Trump Speculates DeSantis May Be Finished

The former president’s comments come as the Florida governor continues to trail by a wide gap in polls, compounded by shakeups at the Never Back Down super PAC.

Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump speaks to the crowd during a caucus event at Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Dec. 2, 2023. Geoff Stellfox/The Gazette via AP

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa—On the Iowa campaign trail, former President Trump said that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s campaign for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination may be “gonezo.”

“We never want to say that. We’ve got to get this thing finished,” he told an enthusiastic crowd at Kirkwood Community College on Dec. 2. In between the cheers, he stressed to his local supporters that they must caucus for him on Jan. 15, now less than a month and a half away.