DeSantis’s Bad Week Shows Beating Trump Will Be a Difficult Task
- Florida governor is forced to walk back Ukraine war comments
- Trump regaining ground as his legal showdown draws spotlight
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Ron DeSantis isn’t officially running for president yet, but he just suffered through the kind of week a candidate for the highest office in the US would love to forget.
The Florida governor has been seen as the most formidable potential challenger to former President Donald Trump for the 2024 Republican nomination. Yet DeSantis’s early advantage has eroded following miscues over Ukraine policy and as Trump pushed himself back into the spotlight by calling for protests against his potential indictment in New York.