Trump, former GOP lawmaker mock DeSantis
Trump mocks DeSantis for being a ‘Rocket Man’ who ‘crashes’ in the polls — as former GOP lawmaker says he sat on a committee next to the rising Floridian star and the ‘a****** never said hello
- Former President Donald Trump called Florida Governor Ron DeSantis a ‘Rocket Man’ who will ‘crash’ in the 2024 GOP primary
- DeSantis, who has not officially entered the race, has seen a dip in support since late March
- Another negative story about his personality came out Friday, with former GOP Rep. David Trott calling DeSantis an “a******.”
Former President Donald Trump mocked Florida Governor Ron DeSantis for dipping in the 2024 polls, calling him the same nickname he once gave to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
“I should have called him Rocket Man, but now he’s Rocket Man crashing,” Trump said in an interview for the Full Send Podcast. His polls are terrible. I lead him in every state.’
Since late March, DeSantis has seen a dip in the 2024 Republican primary, according to the Real Clear Politics Survey Averagewhile Trump’s numbers have improved.
Now Trump gets 53.3 percent of the vote, while DeSantis lags behind with 22.3 percent support.
DeSantis has been hampered in part by negative narratives about his personality, including a Friday morning in Politico Playbook, courtesy of former Republican Representative David Trott, who called the Floridian rising star an “a******.”
Former President Donald Trump mocked Florida Governor Ron DeSantis for dipping in the 2024 polls, calling him the same nickname he once gave to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
“I sat next to DeSantis on the Foreign Affairs Committee for two years and he never spoke a word to me,” Trott had written to the Playbook authors. “I was new to Congress and he didn’t introduce himself or even say hello.”
The Playbook authors called Trott to get a fuller picture.
Former Representative David Trott, a Republican from Michigan, called DeSantis an “a******” in an interview published Friday by Politico Playbook
‘I’m going to my first [House Foreign Affairs Committee] heard early, and DeSantis showed up right on time and didn’t say hello or introduce himself,” Trott said. “And at the next hearing, the same thing happened. I think the third time it happened, I thought, “Oh, this guy will never say hello to me,” the Michigan Republican recalls.
Trott eventually introduced himself to DeSantis.
The former congressman noticed that the now governor had a certain political knack.
“He has the ability to poll the electorate and figure out what issues and hot buttons he needs to press to achieve his political aspirations,” Trott said. “There is no question that there is a talent. You can’t take that away from him.’
But Trott also described DeSantis as someone you wouldn’t want to have a beer with.
“If you go into politics, sympathy is a fundamental skill you must have. I do not think so [he] has that,” said the former congressman. “He has never developed relationships with other members to my knowledge. You would never see him talking or hanging out on the floor with other people. He’s just a very arrogant guy, very focused on Ron DeSantis.”
Trott told Politico he wasn’t surprised when a number of Florida lawmakers recently rallied behind Trump.
“He wasn’t much loved when he was in Congress,” he recalls. “And now it comes home, you know, turning out like some of the Florida delegation supported Trump and and some of the donors, you know, think he’s a little bit clumsy in terms of how he deals with them.”
Trott said if DeSantis’ pre-presidential campaign turned out differently, he might have thought he was the problem.
“But I think there’s more going on here,” the ex-Congressman suspected.
“I think he’s a ******,” Trott said. “I don’t think he cares about people.”