Vice President JD Vance had a hilarious snafu with the Ohio State national championship trophy after fumbling it on the ground.
On Monday, Vance and President Donald Trump welcomed the Buckeyes to the White House. In January, the squad defeated the Notre Dame Irish 34-23 in the College Football Playoff, winning its first national championship in a decade.
Following his words, Ohio State coach Ryan Day presented Trump with a personalized jersey and helmet. As shots were being taken, Vance motioned over to the trophy, as if he wanted to incorporate it in the photo. Vance then attempted to lift the trophy with the help of another player.
When he took it up, the trophy separated from the stand on which it was resting. The player managed to catch the trophy, but the stand Vance was holding fell to the ground.
Vance tried to reattach the stand to the trophy but held it instead. When Day noticed the disturbance, he walked over to help before returning to his seat next to Trump.
Unsurprisingly, the incident sparked intense criticism on social media, particularly targeting Vance.
Vance embraced the moment, joking on Twitter/X that he “decided to break the trophy because I didn’t want anyone after Ohio State to get it.”
“I didn’t want anyone after Ohio State to get the trophy so I decided to break it,” he wrote.
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While there are swirling rumors about the 2028 race in Republican circles, Vance consistently emerges as the front-runner.
According to GOP insiders quoted by the New York Post, Vance’s groundbreaking role as Republican National Committee finance chair positions the 40-year-old as a strong contender to succeed President Donald Trump, with some even calling him the clear favorite.
“He will establish himself as the next GOP torchbearer if he intensifies the RNC fundraising machine and the party surpasses its performance in 2026.” That is, if he stays in the good graces of you know who,” one source told the outlet.
Dennis Lennox, a Republican strategist, took a significant step further, stating, “The idea that Vance is not going to be the Republican nominee in 2028 is absurd.”
He also told The Post: “Holding all the primaries and caucuses and the convention in Houston will waste time and money that would otherwise be spent on defeating the Democrat nominee. The RNC might as well cancel the 2028 primaries and caucuses at this point.”
Neither Republicans nor Democrats have officially entered the 2028 race yet. However, Vance could face primary challenges from figures like Mike Pompeo and Nikki Haley, and in the general election, he might contend against Democrats such as former Vice President Kamala Harris, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, and Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, The Post noted.
Unexpected challengers from within the Republican camp, including members of Trump’s circle, could also enter the race if they sense an opportunity. However, the outlet stated that if Vance continues his current course, he appears to have a solid path forward.
For his part, the vice president is waiting patiently and striving to demonstrate his eligibility for the nomination.
“If I do really well for the next four years, everything else will take care of itself. . . . Now, like, yeah, in two and a half years, will that become harder? Will people be more focused on politics than on what the White House is maybe doing that particular day? Maybe,” Vance told NBC News.
Meanwhile, Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday to strengthen the integrity of America’s elections, fulfilling a major campaign promise.
In remarks during the signing, the president stated that the order would “go a long way toward ending” election fraud nationwide and promised that further measures from his administration would be introduced in the coming weeks.
“Perhaps some people think I shouldn’t be complaining because we won in a landslide, but we’re going to straighten out our elections,” Trump said. “This country is so sick because of the election, the fake elections and the bad elections, and we’re going to straighten it out one way or the other.”
