Trump will have a primary with fewer competitors than 2016 (not hard). DeSantis is the clear runner up.
The liberal media and fox news will swoon over DeSantis. Everything Trump says will be rejectedout of hand by the media but DeSantis could say and mean the exact same thing Trump says and will be praised. Because only the character of Trump is what they reject, not his politics. Therefore, through DeSantis, Trump's politics will become normalized.
Trump still beats DeSantis and the media will try to denormalized Trump's politics again as though nothing happened.
Don't need a lathe for this, polling indicates that this is the likely outcome. Trump has such a fervent backing from his base that it's going to be incredibly hard for anyone else to primary him, despite the fact that mainline conservative media will try to elevate Desantis.
Don't need a lathe for this, polling indicates that this is the likely outcome. Trump has such a fervent backing from his base that it's going to be incredibly hard for anyone else to primary him, despite the fact that mainline conservative media will try to elevate Desantis.
Liberal media will also probably fawn over DeSantis as the more civil option.