Only those don't want to face reality don't realize that.
What DeSantis backers don't grasp is that any Presidential aspirations he has are over going forward.
Trump will fight like it’s not and he should. It seems that they are going to start pulling funding from Desanctimonius and put a lot more money into Haley. It’ll interesting to see how these Desanctus supporters handle this. Are they going to be willing to back her next? If they aren’t then the vote will be split in Iowa which will help Trump. I suspect Desanctimonius is more formidable in Iowa than Haley who, to my understanding, doesn’t accept that Jesus Christ is the son of the living God. So backing Haley makes it more likely that Trump wins Iowa (in my opinion). If he wins Iowa it becomes more likely that he takes in NH because those who aren’t with him will get worried that they burned the bridge. If he wins NH after winning Iowa it’s hard to see anyone else winning thr NV caucus if they couldn’t beat him in a caucus state that was more suited to them. Trump winning the first 3 states then moving to SC where he’ll have the organization of the Senior Senator puts him in a very strong position. Especially since Scott and Haley will prevent each other from consolidating support. Based on this,y opinion is that the only real chance the Deep State has is going all in on Desanctimonius in Iowa. Not sure why he even bothers going to other states. Iowa is tailor made for him. He has the old Cruz team (who won Iowa). If he loses Iowa he should immediately drop out and back Trump to wrap this thing up and prevent the deep states next play which is trials on Super Tuesday. If Desanctimonius doesn’t then, to me, that is 100% confirmation that he is fully on the side of the deep stater.
Well, here's his problem -- Youngkin is the nearly unassailable presidential candidate in 2028 as TrumpII's VP.
Now, nothing prevents VP Youngkin from bringing DeSantis aboard as his VP in 2028.