Donald Trump says Ron DeSantis is ‘desperately trying’ to finish the 2024 campaign

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In a series of posts on Truth Social on Saturday, former President Donald Trump once again raised questions about the 2024 campaign of rival Ron DeSantis.

“Ron DeSanctimonious is desperately trying to get out of the President’s race, while at the same time saving face for 2028, where he is badly damaged. Jeff Roe, Rons boss despite having a terrible record of after winning, is spending money like a wild man gone bad. Most of the money being used was raised for his race for Governor, and diverted (illegally?) because his Presidential donors largely fled his face -terrible, and still falling, poll numbers. Ron is just wasting his time,” Trump claimed Saturday afternoon in one of three blasts at DeSantis.

Trump questioned the movement of more than $80 million from the former “Friends of Ron DeSantis” political committee to the Governor’s political operation in that post.

Subsequent posts continued to belittle DeSantis at Trump’s expense.

“Steve Cortes, Ron DeSanctimonious’ top political strategist, thinks Ron should get out NOW, while the hiring is still good. He also said (thanks Steve!) that Donald J. Trump is the best Presidential debater ever, and can’t lose the debate game. Well, based on that, maybe I should enter the debates But, then again, when you have a 40 to 50 point lead over the field, maybe I shouldn’t???”

Cortes said DeSantis was “behind” in a recent Twitter space, but Trump took his comments wrong. Cortes contended that, despite Trump being the equal of Jack Nicklaus in the debate, the race was “not unwinnable.”

Trump continued to take issue with claims that DeSantis was only being held back by a large field.

“Despite Fake News’ protestations to the contrary, I’d rather do one on one against Ron DeSanctimonious than a field of candidates, big or small. Personally, I don’t think it matters. MAGA!! !”

Trump’s words are somewhat true, in the sense that his numbers are greater in the field of two people than in the larger group of candidates. Overall, though, DeSantis is getting more out of a reduced field.

The Race to the White House average of polls shows Trump up 53% to 21% in a crowded field, but if the race is reduced to two candidates, the 32-point lead shrinks to 24, where Trump leads 57% to 33%.

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