Two days before the major mid-term elections in the United States, former President Donald Trump has once again played the drum for Republicans in his adopted homeland of Florida. It was evident that the Republican governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis, was absent from the big Miami rally – and Trump didn’t mention it at all. US media, citing Trump employees, reported that DeSantis had not been invited to the rally and had not asked to attend. DeSantis, meanwhile, was facing other campaign dates in the southern state of the United States.
The 44-year-old governor, who wants to be confirmed in office next Tuesday, is considered the strongest domestic competitor of Trump’s party for the presidential election of 2024. Although neither Trump nor DeSantis have officially announced their candidacy, at least Trump’s announcement is expected after the “intermediate measures”. . According to polls, DeSantis has a good chance of winning the run for governor in Florida. On November 8, the Americans will vote on a majority in the United States Congress and on numerous governorates and other posts.
Tension is growing between Trump and DeSantis
During the election campaign, Trump publicly supported a large number of successful Republicans who favored him. On Sunday evening he appeared with the Republican Senator Marco Rubio, whose re-election is very likely also next Tuesday. In his speech about him, he also praised a number of Republicans in Florida. “Every one of these people I’m listing has my full and unqualified,” he said. He didn’t mention DeSantis.
Trump had also tended to ignore DeSantis in the past. In a speech on Saturday, he allowed himself an excavation by calling him “Ron DeSanctimonious”. »Sanctimonioso« means hypocrite in German. Observers in the United States viewed competing performances in Florida on Sunday as a sign of growing tension between the two potentially promising Republican candidates for the 2024 presidential election.
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