It has been noted that the polls have the former president Donald Trump leading the Florida governor in a potential 2024 GOP race. Some insiders are urging that the 45th chief executive could make DeSantis his running mate — and Trump is reportedly “listening.”
A Trumpworld source told Page Six, “Some of his supporters are suggesting he make a deal with DeSantis to make him VP, and he’s listening, but hasn’t agreed.”
The source added, “Supporters say the VP offer [would] stop DeSantis from opposing [Trump] and offer a ‘youthful conservative vigor’ to the slot, which Biden doesn’t have.”
The source said, “DeSantis would also bring in big money to the campaign.”
But “so far there’s no deal yet.”
The source adds, “DeSantis wants to raise money and test the waters, but what he really wants to do is run in 2028 after Trump wins or loses — with him or without him. It’s early days, but some donors are pushing for a partnership.”
One new poll on Tuesday reflected that 58 percent of potential Republican primary voters said they’d support Trump, while about 21 percent of the poll’s respondents said they’d pick DeSantis.
Trump told Greg Kelly on Newsmax on Tuesday of DeSantis, “Look, right now, I’m very down on him … I’m very disappointed in him, because I’m a loyal person, maybe to a fault.”
The former president added, “I’m a loyal person and somebody gets you into office and then you’re telling people, ‘Well, I don’t know if I’ll run against the president’ … You know, I mean, life shouldn’t have to work that way, but it does, and that’s OK, too.”
DeSantis hasn’t announced a primary campaign yet.
