The media just hates it when trump tells the truth, as it is.
There needs to be serious debate in the 2024 campaign, it may be the only thing to save Trump now that he has alienated so many of his former supporters. But Trump can’t afford a serious debate and campaign with DeSantis in the running. Right now Trump’s support is boosted by sympathy due to the indictments of him. But in a real campaign and on the debate stage Trump will have to face a very viable and proven candidate and explain why he’s better.
Let’s face it. On the debate stage you’ll have old scowling Trump facing a younger DeSantis who normally speaks with a slight smile. DeSantis will have abundant successes to speak about and he’s proven he’s capable of taking any shots Trump throws.
Voters will see that DeSantis is a faithful husband and father, to three lovely young children and poised and plesant wife. Trump will not be able to go after DeSantis wife or family like he did against Cruz, because DeSantis can and should take him apart for it. DeSantis also hasn’t paid off any porn stars, which will likely appeal to a lot of female voters. His middle class upbringing, strong traditional values and military record are a plus too.
Of course if Trump has to debate DeSantis, that pesky Covid and Fauci stuff may come up which will not make Trump look good. What will Trump say? “I gave you the vaccines at warp speed”, at a time when the populace is catching on to how ineffective and harmful they were. Lockdown Don can’t go there and so he needs DeSantis not to run to avoid it.
Then there is Trumps poor record with endorsements in the important open seat races. He makes an endorsement and they win the primary, sometimes with Dimocrat support, and then lose in the general. He’s the best fund raiser the Dims have. I wish he would start endorsing Dims so our candidates would have a chance. It’s highly likely the Dims want Trump to be the nominee since he will not bring in new GOP voters, he will have no coat tails and energizes the Dims to rabid engagement.
If Trump gets the nomination I will vote for him and I will celebrate if he wins, but he needs to win the nomination by showing his plan and policies, not by childish name calling and not because some think he deserves it.