Idk, depends on how ‘in-the-pocket’ these things actually are. DeSantis is quite literally a goon for ‘the blob’, who have shown with the Ukraine situation that they have the ability to basically lock down the media for whatever purposes they want. If they choose DeSantis as ‘their guy’ and view Trump as too volatile, who knows what the media response will actually be. Trump still has the fact that he was already president going for him, but I wouldn’t count DeSantis out of the media sphere yet.

They don’t have to support him, they just have to give him attention. They helped Trump more then harmed him by giving him negative attention