What’s Really Behind Trump Lashing Out at Gov DeSantis and Gov “Young Kin” After Midterm Elections?

100%FedUp ^ | Nov 11, 2022 | Amber Crawford

[SoConPubbie]

After most of the midterm elections concluded, Donald Trump turned to the social media platform Truth Social to criticize Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who many speculate will be competing with Trump for the GOP nomination in the 2024 presidential election. He also targeted Virginia Governor Glenn Younkin (R), who could throw his hat in the ring for the presidential elections as well.

On Thursday, Trump posted a lengthy message on Truth Social, nicknaming DeSantis “DeSanctimonious.” He diminished DeSantis’ handling of Covid and insisted that he is responsible for the Republican governor’s success. Trump said,

“Now that the midterms are over, and a success…

NewsCorp, which is Fox, the Wall Street Journal, and the no longer great New York Post (bring back Col!), is all in for Governor Ron DeSanctimonious, an average REPUBLICAN Governor with great Public Relations, who didn’t have to close up his State, but did, unlike other Republican Governors, whose overall numbers for a Republican, were just average – middle of the pack – including COVID, and who has the advantage of SUNSHINE, where people from badly run States up North would go no matter who the Governor was, just like I did!

Ron came to me in desperate shape in 2017 – he was politically dead, losing in a landslide to a very good Agriculture Commissioner, Adam Putnam, who was loaded up with cash and great poll numbers. Ron had low approval, bad polls, and no money, but he said that if I would Endorse him, he could win. I didn’t know Adam so I said, “Let’s give it a shot, Ron.” When I Endorsed him it was as though, to use a bad term, a nuclear weapon went off. Years later, they were the exact words that Adam Putnam used in describing Ron’s Endorsement. He said, “I went from having it made, with no competition, to immediately getting absolutely clobbered after your Endorsement.” I then got Ron by the “Star” of the Democrat Party, Andrew Gillum (who was later revealed to be a “Crack Head”), by having two massive Rallies with tens fo thousands of people at each one.

I also fixed his campaign, which had completely fallen apart. I was all in for Ron, and he beat Gillum, but after the Race, when votes were being stolen by the corrupt Election process in Broward County, and Ron was going down ten thousand votes a day, along with now-Senator Rick Scott, I sent in the FBI and the U.S. Attorneys, and the ballot theft immediately ended, jus prior to them running out of the votes necessary to win. I stopped his Election from being stolen. And now, Ron DeSanctimonious is playing games! The Fake News asks him if he’s going to run if President Trump runs, and he says, “I’m only focused on the Governor’s race, I’m not looking into the future.” Well, in terms of loyalty and class, that’s really not the right answer…

This is just like 2015 and 2016, a Media Assault (Colusion!), when Fox News fought me to the end until I won, and then they couldn’t have been nicer or more supportive. The Wall Street Journal loved Low Energy Jeb Bush, and a succession of other people as they rapidly disappeared from sight, finally falling in line with me after I easily knocked them out, one by one. We’re in exactly the same position now. They will keep coming after us, MAGA, but ultimately, we will win. Put America First and, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”

On Friday morning, Trump posted about Youngkin, pointing out how much he helped the Virginia governor win the election, and how Youngkin “couldn’t have come close to winning” without his help.

“Young Kin (now that’s an interesting take. Sounds Chinese, doesn’t it?) in Virginia couldn’t have won without me. I Endorsed him, did a very big Trump Rally for him telephonically, got MAGA to Vote for him – or he couldn’t have come close to winning. But he knows that, and admits it. Besides, having a hard time with the Dems in Virginia – But he’ll get it done!”

[Chgogal]

You belong to the Freeper Snowflake Club I see.

Which POTUS was as successful as Trump? Look at what Trump accomplished:

Gas price per gallon was about $2.30;
Inflation about 1.4%, mortgage rates were half of what they are now;
Unemployment was low before Covid and before Blue Governors shut everything
down and we were in the midst of a V-shape recovery until January 22, 2021;
Tax decrease; tax laws promoted small businesses as well as large;
US enjoyed energy independence - No Green Agenda, no war on energy, No Paris Treaty;
No war in Ukraine, no threat of nuclear war, NATO paid its way;
China was quiet and we were winning the trade war;
US companies were bringing home the jobs due to well executed tax treatments;
Peace in the Middle East aka Abraham Accords; US Embassy moved to Jerusalem; and Iran was isolated.
Got three non-left “I don't know what a woman is” Supreme Court Justices on the bench allowing Roe vs Wade to be overturned.

Who the heck can accomplish the above in four years while being impeached twice and investigated by Obama's Weaponized Agencies?

[Chgogal]

Which POTUS was as successful as Trump? Look at what Trump accomplished:

Gas price per gallon was about $2.30;
Inflation about 1.4%, mortgage rates were half of what they are now;
Unemployment was low before Covid and before Blue Governors shut everything
down and we were in the midst of a V-shape recovery until January 22, 2021;
Tax decrease; tax laws promoted small businesses as well as large;
US enjoyed energy independence - No Green Agenda, no war on energy, No Paris Treaty;
No war in Ukraine, no threat of nuclear war, NATO paid its way;
China was quiet and we were winning the trade war;
US companies were bringing home the jobs due to well executed tax treatments;
Peace in the Middle East aka Abraham Accords; US Embassy moved to Jerusalem; and Iran was isolated.
Got three non-left “I don't know what a woman is” Supreme Court Justices on the bench allowing Roe vs Wade to be overturned.

Who the heck can accomplish the above in four years while being impeached twice and investigated by Obama's Weaponized Agencies?

[gibsonguy]

Thank you. Any comments here against Trump will get you flamed regardless of merit. Golden Eagle said it well.

[popdonnelly]

Trump can’t share the spotlight with anyone. Youngkin and DeSantis are doing the work Trump started.

[FreeReign]

There's another old saying, that "the burden of proof is on the accuser" and so far there doesn't seem to be hard evidence whatsoever of collusion going on. Trump or his supporters, of which there are millions, should be obligated to provide at least some proof, before Trump's attack can be justified, in my opinion

The evidence does show that DeSantis gave Bush financed candidate John O'Dea a full endorsement after O'Dea trashed Trump, on CNBC, right before the election, and by extension hurting and devaluing Trump's 100 plus MAGA trump endorsed candidates. IMO, that wasn't a construstive move for all those MAGA candidates, for Trump and for DeSantis. It was a move that only benefited the Uniparty.

Unfortunately I expect Trump and his supporters to keep attacking DeSantis with no concrete evidence, and DeSantis to just keep taking the high road. Who that is working out better for remains to be seen.

I disagree. Sitting back while the Uniparty, Karl Rove and Paul Ryan promote you while trashing Trump and MAGA is not the high road, nor the constructive road to be on.

[joethedrummer]

“As far as I can find out, neither of them have even mentioned him in months.“

I know.. but we never know what goes on when the cameras were off.

This MAY be Trump losing his mind, but 1.The establishment, the leftists, the media… ALL want one thing - Trump hated, gone and forgotten.

I’ve not seen him jump all over anybody without provocation.
My educated guess is that SOMETHING provoked this.
It wasn’t his frustration of lack of red wave.

[gibsonguy]

Thank you. Any comments here against Trump will get you flamed regardless of merit. Golden Eagle said it well.

[theoilpainter]

I agree. I thought he was an effective POTUS, especially with all the “distractions”.

But he is losing it - big time. There is no reason to go after two successful Republican governors. Now he is standing in the way of victories. He’s the best weapon the dems have to change the subject.

Unless he is voicing support for Republicans, he needs to shut up.

[yelostar]

I agree completely. The Carlyle Group is similar to BlackRock but much smaller. $376 billion vs $10 trillion. Both companies are no doubt in deep with China.

[CatHerd]

Can’t be worse than the Covid or Ukraine threads, lol, and I’ve survived those.

[TBP]

He’s trying to scare DeSantis out of running in 2024. He’ll be all in for DeSantis in 2028. Ron DeSantis is the most #MAGA politician in America not named Trump. Ron DeSantis is the future of MAGA.

[Degaston]

He is wrong to call the Midterms a success for the GOP at this point. If Laxalt or Walker lose then Schumer/Harris will be able to cakewalk through any appointees that Biden wants confirmed.

[TBP]

It's not about Trump. It's not about DeSantis. It's not about any other politician, such as Youngkin, Cruz, Paul, or anyone else. IT'S ABOUT THE POLICIES!!!!!

President Trump didn't make the movement, but he galvanized and energized it, and he taught Republicans (some of them, anyway) how to fight back. That's why he makes the Uniparty so angry.

But it's about the movement and the policies it stands for. Will we let it be co-opted and divided like the Tea Party, or will we sand for the principles that made America great in the first place, regardless of personalities?

We can argue about the best way forward, about whether Trump, DeSantis, or someone else is the best leader to take MAGA forward from here. We must acknowledge all that Trump has done, while asking ourselves who the best leader is to keep the ball rolling.

However, going after each other -- the leaders and the grassroots -- will only damage and eventually destroy the movement. I want a movement that is strong and thriving even after President Trump is off the stage, whenever that may be. That's what disturbs me about his attacks on DeSantis. It's counterproductive to the long-term health of the MOVEMENT, and that needs to be our primary concern.

[TBP]

The left hates Trump; they fear DeSantis.

[TBP]

Taking over one house of Congress (possibly both) wouldn’t meet most people’s standard of failure.

[TBP]

He also didn’t fill in the gap when Ditch took money out of Arizona and New Hampshire to throw those races to the Dhimmicraps.

[TBP]

I think Ron DeSantis would acknowledge that President Trump was a help to him in his first bid for governor.

[TBP]

He campaigned for them and did fundraisers for them which brought in millions also.

And he spent 95 percent of the time talking about himself, how great a president he was, how 2020 was stolen from him, and oh yeah, please vote for this candidate I'm supposed to be here for.

[TBP]

What did the GOP run on?

The Democrats are a disaster and we're not the Democrats. That's good, but it's not nearly enough. That's a starting point. And that's why there was no red wave, let alone the red tsunami. The RINOs didn't want to win.

[Golden Eagle]

DeSantis gave Bush financed candidate John O'Dea a full endorsement after O'Dea trashed Trump

Ok but an endorsement of a Republican in a 2022 Senate race would appear to be an indirect attack of Trump, at worst, would it not? Not a direct attack like Trump is doing.

Let's flip that and look at Trump's recent endorsement of McCarthy for Speaker of the House. Does that mean that Trump believes in everything that McCarthy has done, or is doing right now? And isn't McCarthy one of the RINOs (or UniParty as you said) that Baris said was working against Trump when he attempted to criticize DeSantis?

So the point I'm making is DeSantis isn't O'Dea, simply because he endorsed him, any more than Trump is McCarthy, simply by way of endorsement. Hope that makes sense?

Sitting back while the Uniparty, Karl Rove and Paul Ryan promote you while trashing Trump and MAGA is not the high road, nor the constructive road to be on.

Well, we may have to disagree on that then, because lending these rumors any credence will put DeSantis on the defensive, which he doesn't deserve to be without any proof of them actually working together. Once you are on the defensive, which happens when you respond to unproven rumors, then you are on the defensive and expected to respond each and every time going forward. That's why the term taking the high road came about.

So to summarize my perspective, DeSantis has done nothing directly to Trump, he hasn't even mentioned him, at all. There isn't any proof of DeSantis colluding with Uniparty members, other than an endorsement of one, similar to Trump's endorsement of McCarthy. Therefore Trump's attacks are unwarranted, and have probably damaged himself, more than DeSantis, but there is much more to play out here and I'm not declaring either one the winner yet, especially two years out.