Betting patterns suggest that Donald Trump Jr.’s prospects of becoming U.S. President after the 2028 presidential election have significantly improved. Star Sports, a prominent bookmaker, reports 25/1 odds for Don Jr. to assume the presidency, up from just 66/1 immediately following the 2024 election in November.
Among Republicans, he is second only to J.D. Vance in popularity, with a poll by McLaughlin & Associates in late January finding 21 percent favor him to become 2028 candidate, against 27 percent for the Vice President.
President Donald J. Trump, 78, will likely be unable to pursue a third term unless the Constitution is amended, despite some in the corporate media panicking that he may try to circumvent the two-term limit through a constitutionally questionable process involving running for the vice presidency and having the person at the top of the ticket abdicate in his favor following their inauguration.
Unlike his sister, Ivanka Trump, and his sister-in-law, Lara Trump, Don Jr. has not taken formal positions in President Trump’s campaigns or administrations. However, he has increasingly emerged as a de facto representative of the America First movement to the official team and recently led something like an informal diplomatic mission to Greenland, which President Trump hopes to acquire.