Donald Trump welcomed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to the Republican presidential race with a sequence of more and more weird posts on his numerous social media channels.
The previous president posted a video attacking DeSantis as an ingrate who owes his profession to Trump. He posted one other of what seems to be a SpaceX rocket falling over and exploding with “Ron! 2024” over it.
And he shared a bizarre video mocking DeSantis’ entry through a glitchy Twitter occasion hosted by Elon Musk.
In Trump’s model, the individuals embody not simply Musk and DeSantis but in addition Adolf Hitler, the satan, a coughing Dick Cheney, billionaire George Soros, World Financial Discussion board founder Klaus Schwab and an FBI agent brazenly plotting to “take out” Trump.
The video concludes with a faux ― maybe AI ― Trump voice unleashing insults.
“The satan, I’m gonna kick your ass very quickly. Hitler, you’re already lifeless. Dick Cheney, sounds such as you’ll be becoming a member of Hitler very quickly,” the Trump voice says. “Ron DeSanctimonious can kiss my large, stunning 2024 presidential ass.”
The weird video was posted on Trump’s official Instagram and Reality Social pages however broadly shared by others on Twitter:
Trump additionally fired off a sequence on insults aimed toward DeSantis on his Reality Social web site, together with one during which he in contrast sizes.
That’s a reference to a 2018 tweet by Trump warning that his nuclear launch button “is a a lot greater & extra highly effective one than his, and my Button works!”
DeSantis at one level seemed to be a legit menace to Trump’s third run for the presidency, with polls displaying him catching up the previous president.
One ballot in January even had DeSantis with a lead over Trump.
His star has since light, with newer polls displaying the Florida governor behind by double digits ― together with a current Quinnipiac ballot that has the Florida governor down by almost 30 proportion factors.
“His complete marketing campaign can be a catastrophe,” Trump predicted Wednesday on Reality Social. “WATCH!”
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