” I say give him the benefit of the doubt on this ‘neocon’ and ‘MAGA spoiler’ stuff “
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I’m not inclined to give any politician the benefit of the doubt. DeSantis has the option to make clear his foreign policy views at any time, so far he has remained somewhat ambiguous, but appears to be supportive of the current war in Ukraine.
Personally I suspect DeSantis because of his military background (he was the lawyer overseeing prisoner abuse at Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib) and Ivy league connections, is a deep stater just waiting in the wings to see if the anti-Trumper establishment is able to keep Trump from running by filing bogus charges against him. I guess we will just have to wait an see how all of this plays out.
We will see how things turn out, that much is certain. I hold the position that you will be very pleasantly surprised.