DeSantis Is 'Begging' Trump for Something to Do With His Life [View all]

"The Florida governor is reaching the end of his current gig as the conduit for the MAGA agenda in the state of Florida. DeSantis will have to leave office in January when his second term is up and he is reportedly 'begging' President Trump for a job in his administration. Specifically, DeSantis wants the open attorney general position, the job his state’s former attorney general, Pam Bondi, once held until Trump lost patience with what he apparently felt was her sluggish pace in investigating and prosecuting his political foes."

"DeSantis is reportedly also interested in the Defense Department’s top job — watch out Pete Hegseth — and he’d even take a spot on the Supreme Court if the opportunity arises! But attorney general would do just fine, too, Axios reported in a new piece out this afternoon, citing six anonymous sources who were 'briefed on the discussions.' "

“ 'Ron was begging me to be AG,' Trump reportedly told an unnamed 'confidant' recently, in Axios’ words. The two reportedly met at Trump’s National Doral Golf Club in Miami two Sundays ago. During the lunch, the longtime frenemies discussed what might be next for the Florida governor — whose political career Trump has long taken credit for and whose once-presumed takeover of the MAGA mantle Trump ensured would not come to fruition when he emerged as the clear frontrunner for the Republican nomination again in 2024."

"DeSantis announced his candidacy for president long before Trump officially announced he was running for a second term and there was a brief but comedic period of time during which pundits openly speculated whether DeSantis would take the MAGA movement off of Trump’s hands after Trump lost his reelection bid in 2020. DeSantis spent his first term and the beginning of his second term as governor making his own spin on anti-woke ideology synonymous with Florida Republican politics and many saw the policies of his time as governor as a test run for where MAGA could go next."

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