Trump is the nominee if he runs.
Desantis is smart enough to know this, he won’t run against Trump.
If Trump doesn’t run then I would expect Desantis to make a run and certainly be a contender for the nomination.
However, anyone who thinks the nomination is not Trump’s if he runs has been living in a cave.
“Trump is the nominee if he runs.”
Trump hasn’t faced opposition from the right, only from the left leaning Lincoln Project. . If Desantis runs ads from the right, that talk about Fauci and how Trump gave Fauci a platform, and how Trump gave us Wray and Esper and Barr, and how the unfinished wall allows caravans to come through, Trumps numbers will drop fast.
“anyone who thinks the nomination is not Trump’s if he runs has been living in a cave.”
From my cave let me say that your comment is more wishful thinking than anything else. As the NH poll suggests, neither Trump or DeSantis will run away with the nomination if they both run. However, unless Trump alters his demeanor in a serious way, DeSantis could beat him. A number of conservatives like me are afraid Trump will go off half cocked and blow it, and we badly need to win in Nov.. I will vote for Trump again if he gets the nomination but, after saying recently that it was ok with him if Stacy Abrahms became governor of GA, he will never be my first choice.