Posted on 02/02/2023 8:41:02 AM PST by Macho MAGA Man
Trump gave an interview on Thursday to Hugh Hewitt, who repeatedly asked him to spill on what disparaging nicknames he plans to use against those who compete with him in the 2024 Republican primary. When Hewitt floated Glenn Youngkin (R) as a possible bid, Trump referred to the Virginia Governor as a “disappointment,” complaining that he didn’t get enough gratitude from Youngkin or his team even though “I did a lot for him. And he got elected because of me, just like Ron DeSantis. Even more so.”
DeSantis is often considered Trump’s biggest potential primary threat, and the former president has been opening fire on the governor ever since the midterm elections. Trump often claims DeSantis would’ve never won his governors race without his endorsement, so as soon as Trump brought up DeSantis’ name, the floodgates opened for a full-scale attack.
“He had nothing! He was dead, he was leaving the race, he came over and he begged me, begged me, for an endorsement. He was getting ready to drop out,” Trump said. He then shared how DeSantis supposedly grovelled for his help in beating Adam Putnam in Florida’s Republican primary
"There were tears coming down from his eyes. He said ‘if you endorse me, I’ll win,’ said Trump. “So I end up doing it, and he wins. They say it was like a bomb went off. Just a bomb totally went off. From the moment I endorsed him, he went from losing by numbers that were not catchable to winning easily.”
This went on with Trump saying “everything collapsed” for Putnam from the moment he endorse DeSantis, and that “I got him past the crackhead [Andrew Gillam], who was the hottest person in the Democratic Party at the time.”
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ALL politicians have huge egos, Trump is just more transparent about it.
You can be loyal and still tell someone he's wrong. But Trump would rather surround himself with Yes Men.
Trump is focused entirely on the 2024 campaign, and he'll bring a great deal of energy to it. But he has to realize that not everyone is an enemy.
elon musk for president 2024...
our turn to install an ineligible african-american in the white hospice...
It's a simple issue he should address. If DeSantis has a good response, why not say it?
Sometimes a guy who was a great POTUS just doesn’t get it. Going against Reagan’s 11th commandment. Never speak ill of another Republican. Can you imagine what a ticket like Trump-DeSantis would do.......unbeatable. Sometimes Trump’s mouth is his own worst enemy.
Classic Trump -— no classless Trump -— I fixed it for you.
True! There’s been plenty of other politicians and governors that have come out and endorsed Trump. Why can’t DeSantis?
Trump always takes the liberal bait, its sad to watch.
Liberals laughing it up good watching Trump scortch other Republicans.
Trump doesn’t need enemies. He can handle that job by himself.
DeSantis will not respond, and IMHO this strategy will not work for Trump this time.
Trump has been saying the right things policy wise and that’s what he should concentrate on.
He needs the eventual support of DeSantis and I guess with this behavior he won’t get it, not to the best degree.
We’ll see.
I weep for the country when Trump gets the nomination and President Newsom takes the oath in ‘25...
On the evening of the day he released those cards, he had a party at Mar a Lago for LBGT+ people.
Not a good day…
Yes, I looked up several things on him but it seems to me, Mediate is left wing leaning isn’t it?
So now criticizing fellow Republicans in a primary is forbidden?
And what's so degrading about answering the point that Trump brings up. The DeSantis pearl clutching around here is getting embarrassing.
And I don't blame DeSantis for that.
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