竞选活动的视频，引发了2028年总统竞选的猜测热潮。
这段插曲发生在这位国务卿忙碌的一周里，根据社交媒体上的视频显示，他上周还会见了教皇利奥十四世，并在自己的履历中新增了一个身份：婚礼DJ。
据一位白宫官员透露，万斯此前也曾在白宫新闻发布室的讲台前亮相，预计他将在莱维特休假期间返回主持相关工作。
周三，他回答了记者提出的一系列问题，包括当前迫在眉睫的外交政策议题。
万斯上个月被派往巴基斯坦与伊朗方面进行会谈，他指出当天早些时候他与特使史蒂夫·维特科夫和特朗普的女婿贾里德·库什纳通了电话，讨论结束战争的谈判进展。
记者还请他解释特朗普周二发表的有关推动与伊朗达成协议时，并未受到美国民众经济状况影响的言论。
万斯为特朗普辩护称，他的言论被断章取义，随后补充称本届政府确实关心民众的生活。
“当然，总统、我以及整个团队，我们都关心美国民众的经济状况。”
As Trump fuels Vance vs. Rubio speculation, his vice president makes anti-fraud push
2026-05-13T23:55:41.215Z / CNN
By Kit Maher
PUBLISHED May 13, 2026, 7:55 PM ET
Vice President JD Vance speaks during a press conference at the Eisenhower Executive Office building in Washington, DC, on Wednesday.
Kent Nishimura/AFP/Getty Images
President Donald Trump hosting a televised competition to choose his successor?
Doesn’t sound like him, joked Vice President JD Vance on Wednesday, days after his boss polled a Rose Garden audience on whether Vance or Secretary of State Marco Rubio should head the 2028 presidential ticket.
Unlike Trump, neither man is talking about their future political ambitions, instead letting their public profiles and actions speak for themselves. And Vance — who compared himself to the kid in “Home Alone,” with both Trump and Rubio in China this week — had the White House campus to himself on Wednesday for an event on fraud.
He announced several new efforts to combat fraud in federal healthcare programs — including one targeting California, whose Democratic governor, himself a 2028 hopeful, is a frequent sparring partner for the administration. But Vance also took reporters’ questions on Iran and cracked a few jokes.
“Well, I just don’t think it sounds like the president of the United States to have a televised competition for who would succeed him as his apprentice,” Vance deadpanned when pressed by CNN on why Trump seems to enjoy pitting him and Rubio against each other.
The president on Monday asked attendees at a Rose Garden dinner to cheer for their preference.
“Who’s it gonna be? Is it gonna be JD? Is it gonna be somebody else? I don’t know,” he said.
And while the audience appeared to clap a little louder for Vance, who attended the event, Trump didn’t cast a vote, instead referring to the pair as the “dream team” and “perfect ticket.”
Vance insisted Wednesday he’s focused on doing his work and that Americans would be put off if he spent energy angling for the top job right now.
“I love Marco. I think he’s a great secretary of state. He’s become a very, very dear friend, but I think both of us are very much focused on accomplishing the American people’s business right now,” he said.
But the 2028 speculation — fanned by Trump’s public comments — is only building as Vance and Rubio, who held his own press briefing at the White House last week, take turns seizing the spotlight.
Vance, who walked out to the podium hours after Trump and Rubio arrived in Beijing, explained why he’s on the home front this week focused on leading the administration’s task force combatting fraud, a job Trump tasked him with earlier this year.
“The president just landed in China a few hours ago,” Vance said, noting how Secret Service protocols require him to stay stateside when Trump is overseas. “On days – today – I sometimes feel like Macaulay Culkin in ‘Home Alone.’ I walk into the White House and it’s very quiet and no one’s there.”
Appearing alongside Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz, Vance pushed back on criticism that the administration’s anti-fraud efforts are political in nature.
“If you have a crooked governor, they’re not going to work with us, and we’re going to have to use other tools to ensure that they do,” Vance said. “But I think that there are a lot of governors, Democrat and Republican, who recognize that this is a very serious problem.”
The vice president will take his anti-fraud message on the road on Thursday, when he appears in Bangor, Maine — home to one of the most competitive Senate races in November’s midterms. He said he’ll also campaign with former Gov. Paul LePage, who’s running for a US House district that the GOP has high hopes of flipping this year.
Vance has consistently traveled domestically as vice president, visiting states like Pennsylvania, Michigan and North Carolina to be Trump’s messenger on what the administration sees as its policy wins. He has fundraised as Republican National Committee finance chair and talked to young conservatives at Turning Point USA events.
But on the same day Vance was in Iowa last week, stumping for a Republican congressman, Rubio was holding court in Washington as the first Cabinet secretary to fill in for press secretary Karoline Leavitt during her maternity leave. His team capitalized on a moment when he was asked about his hope for America by crafting a campaign-like video that sent the 2028 rumor mill spinning.
It came during an eventful stretch for the secretary of state, who also visited Pope Leo XIV last week and added another role to his resume: wedding DJ, according to video on social media.
Vance has previously appeared at the White House briefing room podium and is expected to return in Leavitt’s absence, according to a White House official.
And on Wednesday, he took questions from the press on a range of topics, including the looming foreign policy questions of the day.
Vance — who was dispatched to Pakistan for talks with the Iranians last month — noted how he was on the phone earlier in the day with envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner talking about the state of negotiations to end the war.
He was also asked to explain Trump’s comment on Tuesday that he’s not motivated by Americans’ financial situation when he’s pushing for a deal with Iran.
Vance defended Trump, arguing his remark had been taken out of context, before adding that the administration does care.
“Of course, the president and I and the entire team, we care about the American people’s financial situations.”
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