Trump is not a politician. You have to be a seasoned politician to be able to handle what the Deep State throws after you. DeSantis is a seasoned politician so he should be able to counter their attacks.
Seasoned politician = swamp. You can’t abrogate your fundamental principle just to have some possible, imaginary competence dealing with the rest of the swamp.
I’m definitely disappointed with Trump’s decision here, but to look to guys like DeSantis as the solution is naive IMO. Where was DeSantis all those years in Congress? He never had the guts to challenge Boehner or Ryan because he didn’t want to lose his committee positions. DeSantis was and is a career politician, and career politicians are not the solution. He’s playing the part of a movement conservative now because he’s ambitious, but he can’t fight the system because he’s a part of it.