When former President Trump was asked to list the people he saw as the future leader of the Republican party, he made no mention of Pence.

Trump only named a few names, including Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, Sen. Josh Hawley and Ted Cruz.

Mike Pence, former deputy general of the 45th President Donald Trump, is slowly returning to his public life as he sees the potential to run for the White House in 2024. He joins conservative organizations,

Mike Pence said farewell to supporters as vice president on January 20.

But the fact that Trump did not mention Pence in this month's interview signaled a challenge to the former vice president.

If you want to win the republican preliminary election, Pence may have to reinforce your loyalty to Trump, while protecting its decision in the last days of the government, when Trump Contact

Pence aides often refuse to talk about the 2024 presidential election. They insist that Pence is focusing on family and the next year's midterm elections, when Republicans are likely to reclaim at least one.

"2024 is far from coming and if Mike Pence runs for president, he will be a strong candidate," said Indiana senator Jim Banks, chairman of the Republican Research Committee, who has vowed to back it up.

Pence declined to comment on the matter, while Trump aides said it should not be too attentive to the fact that he did not mention names in the interview.

"It was not a fixed list," said Trump adviser Jason Miller.

Trump has not made it clear whether he will run for reelection in 2024.

Since leaving office in January, Pence, who served as Indiana governor and congressman before becoming Trump's deputy general, has lived quite quietly.

He built a partnership with the conservative Heritage Foundation and even discussed its possible chairmanship.

Pence is also discussing book writing, regularly chats with allies and plans to spend most of his time in the next two years helping Republican candidates as they try to regain a majority in the House of Representatives.

"He's doing what he needs to do to lay the foundations, in case he wants to form a committee," Stewart said.

Pence's allies saw him as the "heiress" of Trump, who could keep a group of voters loyal to Trump while regaining suburban voters who left the party under Trump.

"It is clear that Mike Pence has a very different personality and tone from Trump," said former Wisconsin governor Scott Walker, leader of the Young America's Foundation.

Meanwhile, Pence skeptics see him as an aging white man who carried Trump's burdens on his back but lacked the charisma of the former president.

On January 6, rioters stormed Capitol Hill and shouted "hang Mike Pence".

Many in the Republicans still held that Pence was responsible for Trump's defeat and that he was unpopular with many voters at Trump's "stronghold".

"I think his future is in Trump's hand," said the Perennial Public Republic of Whit Ayres.

Meanwhile, Pence has been trying to show that he and the former president have mended the disagreement, mentioning their conversation at a meeting last month with Republican Research Committee members.

"He and Trump make up for each other. Pence told us that he and the former president talked and reminisced about the great achievements of the administration," Senator Mike Johnson said.

While Johnson admits tensions in the last days of the administration "clearly add to the level of difficulty" for Pence, he argues that the former vice president can be overcome by focusing on policy achievements.

"He has contributed to achieving those things, he can emphasize his merit on those legacies," Johnson said.