In an exclusive interview with FOX News Digital on Tuesday, Florida Governor DeSantis addressed his relationship with former President Trump amongst the media swirl of conflict.
“Donald Trump’s a friend of mine,” said DeSantis to FOX News Digital.
“He is proud when people do well and it’s not just me, but obviously he’s a Florida resident and he appreciates the job that we’ve done. He’s told me that many times, not only with helping with the election, but just how we govern the state. And I think he looks around the country,” said DeSantis.
Reports of tension between former President Donald Trump and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis spilled throughout social media, conservative, and liberal news outlets.
In January, The Daily Mail reported that DeSantis is refusing to “bend a knee to Donald Trump” and says backing him in the 2024 election ‘is too much to ask’.
Allegedly, Trump criticized DeSantis, saying he had ‘no personal charisma’ and ‘dull personality’ as reported by the New York Times.
‘In the context of the 2024 election, he usually gives DeSantis a pop in the nose in the middle of that type of conversation,’ a source who recently spoke to Trump about DeSantis told Axios.
The source, who shared the private remarks on the condition of anonymity, has heard Trump criticize DeSantis on multiple occasions, according to the Axios report.
“He wants to see Republicans doing well. And I think when the media is trying to act like he’s upset at me for doing well, I think that’s total bunk. I think they’re just making it up,” said DeSantis on Tuesday.
“And I think he’s somebody that wants to see, you know, not just Republicans do well, but people that are actually going to stand and fight do well across the board. Obviously, Florida is an important state, the third-largest state in the country, and really us and Texas are the two biggest states that have sizable Republican footprints, and so we’re proud of that and we’re going to keep it going,” said DeSantis.
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