I don’t really understand why DeSatan doesn’t just sit this one out and wait for 2028. Trump has far too much inertia and cult of personality around him to overcome and instead of embarassing himself infront of the hogs during the primaries he could just wait until next time. By then Trump will have either won his second term or eaten shit in the general, and by 2028 he’d probably be too old.
Regardless, I guess I’m slightly relieved that we (probably) won’t get the CIA fascist.
I don’t think DeSantis has announced yet and I don’t know if he will. Playing the “will he, won’t he” game has gotten him more national media coverage in the last few months than he’s gotten in a while. If he’s smart though, he’d just sit this out and let Trump do Trump shit. From stuff I’ve heard in podcasts and reporting, big money GOP financiers have been in the tank for him pushing him to run. I imagine there’s probably some coercion with that kind of backing.
Building a name for himself now is probably his best bet for 2028. He’ll be running as the guy to beat. I think it’s also possible that he overestimated his chances at taking :thicc-trump: in a 1-on-1. There was a (fairly meager) attempt to portray their 2018 midterm failure as a result of Trump and I can see how someone at the center of that could get swept up and think they’d be able to oust him this time