President-elect Donald Trump expressed confidence that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will select a suitable replacement for Sen. Marco Rubio, who Trump appointed as secretary of state. Trump stated that DeSantis' decision is not his concern and praised Lara Trump, his daughter-in-law, for her work with the Republican National Committee. While acknowledging Lara Trump's potential for Senate candidacy, Trump highlighted her focus on her children and her successful campaign efforts.
President-elect Donald Trump is confident that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will choose the right replacement for Sen. Marco Rubio , whom Trump tapped to serve as secretary of state, he said during a Monday press conference at Mar-a-Lago.
“No, I don’t. I probably don’t, but I don’t know. Ron’s doing a good job. That’s his choice. Nothing to do with me,” he said before praising Lara Trump, his daughter-in-law, as “unbelievable.” “And, you know, it’s funny, people oftentimes talk about nepotism — I never had, when I put her there, people said, ‘How did you get her to — you know, she could have run for the Senate in North Carolina,’ Ted Budd would be the first to say,” Trump remarked, explaining that Lara Trump wanted to focus on her children. But as the election got closer, he asked her to work with the RNC.
“Marco has been really a star already, and we haven’t started. But, you know, we see signs of — from some people, or very early, we see signs of stardom, and Marco has done incredibly. He’s sort of born for it. It was such an easy decision,” he said, acknowledging that the nomination leaves a vacancy in the Sunshine State.
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