“Less than six months into President Trump’s second term, several possible GOP contenders for president in 2028 already are racing to build their national profiles, travel to early primary states and establish relationships with major donors,” Axios reports.

Said former RNC member Henry Barbour: “Everyone knows Trump has one term left, and I would say its a wide-open opportunity. These things start earlier and earlier.”

“Trump has mentioned Vice President Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio as possible successors, and they’re widely seen as the early favorites for the 2028 nomination.”

“Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who has been raising her profile with a series of photo ops with ICE agents during immigration raids, is also viewed as a possible 2028 contender.”

“Rep. Don Bacon, one of the most vulnerable Republicans in the House, said this week he doesn’t have the ‘hunger’ for another grueling re-election campaign and won’t run for a sixth term next year,” NBC News reports.

“But Bacon, who spent 30 years in the Air Force and specialized in intelligence matters, said he’s interested in serving in an executive role down the road, and wouldn’t rule out running for Nebraska governor, or even president in 2028.”

Wall Street Journal: “Mamdani’s shocking win in the Democratic primary last month has polarized the business community of the U.S.’s most economically critical city. Inside investment banks and during breakfast meetings, the very mention of Mayor Eric Adams’s potential left-wing successor has set off rancor and fear among the business elite, some of whom say they are considering leaving the city altogether.”

“And then there are the Mamdani millionaires. Voting data show a little less than a third of the city’s wealthiest supported Mamdani, and interviews with CEOs, traders, investors, and corporate lawyers pulling for him show they are willing to trade a cut of their one-percenter earnings to fund his more equitable vision of the Big Apple’s future. They believe years of widening income inequality has harmed the city’s ability to attract talent and think a stronger social safety net is needed to reverse the decline.”