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...To this, add the stunning ineptness of Trump’s main challenger, Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida....
...Ideally for Trump, Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis would finish roughly equal distant second, which would give both of them enough hope to stay in the race....
...Most of Haley’s former rivals, including Mike Pence, Trump’s former vice-president, and even Ron DeSantis, the once virally popular governor of Florida, are deflating by the day....
...edward.luce@ft.com Letters in response to this column: Surely one American party must be pro-enterprise?...
...Their example is particularly bad news for Florida governor Ron DeSantis, the only candidate to visit 99 counties but who finished a distant second on Monday with just a fifth of the vote....
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...edward.luce@ft.com Letter in response to this column: Haley’s nomination plans could be helped by Trump / From John Griffiths, Seattle, WA, US...
...Edward Luce (“Wall Street’s bargain with Trump”, Opinion, January 25) unnecessarily throws American business leader Jamie Dimon under the bus and misses a significant and perplexing stance of...
...Clip: CNN Free links to read more on this topic: The Nikki Haley wild card for 2024 Ron DeSantis leads Donald Trump and Joe Biden in $250mn 2024 election advertising race Biden can’t spin his way to...
...To be fair to the rest, including the ever-shrinking candidacy of Florida governor Ron DeSantis, they face an almost impossible dilemma....
...Trump has variously tried “meatball Ron” and “DeSanctimonious” on the state’s current governor. Neither really work. I would go for “Churchill Ron”. A little sarcasm goes a long way....
...I just put that out there because it’s almost a little bit wishful thinking when we talk about Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis and the other candidates in the sense that they are so far behind Trump....
...Elizabeth and Richard Uihlein, Midwestern shipping supplies magnates based in the battleground state of Wisconsin, are getting behind Trump’s re-election campaign after initially bankrolling Florida governor Ron...
...Viewpoints Edward Luce imagines the schadenfreude of bailiffs seizing bling at Mar-a-Lago as Trump faces the reality that no one will lend to him....
...Recommended reading My column this week looks at the great train wreck that is Ron DeSantis’s presidential campaign. “DeSantis has it all wrong,” I write....
...Kim Sion – creative consultant and ceramicist A 1930s diamond ring from Bottazzi Blondeel, my favourite antique jewellery shop in Paris, and a bright pink ceramic Ron Nagle cup – both from Jarvis....
...I am also still reeling from Ron DeSantis’s decision to launch his campaign on Twitter in conversation with Musk. Was this supposed to make him more relatable . . .?...
...Ron DeSantis secured a distant second place, with just over 21 per cent support and Nikki Haley, the former US ambassador to the UN, won about 19 per cent....
...That Musk is this week hosting Ron DeSantis’s presidential launch on Twitter is a nuance. The Florida governor wants to be Trump without the personal drama....
...edward.luce@ft.com Letter in response to this article: Harris will hang on in the hope of becoming Potus /From Harold M Sklar, Chevy Chase, MD, US...
...Edward Luce responds Rana, let me pick up on your assumption that we will not be getting a paranoid, unstable Trump who can’t work with anyone except those who agree with him....
...Ron DeSantis met the UK foreign secretary and dozens of business leaders in London on Friday as the Florida governor burnished his foreign policy credentials ahead of an expected battle with Donald Trump...
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