The DeSantis–Trump Tensions Will Lead to a Test of Strength

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Then-president Donald Trump walks with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis at Orlando Sanford International Airport in Sanford, Fla., March 9, 2020. (Tom Brenner/Reuters)
DeSantis and Trump aren’t fighting yet, but it makes sense that they are eyeing one another with concern.




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ational-politics reporters and pundits have been busy lately trying to incite a fight between Ron DeSantis and Donald Trump. The narrative of conflict is overhyped, but it also reflects underlying tensions that will eventually break out into the open.

For now, officially, there is no feud. DeSantis is wise enough to want no such thing and has said so publicly. He has his own 2022 reelection bid to secure before he turns to national matters, and a breach with Trump would dent his ability to roll up a convincing up-and-down-the-ticket victory. Even if DeSantis is contemplating a frontal assault on Mount

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