Posted on 11/07/2022 5:35:18 AM PST by Timber Rattler
I have made no secret of the fact that I think Ron DeSantis is an extraordinary politician. I prefer him to any of the potential candidates for President, and am willing to explain to anybody why that is. This, though, is not that column.
I also am no Never-Trumper, and would vote for him over any Democrat in a heartbeat. Trump has a lot to be proud of, and without his leadership the Republicans would still be captured by the Establishment™.
Now that I have put my biases on the table, let me give you my analysis of what I believe to be Trump’s huge own goal.
My most objective take possible, given my acknowledged preferences, is that President Trump made a big unforced error attacking DeSantis at his rally the other day.
Not just because he did so just before an election day on which the Republicans simply must destroy the Democrats–after all, Governor DeSantis doesn’t need Trump’s support to win. If Trump went into full attack mode it wouldn’t dent DeSantis’ reputation one little bit.
So Trump’s attack is electorally irrelevant (which in itself is an unforced error, as it shows Trump to be weaker than he wants to look against a political rival).
Trump’s attack was a mistake because he opened up an old wound that could be Trump’s Achilles’ Heel: his huge mistakes dealing with COVID. Mistakes that DeSantis saw early and rejected quickly.
(Excerpt) Read more at hotair.com ...
Trump issues ‘Coronavirus Guidelines’ for next 15 days to slow pandemic
15 days to flatten the curve...and here we are, two and a half years later, with the country town completely apart. It will take decades, if ever, for all the social, economic, and political damage to be repaired.
Yes, it is always a sin to MOCK, God. I saw the campaign ad.. President Trump was easy on the God created ‘fighter’.
Don’t fall for this FReepers. It’s a way to split the vote, and keep Trump out of office. I’m a Trump supporter, and I can see myself voting for DeSantis, but not until 2028.
DeSantis has become the better candidate for 2024.
Trump’s personal attack on DeSantis reopened fading perceptions that he is mean and full of ego. From now on, he needs to focus on ISSUES. He has many good ones.
Too many here are getting sucked into it.
He took the (deliberately false) advice of people he thought he could trust - a long-running theme for him, sadly.
Personnel choices were the Achilles heel of his administration, in my opinion.
*IF* somehow this is really all about positioning DeSantis and the leading pubbie for ‘24, then this was a good move on Trump’s part. Some part of me thinks Trump is doing ‘all this’ so he can remain as the leading tar baby for the Dems and media, giving them less time and attention for for DeSantis.
Flame if ya want to, but my ‘dream ticket’ right now for 2024 is DeSantis-Lake.
Your opinions are welcome to differ.
It was a term of endearment.
He told the crowd to vote for DeSantis
advice re COVID. (for clarity)
Trump and DeSantis are a couple pf crowing roosters. It’s not yet time for election in the barnyard. They’re just making enough noise to draw attention.
Be patient, people. Patience.
I agree. Trump can’t control his mouth. This was a huge unforced error. Trump was a great President, but he is a terrible judge of character. He hired an administration full of RINOs and traitors. Now he’s attacking his friends.
Not smart.
He had the right instincts that normalcy should have been restored by Easter. And he let it slip away.
Whoever the architect of 15 days is they need to never work again.
All speculation. I remain convinced that this is what happened:
Trump’s team sent an invitation to RDS to appear at the rally.
RDS not only declined, but did so in a “holier than thou” way. Don’t know exactly what, obviously, but SOMETHING triggered the word “desanctimonious.” Trump is highly selective about his nicknames.
RDS did NOT “open FL” immediately. Noem never closed SD, and Kemp opened Georgia much earlier than RDS did FL.
Sundance, at “The Last Refuge” has had DeSantis pegged for some time. He is being groomed by the elites and Bush/Cheney wing (He accepted a donation from Yeb, has never renounced any of Paul Ryan/Ru Paul’s comments about him being the future of the GOP, not Trump.) He HAS stumped for Kari Lake here in AZ, but while she was touting MAGA, he was not.
He’s a good governor. Until he shows differently, I hope that’s what he remains. Kari Lake is the post Trump future.
As for the “two weeks,” Trump never, ever argued for a mandatory vax. Consider that: he is the ONLY international leader not to do so. He is one of the VERY FEW American politicians at any level to do so, even when all the forces of Dr. Fallacy and Collins were aligned against him and veep Pence was betraying him by saying he needed to hand over authority to the states.
As a Federalist, that’s exactly what Trump did. HE didn’t lock down the country, but authorized the STATES to do so, and unfortunately almost all did. Let’s not rewrite the history of the China Virus.
Exactly. The media would love to see the America first bade split into warring camps.
Not going to happen.
At worst, it's mutually assured destruction. Either way, the RINOs cannot be allowed to continue to actively facilitate the destruction of the United States. They helped steal the Election of 2020 and cannot be allowed to repeat that in 2024, even using DeSantis as their pawn.
I totally understand why Trump was so anxious to get the vaccines out there, he was trying to break the lockdowns and save the economy, which was his number one achievement.
But the vaccines are as much a disaster and as much a hoax as the rest of the pandemic (I hate that word…). Bragging about his role in getting them out there always makes me wince. For now it annoys Democrats who don’t want to give him credit, but as the truth about them emerges they will be happy to let him take all the blame.
I’m a huge fan of DeSantis. I’m also a fan of Trump. Trump needs to shut his mouth about the former because it will piss off a lot of people and it just makes him look petty, jealous, and mean. The fact that DeSantis wasn’t at his rally looks bad, imo.
Totally Agree
No chance… unless trump doesn’t run
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