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JoanofArgh

(14,971 posts)
Fri Sep 3, 2021, 07:23 PM Sep 2021

""Trump fucking hates DeSantis" a Trump confidant told Vanity Fair." I knew it!

Although DeSantis looks like a front-runner now, a lot can go wrong between now and the New Hampshire primary. For one thing, DeSantis’s supposed success at managing COVID is being torched by the delta variant raging out of control in Florida. DeSantis also needs to win reelection in 2022 (a recent poll showed him losing to Republican turned Democrat Charlie Crist). But assuming DeSantis prevails, former staffers told me that his abrasive personality could become a liability under the pressures of a national campaign. DeSantis is known to only trust his wife, Casey, a former newscaster, and his staff has seen heavy turnover. “He has zero relationships. He just doesn’t speak to you,” one former staffer told me. In May, Politico reported that former DeSantis staffers set up a “support group” to commiserate over their experiences working for him. DeSantis didn’t respond to requests for comment.

DeSantis’s biggest challenge, though, will be navigating his fraught relationship with Trump. “Trump fucking hates DeSantis. He just resents his popularity,” a second Trump confidant told me. (“Ron is a good guy,” Trump said.) According to a source, advisers for Pompeo have been promoting DeSantis in hopes of stoking Trump’s jealousy. “Pompeo’s people are building up DeSantis as the leader of the Republican Party to piss Trump off,” the source said.

Part of Trump’s irritation with DeSantis is that Trump feels that DeSantis doesn’t give Trump enough credit for his rise. “Trump tells people, ‘I made Ron.’ Trump says that about a lot of people. But in this case, it’s actually true,” a prominent Republican said. (“He gives me good credit,” Trump told me.) According to sources, then Congressman DeSantis cultivated Trump’s support during the 2018 gubernatorial election by hanging out at Trump’s Washington, D.C., hotel. “He asked me if I’d endorse him,” Trump recalled. For much of the primary, DeSantis trailed Florida agriculture commissioner Adam Putnam. But after Trump backed DeSantis in June, DeSantis zoomed 12 points ahead and went on to win by nearly 20 points. “The second I endorsed Ron, he blew through everybody,” Trump said.

Once in office, DeSantis irked Trump further by putting his political ambitions ahead of Trump’s demand for blind loyalty. According to a source, DeSantis announced publicly in the fall of 2019 that Trump would attend the Florida GOP’s annual statesman dinner before the White House signed off on the invitation, which effectively forced Trump to appear. Last year, I reported that DeSantis rejected Trump’s pleas to close Florida’s beaches as the pandemic raged. In the wake of the Surfside condo collapse in June, DeSantis and Trump clashed over Trump’s plan to hold a MAGA rally in Florida while the search for survivors continued. (Trump denied there was a dispute, but DeSantis didn’t attend the rally.) On July 1, DeSantis appeared alongside Biden and praised him for the federal government’s response to the tragedy. The moment recalled the greeting between New Jersey governor Chris Christie and President Barack Obama after Hurricane Sandy.

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/09/the-race-to-inherit-trumps-maga-base-is-already-on

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""Trump fucking hates DeSantis" a Trump confidant told Vanity Fair." I knew it! (Original Post) JoanofArgh Sep 2021 OP
Ver-ry interesting. What a snake pit. nt Hekate Sep 2021 #1
Of course. DeSantis is young, not horrible-looking, well educated. $$$ and prior to COVID hlthe2b Sep 2021 #2
I keep telling people that even if Trump decides not to run, he'll see DeSantis as a threat to JoanofArgh Sep 2021 #11
To know him is to hate him! FM123 Sep 2021 #3
There truly are no words for how pathetic (and depressing) this entire story is Hugh_Lebowski Sep 2021 #4
+1 flying rabbit Sep 2021 #14
+2 louslobbs Sep 2021 #17
I love these gossipy backbiting stories GusBob Sep 2021 #34
I find it rather amusing. tavernier Sep 2021 #36
Hahahahaha Me. Sep 2021 #5
DeSantis is a mean, nasty piece of work. The more one sees of him, the more one hates him. sop Sep 2021 #6
Trump "f***ng" hates any man with a heartbeat who isn't as deplorable as himself. nt joetheman Sep 2021 #7
Then he should like DeathSentence just fine Clash City Rocker Sep 2021 #20
DeathSantis is deplorable plenty... ProudMNDemocrat Sep 2021 #26
Ha-ha! Mike Nelson Sep 2021 #8
I think Desantis doesn't run in 2022 Casady1 Sep 2021 #9
TWO pieces of shit claiming the other guy is a bluestarone Sep 2021 #10
He's been stealing the spotlight. No such thing as bad publicity Bristlecone Sep 2021 #12
Of course he hates DeSantis (and that Abbot guy in Texas too) Rocknation Sep 2021 #13
Yes, TFG sees them as his chief rivals! ShazzieB Sep 2021 #28
Reminds me like a mob movie... Xolodno Sep 2021 #15
Trump hates himself most of all... Wounded Bear Sep 2021 #16
Good! If dotard runs, he loses. If deathsatan or ab-butt are the candidate dotard will sink them PortTack Sep 2021 #18
Let 'em both eat shit and die Blue Owl Sep 2021 #19
Oh crap. I actually agree with Donald Trump on something, ugh. mackdaddy Sep 2021 #21
Been seeing these types of articles for the past five years.... Aviation Pro Sep 2021 #22
With any luck, they'll take each other out dlk Sep 2021 #23
ronny better get the hell out out floriduh ! monkeyman1 Sep 2021 #24
Put them all in a locked room... paleotn Sep 2021 #25
How about a wrestling match? FakeNoose Sep 2021 #29
Desantis has no chance of winning in PA, WI, MI Jon King Sep 2021 #27
Good post GusBob Sep 2021 #35
Well, sure. There isn't enough room in this world for both those egos. peppertree Sep 2021 #30
So nobody likes him? PatSeg Sep 2021 #31
It really says something when Akacia Sep 2021 #32
And we hate them both MichaelSoE Sep 2021 #33
Of course he does. LisaL Sep 2021 #37

hlthe2b

(102,236 posts)
2. Of course. DeSantis is young, not horrible-looking, well educated. $$$ and prior to COVID
Fri Sep 3, 2021, 07:28 PM
Sep 2021

mass murder policies, probably had a big RW future.

That has to be just killing Trump...

JoanofArgh

(14,971 posts)
11. I keep telling people that even if Trump decides not to run, he'll see DeSantis as a threat to
Fri Sep 3, 2021, 07:37 PM
Sep 2021

his legacy because that's who Trump is.

 

Hugh_Lebowski

(33,643 posts)
4. There truly are no words for how pathetic (and depressing) this entire story is
Fri Sep 3, 2021, 07:32 PM
Sep 2021

literally on every possible level

GusBob

(7,286 posts)
34. I love these gossipy backbiting stories
Sat Sep 4, 2021, 08:37 AM
Sep 2021

After the first paragraph and before looking at the link I knew it was VF and Gabe Sherman

He gets this stuff from Jared Kushner and Ivanka, I think

These people are sociopaths

sop

(10,167 posts)
6. DeSantis is a mean, nasty piece of work. The more one sees of him, the more one hates him.
Fri Sep 3, 2021, 07:33 PM
Sep 2021

DeSantis' "abrasive personality (will) become a liability under the pressures of a national campaign."

ProudMNDemocrat

(16,784 posts)
26. DeathSantis is deplorable plenty...
Fri Sep 3, 2021, 09:33 PM
Sep 2021

I mean, children are dying in Florida and getting infected as never before.

Trump should be happy about that. Is he not? I find that pretty deplorable. For Trump did not shed one tear for a child lost to COVID when he was still POTUS.

Mike Nelson

(9,953 posts)
8. Ha-ha!
Fri Sep 3, 2021, 07:35 PM
Sep 2021

...two men who like nobody but themselves! I wonder if they will compare penis size like Marco and The Donald?

Rocknation

(44,576 posts)
13. Of course he hates DeSantis (and that Abbot guy in Texas too)
Fri Sep 3, 2021, 07:42 PM
Sep 2021

Last edited Mon Sep 6, 2021, 12:02 PM - Edit history (2)

They're being groomed as the front runners for the mission to turn Biden into a one-term president, not him!


Rocknation

ShazzieB

(16,389 posts)
28. Yes, TFG sees them as his chief rivals!
Fri Sep 3, 2021, 09:48 PM
Sep 2021

They are fighting over the crown he sees as his own. No wonder he hates them both!

Xolodno

(6,390 posts)
15. Reminds me like a mob movie...
Fri Sep 3, 2021, 08:03 PM
Sep 2021

...a boss and a bunch of high ranking underlings enjoying a huge pasta dinner with plenty of wine. Next morning the underling that has been growing the fastest, walks out the front door to pick up his paper, while he's bent down a passer by shoots him in the head.

Hit ordered by the boss.

mackdaddy

(1,527 posts)
21. Oh crap. I actually agree with Donald Trump on something, ugh.
Fri Sep 3, 2021, 08:55 PM
Sep 2021

Although it is like which lump do you dislike more at the bottom of the scum bucket with these people...

Aviation Pro

(12,164 posts)
22. Been seeing these types of articles for the past five years....
Fri Sep 3, 2021, 09:01 PM
Sep 2021

....the Russian words maskirovka and dezinformatsiya come to mind and I have a sneaking suspicion that this is all bullshit.

Both scumbags are threats and probably working together.

 

monkeyman1

(5,109 posts)
24. ronny better get the hell out out floriduh !
Fri Sep 3, 2021, 09:09 PM
Sep 2021

when he get's voted out , people will spit in his face ! TFG lives in a cell in florida ! has all this security , but afraid to leave because he is a coward . popularity is down to nothing , has rally's in fucking cow pasture ! ronny deathsentence is a national joke now ! go to florida & pick out tropical coffin's at discounted price 's , plus free shipping with you in it ! make's me just want to avoid the hell out of that damn state !

Jon King

(1,910 posts)
27. Desantis has no chance of winning in PA, WI, MI
Fri Sep 3, 2021, 09:38 PM
Sep 2021

Those are the 3 states that will decide 2024, the ones that went Trump in 2016 and close in 2020. The ones with governors that blocked the voter suppression attempts.

Trump had twitter and much name recognition. Desantis does not have the slick personality and lacks charisma.

He is also from Florida and many voters will have the 'Floridah man' in their minds. That is a huge negative in many voters minds if they are on the fence.

PatSeg

(47,419 posts)
31. So nobody likes him?
Fri Sep 3, 2021, 10:09 PM
Sep 2021

And he only trusts his wife? Sounds a lot like Trump in some ways. Nobody likes Trump and he makes enemies all the time.

Akacia

(583 posts)
32. It really says something when
Fri Sep 3, 2021, 10:23 PM
Sep 2021

ex staff members needed to form a support group after working for the creep.

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