More than the DeSantis win, I believe it was the post-election New York Post covers that triggered Trump. His favorite newspaper — and, indeed, the greatest newspaper in the world — brutally mocked him and promoted his potential rival. That, on top of the terrible midterm results and the huge DeSantis win, had to be too much to take. The unhinged statement is obviously a kind of warning to DeSantis — he’ll have to deal with nonstop abuse and fabricated allegations from a figure that, at least until this point, countless millions of Republicans have revered and taken their cues from. On the other hand, the statement clearly comes from a place of weakness and fear. As we speak, people around Trump are trying to get him to react to his changed circumstances in a strategic, non-destructive way. Good luck.