A few months back I asked a question of Donald Trump: does he know why he’s running to be president again? He made one major speech of which even some of his most ardent followers questioned the enthusiasm. Since then he has occupied the depths of Truth Social and not much more.
After his announcement to seek the presidency for a third time last November (he ran as a Reform Party candidate in 2000, remember), he has held one campaign rally, one town hall on CNN, made one stop in Iowa and another where he canceled a much-hyped rally. He has spent much of his time taking shot after shot at Florida governor Ron DeSantis, telling him not to join the race, but as we learned last week, his efforts were to no avail.
Trump himself should know how perilous it is to sit back thinking the race is wrapped up
When DeSantis somewhat stumbled out of the gate with a malfunctioning Twitter Spaces event hosted by Elon Musk, Trump posted a couple of memes on his own social media platform, and then the very next day went golfing at a LIV International tournament in Virginia.
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