Most polls show Trump as front-runner for the 2024 nomination, with DeSantis trailing him. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Iowa – Former President Donald Trump said he considers Mr Ron DeSantis as his strongest potential challenger for the Republican nomination and attacked the Florida governor during his first 2024 campaign stop in Iowa.
“And to be honest with you, Ron reminds me a lot of Mitt Romney,” Mr Trump said of the 2012 GOP presidential nominee who’s no longer very popular among Iowa Republicans. “So I don’t think you’re going to be doing so well here. But we’re going to find out. But those are the facts.” Mr Trump often says that it was his endorsement that enabled Mr DeSantis to win the GOP primary and be elected governor in 2018. The former president responded, “Yeah, maybe” when asked by reporters whether he now regrets that endorsement.
Others, however, have shown strong interest, including former Vice-President Mike Pence, who at an event in Washington on Saturday, when Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol in an effort to overturn his 2020 election loss. An Iowa Poll released Friday found that while Mr Trump still enjoys strong backing among Republicans in the state, Mr DeSantis also has a robust favorability rating and the former president’s support has eroded.
The poll numbers should be concerning for Mr Trump as a former president who won Iowa twice, according to Mr David Kochel, a veteran Republican strategist.
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