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I didn’t understand the “DeSanctimonious” moniker when Trump rolled it out, but it became clear.

As always he has a pretty shrewd strategy.

RDS was “running/not running” as he allowed surrogates to attack Trump while he stayed “above the fray.” “No, I am busy running FL” kind of thing, meanwhile doing a national book tour, meeting with big donors, etc. That really irked Trump because he, despite everything else is fundamentally honest and expects people to be so as well. He expects dirty. That’s ok to him. Not lying.

So he labels RDS “DeSanctimonious” over a month ago while RDS was in stealth mode. Then RDS goes up to meet with Paul Ryan (Ru Paul) and Karl Rove and gets the endorsements of Yeb. They told him “Trump is going to be taken out. He will be indicted.”

THIS IS WHY IT IS CLEAR RDS KNEW ABOUT THE MAL RAID & SAID NOTHING. Yes, as a gov he could “DO” nothing, but he should have made a statement specifically about Trump-—because that raid wasn’t just “weaponization” or overreach: it was a deliberate attempt by the Cabal to take out a popular former president. RDS said nothing.

So here comes the indictment, except it doesn’t. (I think it will will come, but won’t hurt Trump). Trump accelerates the attacks and now, RDS-—thinking that Bragg will clear the way for him-—begins to “come out.” He kind backs away from the Uke war due to populist/base opposition to the war, but the donors weigh in and he has to U-turn. Then Trump attacks his record as gov.

NO TRUMP DOESN’T THINK CHARLIE CRIST WAS A BETTER GOVERNOR. But he knew that would finally get RDS to respond. So RDS makes his comments about Bragg and the “weaponized DA.” Now, that’s true but it’s kind of irrelevant. The only reason the DA is weaponized is TRUMP. By trying to “fight” the deep state and yet trying to avoid the elephant in the room, which is that it is TOTALLY 100% directed against one man, RDS looks terribly dishonest.

So then RDS couldn’t resist, and threw in the “porn star payoffs/bribes” lines. Bingo. Trump’s “DeSanctimonious” came out. Within four or five weeks of using the moniker, Trump egged RDS into the mud with him, and Trump loves it there. Realize that RDS’s backers have been pushing him as a “kinder, gentler Trump,” a Trump who doesn’t say outrageous things, who is “above it all.” That just went kabloowey. And all of a sudden the sanctimonious RDS was right down there trading insults with Trump.

You can think what you want about Trump but he is one of the all-time best at reading opponents (wish he read his friends better).

And immediately after the last two weeks come several stories that donors and the GOPe don’t think RDS is ready yet, that one big donor is pulling his money and putting it behind Tim Scott/Nikki Haley.

And those two combined would get about the same number of delegates Kamala Harris got in 2020. Zero. Mission accomplished. Trump now is anywhere from 15-30 points up, RDS is falling in every single poll and he lost his “clean” advantage.