“And if Trump somehow is taken out of the race?”
In that case, DeSantis could jump in the race then. Or at the deadlines. Which are currently very far away. If he announces now, it will be in an attempt to defeat Trump. And that is a fool’s errand.
DeSantis is ruining ALL of his goodwill with the base, this is akin to Christy rubbing up on Obama at the airport!! WE ALL would have defended Christy to the death he was a FIGHTING conservative governor until THAT moment at the airport with his arm around Obama it was THEN we saw him in the uniparty!! This IS the same damn thing with DeSantis, Trump fought hard to save his ass in the governors race, held TWO rallies for him literally begged his supporters to vote DeSantis!! DeSantis THEN GRABS onto the MAGA bandwagon in policies HOWEVER SURROUNDS HIMSELF with ALL of our GOPe enemies!!! DeSantis SHOULD HAVE stepped aside for this cycle governed FL. finished his term THEN run for POTUS in 2028! These GOPe consultants STILL do NOT understand the Trump base, DeSantis is making a HUGE mistake, these stinking consultants STILL DO NOT understand that if Trump is NOT on the ticket they will just STAY HOME!! There are MANY independents that DO NOT normally vote BUT WILL go to the polls for Trump, DeSantis is a BIG NOBODY to these voters along with the MAGA vote lost DeSantis CAN NOT win the general!! DeSantis will NEVER draw the % of Balck vote Trump does, will NEVER draw the % Hispanic vote Trump does, if they are depending on soccer moms it is NOT ENOUGH!! They are STILL burying their heads in the sand about the election being stolen TRUMP WON, PERIOD!!!