Nice little whatever
Trump “warns” DeSantis not to compete with him.
Donald Trump has warned Florida’s Governor Ron DeSantis against running for president in 2024, saying doing so would harm the Republican Party.
Which of course is code for would harm Donald Trump. Dump doesn’t give a rat’s ass about the Republican party, it’s himself he cares about.
He also threatened to release unflattering information about the 44-year-old, without providing details.
Speaking of unflattering information, Don…we have some on you. How much time do you have?
He told US network Fox News that the Florida governor should stay out of the race.
“I don’t know if he is running. I think if he runs, he could hurt himself very badly. I really believe he could hurt himself badly,” Mr Trump said. “I don’t think it would be good for the party.”
He says everything twice, says everything twice.
By “hurt himself” of course he means he, Dump, would hurt him in any way he could. Adding that he doesn’t think it would be good for the party is sheer camouflage. Again: he doesn’t care about the party, he cares about his precious self.
Trump counts on his Cult of Personality to carry him to the nomination. I would love to see that finally crushed so I kind of hope he runs and falls flat.
The verdict on Trump yesterday was underwhelming. Oz lost, Lake is losing, Walker will be a runoff but Kemp won. Cracks in the edifice that’s got a stranglehold on the GOP?
Trump destroying DeSantis and trashing the gop in the process would be the best thing he could do for the country. (I’m assuming he’d go down with them, of course.)
I’m having a hard time seeing DeSantis beating Trump in a GOP primary.
I guess the argument is that, unlike in 2016, the “anyone but Trump” forces will coalesce around a single alternative, and that this will somehow make the difference. But I think it’s a different party in 2024 — a lot of those Jeb Bush and John Kasich supporters have left the party, and been replaced by Trump cultists. And DeSantis’s popularity among Republicans has been built up by “owning the libs”; in a primary battle with Trump, he’s not going to be able to get away with just bragging about his lib ownage. As Trump’s increasingly aggressive comments about him show, Trump’s going to make it a down and dirty insult-flinging contest, and how many of DeSantis’s fans are going to stick with him when he’s insulting Dear Leader instead of “Sleepy Joe” or Anthony Fauci?
Oh I’m not making any predictions here, just enjoying watching them shred each other.
Oh sure, I’m just speculating on whether it even makes sense for DeSantis to run.
The real fantasy scenario is that somehow DeSantis beats Trump in the primary, and Trump proceeds to set up some third party run or otherwise sabotage the GOP, the Dems win huge in 2024 and the GOP finally has the reckoning that has been long overdue.
We can dream…
If Trump is incapacitated (which I think is at least a toss up) by then, DeSantis is running. Otherwise, yeah, it’s Trump all over again and he’ll definitely try to steal the election.