Trump sabotaging close ally's 2028 dreams in trap: insider

President Donald Trump wants to make Vice President JD Vance the fall guy on the pending Iran deal, according to a D.C. insider and analyst on Tuesday.

Trump's move to make Vance the face of the war negotiations — despite whether the vice president wants to take on the job or not — could ultimately backfire on his 2028 presidential run ambitions, reported David Gardner for The Swamp, The Daily Beast's Substack.

"Vance made no secret of his opposition to American involvement in foreign wars before his boss dived headlong into a major conflict with Iran, and he has been ducking and diving ever since, trying to tap dance his way through the MAGA minefield," Gardner wrote.

" Trump sent him off to Pakistan for no-hope negotiations that ended, as widely expected, in an impasse. Now the president, in France for the G-7 summit, is heading home on Thursday rather than skip across to Switzerland for a planned signing ceremony on Friday to formalize a peace deal memo with Iran," Gardner explained.

And there could be a reason behind that.

"It seems he wants Vance’s signature on the flimsy deal. Just in case it fails," Gardner wrote.

"He will need all his faith to get through this mess because Marco Rubio, his number one rival for the presidential nomination in 2028, is catching him in the polls," Gardner added.