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DeSantis deserves some credit for his handling of the Covid-19 crisis in Florida. Though seen as a potential alternative to Trump in the 2024 presidential election, he is giving mixed signals as to whether he wants to appeal to the majority or Trump’s hardcore base.
- Ron DeSantis’ White House campaign marked by technical mishaps, disappointed donors
- Florida governor was never able to recover from the barrage of attacks from Donald Trump
Donald Trump’s effort to march to the Republican presidential nomination faces perhaps its greatest challenge on Tuesday when voters in New Hampshire hold the first-in-the-nation primary.
On the eve of the New Hampshire primary, the Florida governor ended a White House bid that failed to meet expectations he would emerge as a serious challenger to the former US president.
Donald Trump’s victory on Monday night gives him a strong start in the race for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination as the contest moves to New Hampshire.
The Florida governor has built his campaign partly on moves against Chinese staff at state universities and restrictions on property purchases.
South Carolina governor Nikki Haley and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis battle for a distant second place to former president Donald Trump with less than two weeks until Iowa’s leadoff caucuses.
The 2024 US presidential hopeful linked Beijing to the Ukraine and Israel-Gaza wars, and called the Asian superpower a ‘formidable threat’ to the US.
The Republican presidential hopeful says such a move would mean more obligations for the us, and added that Washington should not give Kyiv a ‘blank cheque’.
The governor and 2024 presidential hopeful may not want to be photographed with Biden overlooking storm damage now as the Republican primary race intensifies.
James Uthmeier will take over from long-time aide Generra Peck, as the Florida governor trails Donald Trump in the race for the Republican nomination.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, a 2024 Republican presidential hopeful, unveiled a broad economic policy zeroing in on China’s rise.
The Florida governor, thought to be Trump’s chief rival in the Republican primary contest, is in financial trouble as his stumbling campaign burns through cash.
If he won the 2024 White House race, Republican DeSantis said he would take steps to revoke China’s permanent normal trade relations status. The US Senate voted in 2000 to grant normal trade relations status to China.
Speaking to Nevada Republicans for the first time as a presidential candidate, the Florida governor said the US ‘is off the rails’. He made no direct mention of the federal indictment of chief Republican rival Donald Trump.
Republican Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida escalated his feud with California Governor Gavin Newsom, daring him to ‘stop pussyfooting around’ and launch a primary challenge against US President Joe Biden.
Florida governor, who hopes to become president, said ‘we will fight the woke in education, we will fight the woke in corporations, we will fight the woke in Congress’, his words reminiscent of British PM Winston Churchill’s speech to boost morale during war against Nazis.
The ex-president appeared in Iowa and invited the audience to ask him questions – something his chief Republican rival has seemed reluctant to do.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis bashed Donald Trump on issues such as immigration, Covid policy and federal spending, suggesting that he had drifted away from conservative principles as president.
The Florida governor and Republican White House hopeful has pronounced his own last name in different ways over the years, sometimes in the same day.
Republican’s widely expected decision, shared via Twitter discussion with Elon Musk, sets stage for battle with former ally and polling favourite, Donald Trump.
The Florida governor will announce his bid for the Republican nomination on Wednesday, putting him on a collision course with Donald Trump.
Disney’s move is the latest ripple effect from its feud with Republican governor of the state Ron DeSantis.
Ron DeSantis would be Donald Trump’s biggest rival for the Republican nomination, shaking up a contest that largely has been one-sided.
Citing a threat from China, the governor moved to curb real estate purchases by Chinese nationals and ban Chinese apps from school and government servers.
He’s up. He’s down. He’s getting in. Maybe he won’t. He’s a saviour. He’s an authoritarian. Everyone, it seems, has a visceral, unnuanced view of Ron DeSantis and his presidential ambitions.
New poll puts Donald Trump’s support at 58 per cent of Republican voters compared to just 22 per cent for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who has faded badly in recent months.
The company is accusing the governor and likely 2024 presidential hopeful of ‘government retaliation’ after it opposed his ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis praised Japan’s push to bolster its defences on Monday, as he kicked off an international tour that’s widely seen as a bid to burnish his credentials ahead of a presidential run.
DeSantis is also travelling to Japan, South Korea and Britain. The expected 2024 US presidential candidate met Netanyahu during a visit to Jerusalem in 2019, calling Florida ‘the most pro-Israel state in the nation’.
After drawing criticism from fellow Republicans, the potential 2024 US presidential candidate said Russia’s invasion was ‘wrong’ and Vladimir Putin was a ‘war criminal’.
