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Trump Declines to Endorse VP Pence for 2024 Presidential Run

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“Well, it’s—I love Mike, we are running again, you’re talking about a long time, so you can’t put me in that position,” Trump said in a Friday interview.

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President Donald Trump on Friday declined to give Vice President Mike Pence an “automatic endorsement” for president in 2024 during a Friday morning interview with Fox & Friends. “Well, it’s—I love Mike, we are running again, you’re talking about a long time, so you can’t put me in that position,” Trump said. “But I certainly would give it very strong consideration. He’s a very, very outstanding person.” Trump added that before choosing a Republican candidate to endorse in five years, he would to evaluate every candidate. Pence has not explicitly said he’d run for president in 2024, though it is widely expected.

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