“I think if he runs, he could hurt himself very badly,” Trump told reporters aboard his plane, according to The Wall Street Journal.
— If he were to run, I will tell you things about him that will not be very flattering. I know more about him being someone else than maybe his wife, who is actually running his campaign,” Trump said.
According to several media forecasts, Ron DeSantis has secured re-election in Tuesday’s election to the governor’s post in Florida.
He has been singled out as a potential rival in the 2024 presidential election on the Republican side against Trump.
DeSantis won the election four years ago with the then president’s push. This time he ducked questions about Donald Trump and the recent presidential election. Trump has also not given DeSantis his formal endorsement in Tuesday’s election.
This weekend, even Trump went on the attack with a nickname: “Ron DeSanctimonious” (“sanctimonious” means hypocritical). When the two Republicans spoke separately in Florida, DeSantis did not mention Trump at all.