Could DeSantis Beat Trump?
By Rich Lowry
January 21, 2022 6:30 AM
It was only a matter of time before Ron DeSantis’s rising star ran into the unmovable object of Donald Trump’s will to continue to dominate the GOP.
A spate of recent news stories has focused on the proto-feud between the past president with future ambitions and the protégé who rode his endorsement to victory in a Florida GOP gubernatorial primary and has big ambitions of his own.
The level of the clash shouldn’t be exaggerated — so far, it mostly consists of muttering from Mar-a-Lago.
Obviously, it’s also insanely early. But the Trump–DeSantis story line is inherently alluring, given the chances of a collision between two men who have been allies and the possibility of the subordinate in the relationship eclipsing the figure who helped to elevate him.
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