Former President Donald Trump spoke out on the wokeism infecting the Walt Disney Company. Where he once defended Disney in its battle with Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, Trump has now slammed Disney.
Yet Trump blames Florida Gov. DeSantis for that and not Disney’s leadership.
As reported by Newsmax on Monday, Trump had lashed out at Disney on Sunday on his own social media platform, Truth Social.
“Disney has become a Woke and Disgusting shadow of its former self, with people actually hating it. Must go back to what it once was, or the ‘market’ will do irreparable damage,” Trump said.
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“This all happened during the Governorship of ‘Rob’ DeSanctimonious. Instead of complaining now, for publicity reasons only, he should have stopped it long ago. Would have been easy to do – Still is!”
Trump’s shot at Disney is a remarkable shift from just a few weeks ago.
As The Wall Street Journal pointed out in an editorial last month, Trump labeled DeSantis’ ongoing fight with Disney, related to the company’s opposition to the Parental Rights in Education law, “so unnecessary” and “a political STUNT!”
The Journal added, “He [Trump] knows all about stunts. Mr. Trump thinks Mr. DeSantis’s dispute with Disney is hurting the Governor politically, so he’s piling on. … (A)s is his wont, Mr. Trump is trying to goad the Governor by siding with [Disney CEO Bob] Iger. You’d think the former President would be critical of Disney’s woke turn, but his only abiding political conviction is personal advantage.”
Newsmax noted that Trump’s latest comments “appear to be a slight change in tactics.”
This “change” came after DeSantis noted Trump was attacking him “from the left” and siding with a company that “wants to sexualize kids.”
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In an interview last Thursday with Newsmax host Eric Bolling, DeSantis said, “I think some of the things he’s been attacking me on, I’ve been a little bit surprised at because he’s attacking me from the left.”
“That really wasn’t the Donald Trump from 2015 and 2016. He was a hard-charger, leaning in on all the issues — very edgy on conservative issues, and it was part of the reason he did so well,” DeSantis added.
“But when he’s taking Disney’s side against me, I just kind of wonder. OK, I get that he wants to hit me, but don’t take the side of a multinational corporation that wants to sexualize kids.”
New Polling
After coming in 34 points behind the former president in a poll taken in April among Republican voters in the early primary contest state, DeSantis closed the gap by 9 percent in the same poll taken this month.
The biggest change between the two poll dates was that DeSantis officially announced his candidacy in the 2024 Republican presidential primary race during a Twitter Spaces event last Wednesday with Elon Musk.
The results come as DeSantis prepares to hit the campaign trail this week for the first time as a declared candidate with a swing through early primary contest states of Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina.
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The official campaign kick-off event will happen Tuesday evening in Des Moines, Iowa, followed by visits in four other Iowa cities the next day before heading back to the East Coast for more campaign stops.
A survey by Trump pollsters McLaughlin and Associates and released Saturday evening shows the former president with 49.5 percent support from Republican voters in Iowa.
On the other hand, DeSantis earned 24.5 percent – coming in second place with 25 points less than his top competitor.
This is a big change from the 34 percent lead Trump had on DeSantis is the April poll.
While 4.5 percent of Trump’s decline can be attributed to DeSantis’ rise post-announcement, South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott also saw a 5.8 percent increase in support in Iowa with his official entry into the race.
Trump and DeSantis are still the only two candidates who earned double-digit support.
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