former President Donald Trump struck back with a report of a bitter rift Republican Governor Florida Ron DeSantis insisted on Wednesday that they had a good relationship.
DeSantis has emerged as an overwhelming contender for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024.
The result has been that several unnamed advisers trampled on DeSantis to reporters, saying Trump is angry that the governor will not say he will stand apart if the former president decides to run again.
“Well, I have a great relationship with Governor DeSantis,” Trump said at a conference with a small number of reporters when asked about the issue.
The call was for promotion of his coffee table book.our journey together,’ but Trump raised questions about planning another book during his 20-minute conversation from the January 6 investigation and impeachment.
He did not say whether DeSantis was featured in his book, but did say the 43-year-old attributes his political rise to support for Trump.
In a call with reporters, former President Trump insisted he still has a good relationship with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, with sources recently saying he was upset if Trump decided to run So Young did not offer to pull out of the 2024 race.
Trump’s book Our Journey Together was published late last year. A further 100,000 copies have now gone on sale after problems were caused by supply chain problems.
“You know, the day I announced I was going to give my support to him, he won the election,” he said over the phone from his home and political headquarters in Mar-a-Lago, Florida.
‘And then I helped him defeat his so-called star Democrat Star, who didn’t turn out to be much of a star.
‘But now I had a great … I have a great relationship with him.
‘And we’ve had it for a long time. And I was very supportive of him.’
Multiple polls have suggested that DeSantis would be the preferred candidate for Republican voters if Trump chose to run again.
Earlier this week, The New York Times reported that DeSantis’ refusing to commit To clear the way for Trump if the former president jumps into the 2024 presidential race.
Trump wants other presidential candidates to clear the way for an easy GOP primary victory if he comes in.
While DeSantis is running for re-election this year, he is shaping up to be a top contender for the GOP 2024 White House.
The Times said, DeSantis told his inner circle that ‘hopefully he’s kneeling, asking for too much.’
Behind the scenes, Trump has reportedly commented that DeSantis has ‘no personal charisma’ and a ‘sluggish’ personality.
And when social media influencers who shared pro-Florida sentiments were asked to comment on DeSantis, Trump spokeswoman Taylor Budovich pointed to Trump’s role in creating DeSantis.
The pair are among the most popular Republican figures in the country, and with Trump eyeing another presidency in 2024, many political pundits believe he is irritated by DeSantis’ running against him and his growing popularity. Huh
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is inviting conservative social media influencers to spend time with him in Tallahassee
“The MAGA world has followed President Trump in Florida, in large part, as it prepares for the future,” Budovich told Politico. ‘Floridians have taken advantage of President Trump’s America First nominees awards, after introducing Governor DeSantis to the world via a tweet in 2017.
“Now for DeSantis’ re-election, it is an on deck effort to once again push Governor DeSantis to the finish line,” Budovich said.
It was said by several unnamed sources that Trump was spoiling his fellow Republicans.
“He says DeSantis has no personal charisma and a dull personality,” one told Axios.
trumpadvisers of managing committee Minority leader Mitch McConnell is responsible for pushing stories of a feud.
He pointed to DeSantis’ appearance on the Ruthless podcast, co-hosted by McConnell’s longtime adviser Josh Holmes, after the Florida governor criticized the COVID lockdown that Trump encouraged early in the pandemic. .
A top Trump adviser expressed the views of four other anonymous employees, saying Fox News: ‘I like Josh. The passion is great. But it is a wholly owned subsidiary of McConnell World.
‘And there’s no way you can tell me it was all a coincidence.’
,