Donald Trump warned Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) against running for president in 2024 and threatened DeSantis with the release of unflattering information in an interview with Fox News .
“I would tell you things about him that won’t be very flattering — I know more about him than anybody — other than, perhaps, his wife,” Trump said Tuesday.
Trump also claimed DeSantis, who was projected to win reelection to a second term as governor in Tuesday’s midterms, could “hurt himself very badly” if he ran.
“I think he would be making a mistake. I think the base would not like it. I don’t think it would be good for the party,” Trump added. “Any of that stuff is not good. You have other people that possibly will run, I guess. I don’t know if he runs. If he runs, he runs.”
Tensions have soured between the GOP pair amid speculation DeSantis is mulling a bid for the White House, potentially in the same year as Trump seeks a second term.
Trump, though, later asserted that DeSantis was a “fine guy.” The former president has teased a major announcement at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida on Tuesday.
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