Former President Donald Trump exuded confidence on Thursday about his chances of receiving the 2024 GOP presidential nomination despite his top contender announcing a bid for the White House.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis studiously avoided even mentioning Donald Trump’s name for months, instead making veiled references to the “culture of losing” in the Republican party.

A glitch-filled announcement event seemed not to damper donors’ enthusiasm as the candidate raised more on the first day of his campaign than any other non-incumbent.

Florida governor enters the primary weakened after Twitter ‘DeSaster’ as wide field of candidates try to scrape ahead

Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida escalated his hostilities with former President Donald J. Trump on Friday, arguing that his Republican presidential rival was weak on crime and immigration, and accusing him of ceding critical decision-making during the coronavirus pandemic to Dr.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, now officially a candidate for president, is no longer tiptoeing around former President Donald Trump – nor is he being shy about his plans to flex the powers of the presidency like never before if he wins the White House.