Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis offered a peek at what is going to happen in the next year and a half of the 2024 election. The two Republican candidates held dueling campaign events, one in Iowa and the other in New Hampshire, a key state in the primaries.
DeSantis has been throwing soft punches at Trump, not mentioning the name of the former president, but instead trying to highlight his youth DeSantis is 44 while Trump is 76 and saying that he can fully serve two terms unlike some people who should not be named.
However, some sparring happened later in the day when Trump responded by saying that he could shape things up in six months, not eight years.
When he says eight years, every time I hear it, I wince because I say if it takes eight years to turn this around, then you don t want him. You don't want him as your president, Trump said. It will take me six months to have it exactly the way it was, we ll have it fast. DeSantis responded to a reporter's question about Trump's comeback, saying: Why didn t he do it in his first four years? When the election comes around, the dynamic between the two will be interesting to watch. DeSantis had been a supporter of Trump for a long time, which ultimately led him to build a national profile, making it difficult for him to come out of the gate with attacks against him. But DeSantis appears to have much of the Republican establishment behind him, as donations to his campaign are showing. He is still trailing Trump in the polls, but there is still a year left to change things.