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[VIDEO] Rand Paul gears up for unprecedented 2028 move

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When average Americans think about the future of their country, one question burns in their mind more than any other.

It arouses their curiosity. It brings their worst fears out into the open. It sometimes turns them to prayer.

That question is: When Donald Trump’s second term comes to an end, who will become president?

Are we in for four or eight more years of making America great, or will we return to America-last policies implemented by the latest ultra-liberal, Obama puppet with an autopen?

Just 14 months into the second Trump term, Republicans are already jockeying to become the 2028 presidential nominee—and one of the president’s harshest critics just hinted he’s about to throw his hat in the ring. “We’re thinking about it,” Senator Rand Paul, R-Ky., told CBS Sunday reporter Bob Costa. The junior Kentucky senator placed his odds of entering the primaries right now at “I would say, 50-50.”

It’s another sign of rebellion from the libertarian-leaning Republican President Trump regularly calls his greatest foe. Senator Paul has opposed several of President Trump’s top agenda items. He voted against the One Big Beautiful Bill Act because, “under the rosiest of scenarios is the bill adds $270 billion to the debt.” He sharply criticized President Trump’s military orders to capture Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and to attack Iran twice, without a congressional declaration of war.

And while Paul votes for more than 90 percent of Trump administration nominees, he cast a hard no against Homeland Security nominee Markwayne Mullin after Mullin said he understood Paul’s deranged liberal neighbor, who assaulted Paul so severely that the senator lost part of his lung.

And Paul’s early discussions about 2028 already sound like the most anti-Trump campaign imaginable.

Rand Paul has suggested he plans to run as the candidate of Big Business and social media platforms.

Paul told CBS he would own “the so-called libertarian vote, which might not be big enough to ever win anything.” But “if you combine that with the Chamber of Commerce and the traditional business community that doesn’t like protectionism, there may be a force out there for a different direction from the party other than being continued to be led by populism.”

He opposes tariffs, reshoring, and efforts to force businesses to bring factories back to the United States.

“There used to really be a free market/libertarian wing of the party, and now there’s not much left. In fact, on many days it’s me in the Senate, the only one left for free trade,” he complained. “But I think there still is a desire among business for it.” He also says he opposes Trump-Vance policies “to break up big business” monopolies like Google and Meta.

Driving the anti-Trump message ranks as Paul’s top goal, more than even winning the election, he revealed. “The most important thing to me isn’t necessarily me or what my role is, but that there is someone who’s advocating that international trade is good and makes us rich,” Paul told Chuck Todd last month.

Right now, the White House doesn’t seem threatened.

All polls show MAGA Vice President J.D. Vance as the front-runner to become the Republican Party’s 2028 presidential candidate. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who usually ranks second, is a favorite of the Republican Party’s neoconservative, Bush-oriented Old Guard.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has shown sure signs he’s considering a second presidential bid in two years by seeking out high-profile disagreements with the Trump administration, especially over the proliferation of energy-guzzling AI data centers. Vance holds a 30-point lead in the RealClear Polling average, followed by Donald Trump Jr. and Rubio. Everyone else is in single digits—and Rand Paul isn’t even included. Paul scored one percent in the CPAC straw poll and currently has the same odds on the political betting website Polymarket. Right now, Senator Paul has a more urgent consideration. His third term in the Senate ends in 2029, too, although he could run for president and seek a fourth term in the Senate in 2028 simultaneously.

In fact, Paul did just that in 2016…which may be driving some of the presidential considerations.

Rand Paul’s 2016 presidential campaign never really took off, thanks to Trump—and some poor strategy. Despite running a clever social media campaign, he made the odd choice of focusing on outreach to minority voters who make up a tiny fraction of Republican voters, especially in the primaries.

Then came Donald Trump, who devastated Paul with an offhand remark about the tousle-headed Paul’s appearance during a 2015 debate. “I never attacked him on his looks, and believe me, there’s plenty of subject matter right there,” said Trump.

As president, Trump has never missed a chance to zing Rand Paul for voting against MAGA legislation that the senator believes violates the Founding Fathers’ view of the Constitution.

The president even took credit for launching Paul’s political career. “I got him elected twice,” Trump claimed.

Paul got elected to the Senate in 2010, five years before President Trump formally entered politics. And he won mostly due to the popularity of his father, Ron Paul.

It may be Rand Paul wants revenge for himself and his famous father…and President Trump’s most recent actions may let him have it.

Polls show most Americans disapprove of President Trump’s war against Iran, Operation Epic Fury. They rightly blame it for raising gasoline prices and feeding the affordability crisis. Americans are evenly split on whether they were better off during the last year of Joe Biden’s presidency.

There was even cheering for President Trump’s impeachment at CPAC.

Still, the senator is not sure he’s going to take a second stab at the presidency.

“I don’t know yet,” Paul concluded. “We’ll make a decision after the election,” referring to this November’s 2026 midterms.

Could Rand Paul pull off an upset in 2028? In politics, anything is possible. He could focus his fury on Dr. Anthony Fauci, who ruined Americans’ lives and closed their businesses…during the Trump administration.

He could focus on the failed COVID jabs, which President Trump still cites as a success.

If the economy is still poor, that would open Americans’ ears to a prosperity-based economic message from the Right or the Left.

One thing is sure: Paul has presidential politics in his genes. His father’s presidential campaign started a revolution and helped kick off the Tea Party movement that swept 63 new Republicans into Congress in the 2010 midterms—including Kentucky Senator Rand Paul.

Rand Paul 2028? It sounds doubtful. But never say never.

About the Author

Cory Templeman is an experienced writer and researcher who has worked with some of the biggest names in the publishing business. Cory lives in South Carolina with his wife and three kids.