Trump: "DeSantis had to wait until 2028 to run"

MIAMI.- Former President Donald Trump admitted that he has been particularly “tough” in his political attacks against the governor of Florida and rival in the Republican primary, Ron DeSantis, because he “didn’t wait until 2028” to run for the White House.

Trump, speaking to supporters at a public event in New Hampshire, recounted how their disagreements arose last year after DeSantis was re-elected to a second term as governor of the Sunshine State.

According to his explanations, the former president had endorsed DeSantis’s campaign in 2018 and the governor used his “landslide victory” in re-election last November as a “springboard” to launch his own presidential campaign.

“That’s why I’ve been particularly tough on it and luckily it worked because it’s crashing,” Trump said.

Later, Trump wondered: “Do you know what he did wrong? To which he replied: “He decided to aspire”, and he added: “What he did wrong (DeSantis) is that he should have waited until 2028.”

Then, he said, “but I don’t know if it would have held up because eventually they would have realized, you know, you need some personality if you’re going to be political. Only a little”.

Trump and his campaign have attacked DeSantis in recent months, primarily questioning his role as governor of Florida. Trump and his campaign have attacked DeSantis in recent months, primarily questioning his role as governor of Florida.

However, despite the fact that the polls do not favor him, the Tallahassee incumbent occupies second place in the vast majority of the polls for the Republican Party primaries, although each day he is further apart.

The former president cited a series of recent primary polls showing him leading DeSantis and other candidates, including a New York Times/Siena College poll that showed Trump with 54% while DeSantis ranked second with 17. %, an eventual advantage of 37%.

In recent weeks, DeSantis has tried to rejuvenate his campaign by reshuffling his leadership and trying more direct criticism of the former president.

Facing very low numbers in national polls, the governor of Florida on Tuesday fired his campaign manager to try to gain ground against the widening lead of former President Trump.

As for the criticism of his strongest rival, DeSantis spoke for the first time clearly about the 2020 presidential election when he stated that “of course, Trump lost” and that “the president is Joe Biden.”