Donald Trump Spent 24 Hours Relentlessly Attacking Ron DeSantis

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Donald Trump continues to launch a barrage of attacks on Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, posting about his 2024 GOP primary rival multiple times in just one day.

Trump wrote or re-shared at least 19 Truth Social posts about DeSantis in 24 hours, as the former president stepped up attempts to dismiss any suggestion that the Florida Republican should lead the GOP in 2024.

Many of the posts shared by Trump detail poll results that show Trump is the overwhelming favorite to win next year’s GOP presidential nomination over DeSantis.

One such poll shows Trump leading DeSantis by 42 points (60-20) in a survey among Republican voters in the first-in-the-nation primary caucus state of Iowa.

Ron DeSantis (R) sits next to US President Donald Trump during a meeting with Governors-elect in the Cabinet Room at the White House on December 13, 2018 in Washington, DC. Trump launched a barrage of attacks against DeSantis on Truth Social within 24 hours. Mark Wilson/Getty Images

The latest Truth Social post from Trump is a video showing several examples of DeSantis praising Trump over the years, which Trump shared with the caption: “MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”

Trump also posted a statement mocking DeSantis for an outlandish claim that the Florida Governor wanted people to refer to him by a different name, changing it from Rob.

“Have you heard that ‘Rob’ DeSanctimonious wants to change his name, again. He wants people to call him DeeeSantis, instead of DaSantis,” Trump wrote.

“Actually, I like ‘Da’ better, it flows better, so I’m happy that he’s changing it. He gets so angry when people, even reporters, don’t pronounce it right. It’s just, he shouldn’t think, “Desanctimonious?”

In the past 24 hours, Trump shared a Mediaite article detailing how a Fox News panel consisting of Larry Kudlow, Mark Simone, and Pete Hegseth trashed DeSantis’ policies and hopes of winning the election in 2024.

Elsewhere, Trump shared details of his upcoming visit to Iowa while speaking with Desantis over his past calls to cut social security and Medicare.

“Going to the Great State of Iowa this afternoon for two days. I have strongly defended and supported Ethanol, Ron ‘DeSaster’ has ALWAYS been strongly against Ethanol, as he voted 3 times to cut Social Security (and raise the minimum age to 70!), eliminate MediCare, and charge everyone a National Sales Tax of 23%,” Trump wrote.

Trump and DeSantis were once close allies in the GOP, with the former president endorsing the latter’s original 2018 gubernatorial campaign.

However, Trump fully turned on DeSantis last year amid strong rumors that he would challenge the former president in the Republican 2024 primary, and he has spent the past few months mocking and insulting her at every turn.

DeSantis, who confirmed he would run for president on May 24, has previously ruled against retaliating against Trump’s insults.

However, DeSantis has changed since he officially became a candidate in 2024, and has begun attacking Trump and his time in the White House in interviews and public speaking.

In his first official 2024 campaign speech in Clive, Iowa, on Tuesday, DeSantis made a series of veiled remarks against Trump including declaring that “leadership is not about entertainment,” and that he is the only candidate who could end the recent “GOP culture of defeat” by defeating Joe Biden in 2024.

Speaking in reports after the speech, DeSantis was more direct in his criticism of Trump, including questioning why the former president has recently been attacking the governor over his response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

“The former president is now attacking me saying that [former New York governor Andrew] Cuomo has handled COVID better than Florida,” DeSantis said. “I can tell you this. I can count the number of Republicans in this country on my hands who would rather live in New York under Cuomo than live in Florida in our freedom zone.

“Hell, his whole family moved to Florida under my governorship, are you kidding me?”

DeSantis’ office was reached for comment by email.

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