Taking aim at DeSantis, Trump goes further than he should have
The New York Times published an article that quickly made the rounds among political insiders, especially in the Republican Party. Its lede was straightforward:
For months, former President Donald J. Trump has been grumbling quietly to friends and visitors to his Palm Beach mansion about a rival Republican power center in another Florida mansion, some 400 miles to the north. Gov. Ron DeSantis, a man Mr. Trump believes he put on the map, has been acting far less like an acolyte and more like a future competitor, Mr. Trump complains. With his...