At this point the best thing for Desantis to do is not to hit back at Trump, but to laugh at him. Trump is making a royal ass of himself.
We’ll have to disagree about the making an ass of himself.
Some freepers have very good manners and would not feel right lashing out at anyone in private life. If someone criticized them in a social situation, they would let it ride, or make a joke.
These are unusual circumstances, however. And this is politics, not ordinary day-to-day life.
I think he’s doing the exactly right thing in the circumstances.