Trump attacks DeSantis, his possible rival in the Republican primaries

MADRID, 11 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The former president of the United States, Donald Trump, criticized the governor of Florida, Republican Ron DeSantis, on Thursday, calling him an "average governor", all this after his victory in the mid-term elections and that his name is speculated as a candidate. to the 2024 presidential elections.

"NewsCorp, which is Fox, the Wall Street Journal and what is no longer the great New York Post (...), is determined to support Governor 'Ron DeSanturrón', an average Republican governor with excellent public relations", has written Trump on his social network Truth and has picked up 'The Hill'.

Trump has attributed DeSantis's political success as governor to the climate in his state, as well as the former president showing his support for him in the 2018 election.

In fact, the former president has assured that DeSantis approached him "in a desperate state" while he was "politically dead" in 2017 to ask for an endorsement.

He has also added that "'Ron DeSanturrón' is playing" by not answering questions about whether he will run for president in 2024, according to the aforementioned newspaper.

DeSantis is seen as Trump's main rival for the Republican nomination in the 2024 election if they both decide to run.

After learning of the possibility that the governor of Florida would present his candidacy to the Republican primaries, the former US president made fun of him again and assured that he had 71 percent support among the militancy, compared to 10 percent approval for DeSantis.

Trump has announced that next Tuesday, November 15, he will give "a big announcement" at his residence in Mar-a-Lago, Florida, in which it is assumed that it will be the announcement of his intention to run for president at the head of the Party. Republican.