Could DeSantis Beat Trump?

The past and current master of the GOP sees a future threat arising.

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Left: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis at a press conference in Daytona Beach, Fla., November 22, 2021. Right: Then-president Donald Trump at Joint Base Andrews, Md., January 12, 2021.

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It was only a matter of time before Ron DeSantis’s rising star ran into the unmovable object of Donald Trump’s will to continue to dominate the GOP.

A spate of recent news stories has focused on the proto-feud between the past president with future ambitions and the protégé who rode his endorsement to victory in a Florida GOP gubernatorial primary and has big ambitions of his own.

Rich Lowry

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Rich Lowry

Rich Lowry is the editor in chief of National Review.

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