News

Trump & DeSantis Attack Each Other During Concurrent Campaign Events

Former President Donald Trump and Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Florida) were quick to attack each other yesterday during their first concurrent campaign appearances since DeSantis declared his candidacy for president on May 24. Trump visited Iowa while DeSantis campaigned in New Hampshire, but both attempted to frame themselves as the better GOP candidate.

“When we’re finished, we’ll take a couple of questions,” Trump emphasized to his audience. “A lot of politicians don’t take questions. They give a speech.”

Trump’s comments — and subsequent 20 minutes of fielded questions — came shortly after DeSantis’s appearance in Iowa earlier that week, where he lashed out against an Associated Press reporter who asked him why he wasn’t taking questions from voters on stage.

“People are coming up to me, talking to me. What are you talking about? Are you blind?” the Florida governor told the reporter.

Subscribe to our free weekly newsletter!

A week of political news in your in-box.
We find the news you need to know, so you don't have to.

Trump also responded to DeSantis’ claim that it would take two presidential terms to reverse the actions of the Biden administration and implement a conservative agenda — a reference to the fact that Trump can only serve one more term.

“You don’t need eight years. You need six months,” Trump said at his event in Urbandale, Iowa. “Who the hell wants to wait eight years?” The former president told voters that undoing the Biden administration’s actions only requires three easy policy shifts: “drilling,” “the wall” and “getting criminals out of [the] country.”

In response to Trump’s claims, DeSantis asked, “Why didn’t he do it his first four years?”

The ongoing rivalry between the two candidates doesn’t seem to be letting up with Trump indicating that he would continue his attacks against DeSantis until the Florida governor is no longer a competitive GOP candidate, and with DeSantis saying he’s going to “counterpunch” and “fight back” on all attacks.

Viktoria Wulff-Andersen

Recent Posts

VIDEO: Zohran Mamdani & Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Share Hug Celebrating His Election Win

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DqVaz4a1Sjc After a monumental win in the New York City mayoral Democratic primary race, candidate…

1 hour ago

Second Whistleblower Comes Forward To Accuse Emil Bove, Trump Nominee For Federal Judgeship, Of Telling Staff To Lie To Courts

A second whistleblower has come forward to accuse Emil Bove, the deputy attorney general who…

1 hour ago

After Trump Signs Order Expanding Involuntary Treatment For People With Serious Mental Illnesses, Homeless Advocates Cry Foul

President Donald Trump signed a new executive order that will expand involuntary treatment for people…

9 hours ago

Jeffrey Epstein’s 50th Birthday Book Included Personal Messages From Trump, Clinton & Billionaire Leon Black

Infamous financier Jeffrey Epstein's newly surfaced 50th birthday book from 2003 reportedly contains messages from…

10 hours ago

With World Cup Coming To U.S., FIFA Opens Office In Trump Tower, Sparking Ethics Debate

With many of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) Club World Cup tournaments scheduled…

1 day ago