RON DESANTIS HAS YET TO LEARN THAT TRUST IS VERY IMPORTANT!!!

Let me be perfectly clear, I have little to complain about when it comes to the job that Ron DeSantis has done as my governor. In fact, there was a time when I hoped he would join forces with President Trump, as my ‘dream team’ for 2024 was the team of Trump/DeSantis. But sadly, it was just not to be as DeSantis instead chose to put his own political fortune, at least potential fortune, above what I believe would have been best for the country. Two things that concern me about DeSantis: first it was when running for re-election that he promised us here in Florida that he would not for president if President Trump did run, second are all of the RINOs supporting him.

And it was during an appearance just this past Sunday, on FNC’s “Sunday Morning Futures,” that he was heard to whine about those in the media who do not want him to be the nominee. Frankly, to my way of thinking, he’s doing little more than making excuses regarding what many are now describing as a campaign that appears to be faltering. And it was that which was the topic of discussion. Anchor Maria Bartiromo said, “What’s going on with your campaign? There was a lot of optimism about you running for president earlier in the year.” She asked, “What happened?!” DeSantis said, “Maria, these are narratives. The media does not want me to be the nominee."

And he went on to say, “I think that’s very, very clear. Why? Because they know I’ll beat Biden. But even more importantly, they know I will actually deliver on all these things.” He continued, “We’ve had incredible support in the early states, building an organization, signing up the key people that you need to be able to compete in a place like Iowa. We just launched our Mamas movement. My wife was in Iowa with Governor Kim Reynolds launching that. Parents, and particularly moms, I think are going to be the secret weapon both in this primary and in the general election. Nobody has been a better champion for those folks than me."

DeSantis added, “I never expected to just snap fingers and all of a sudden, you know, you win seven months before anyone happens. You got to earn it and you got to work. And it requires a lot of toil and tears and sweat. And we’re going to do that.” You gotta love how he goes on Fox News after it has gone woke, getting fluff and softball questions and still complaining about how the media doesn’t like him because he’s too awesome. If DeSantis was half as smart as he thinks he is, he would simply shut down his campaign, work to heal the relationship with President Trump and vow to support President Trump in any way needed. Otherwise, he hurts the party and himself.

I live here in Florida, and I never believed he was going to run for president because he said he would not. But I fucked up, I trusted him. So from here on out I won’t vote for him again. He should have stayed the friend to President Trump that he was. President Trump could have used a good man at his side. But now I don’t know if he’s a good man or simply another opportunist. That goes for all of those running against President Trump. Instead of standing with him, they’ve chosen to oppose him. But to no avail, he will be the nominee, and in a fair election he will win. And many will likely come hat in hand begging for job in his administration. They should be shunned.

And while I hate to burst his bubble it’s not he who those in the media lives in fear of. It’s Donald J. Trump who continues to strike fear into them. And need I remind him that his primary problem isn’t that the media doesn’t want him to be President, his main problem is that the RINO establishment Republicans does ‘want’ him to be President. The media would love to have anyone other than President Trump be the nominee. It’s the citizens of this nation who are rejecting DeSantis for the way he has continued to treat President Trump since the 2020 elections, and for not having the decency to wait until 2028 to make his move, after Trump’s second term.

So DeSantis allowed himself to be talked into going back on his promise not to run, and in the process succeeded in only pissing off a lot of Trump supporters. He could have had 2028 in the bag, especially had he been chosen as President Trump’s running mate, which as I have already mentioned would have been my dream team. But I think he can now safely kiss that possibility goodbye, he’s most likely burned that bridge. DeSantis would have been better rewarded for loyalty. So without a single vote having been cast, this guy is already making excuses. President Trump is who the media doesn’t want to run, DeSantis is just trying to stay relevant and in the news.

At least for now DeSantis has likely lost me for 2028. If you can’t take a man at his word, then he cannot be trusted. And trust, once lost, is nearly impossible to regain, ever. And that may prove to be the lesson the governor will end up learning the hard way. Now it remains to be seen as to whether or not DeSantis will be able to recover, politically speaking, from this little mess that he has created for himself, that will be up to him. But if I were him I wouldn’t hold out too much hope. But a big step in that direction would be for him end his campaign and to throw his support behind President Trump once he wins the nomination. That’s the only way back for him.

President Trump was, and continues to be, ‘The Man in the Arena,’ taking all the shots, fighting the good fight when the rest of these politicians were keeping their heads down waiting for more favorable winds to fill their sails. Now these ‘fair weather friends’ seek to benefit from the awakening in America that President Trump built through sweat and hard work. This comes after they rode his coat tails into positions of power or accepted appointments only to quit when the seas got a little rough, looking out for themselves. If only DeSantis could have settled for vice president thus creating the possibility of keeping the White House for 12 years.

The Republican Party, since around the mid-1990s has been little more than an abject failure. The same ones who, for decades, made all manner promises in their quest for votes only to forget, once safely in office, that those promises were ever made. They fail to understand that it is they who are to blame for Donald Trump being elected in the first place. And if they’re wanting someone other than President Trump, then they will need to not run some feckless RINO against him. But it’s a sad fact that all they have are feckless RINOs, it’s their entire bench. And yet, they continue to assume Trump supporters are all knuckle dragging morons who can be easily fooled.