No fan of the duplicitous McCain am I.
Part of being Presidential is to think before you say things, and "I like people that weren't captured, OK?" goes beyond, beyond "OK".
His verbal swipe at DeSantis will likely ire more undecideds than convince to favor Trump.
In the 2020 primaries, Trump had the tailwinds of a fairly successful presidency and the fact that the incumbent is the de facto nom.
This time? He, and everyone running (and it'll be a large group of moderates, RINOs, and Trump and DeSantis) will need to convince GOP voters that he is the best choice. In some ways, it's his to lose, as many Trump voters have a strong attachment (not a bad thing). In other ways, and paraphrasing the never-Trump WSJ, Trump continues to be his own worst enemy. Voters, like me, who believe that competition between the two front runners will reveal the better nominee, observe that Trump might be blowing it early.
Trump is self destructing. He needs to stop talking about 2020, people are hurting with inflation all over the country.
Talk solutions and policy, send $5 million to Herschel so we win the Senate, and declare a truce until the Run Off is over.
Maintain the Trump the Fighter, but against that radical hippie Warnock and Moron Biden.