Florida governor Ron DeSantis didn’t mention Donald Trump by name as he touted his own record in a speech on the night of Trump’s 2024 presidential-campaign announcement at Mar-a-Lago.
Donald Trump is a man who thrives on attention, so he is probably not thriving right now. Last night, when he announced he was running for president again, even the crowd tried to leave the Mar-a-Lago ballroom where he was droning on rather listlessly from the teleprompter. Fox News cut the audio, but at least its personalities were extolling his speech while saving viewers the trouble of actually listening to it. Another arm of the Murdoch empire, the New York Post, buried Trump’s announcement deep in the tabloid under the headline “Been there, Don that.”
Maybe the most dire example of not getting attention came from the other corner of Florida, where Governor Ron DeSantis spoke to reporters in the panhandle before Trump’s speech last night.
