Ron DeSantis blamed the ‘media’ for the frenzy of the Trump feud. Trump’s team blames Mitch McConnell.

Former President Donald Trump was private smoke about Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) for months, annoyed that DeSantis didn’t say “miracle words”, that he wouldn’t run for president in 2024 if Trump did, New York Times report. “That lingering outrage erupted in public recently during a controversy over a seemingly unrelated topic: COVID policies.”

Trump hit first, take down “no guts” politicians would not say whether they are fortified against COVID-19, seen by many as a stab at DeSantis. A few days later, DeSantis broadcasts on the popular conservative podcast Cruel and urged listeners not to “fall prey” to the “media” about his feud with Trump. But shortly after, he told the podcast host that he regretted not being more vocal in protesting against COVID-19 restrictions while Trump was president.

Trump told visitors that DeSantis would not have become governor without his endorsement, and therefore owes him the same respect as other hopefuls in 2024, Times reporter Jonathan Martin told CNN on Monday. DeSantis, who is second to Trump in the 2024 GOP vote, disagrees.

Trump and his team are wary of elevating DeSantis even further by kicking him out, and “Trump advisers say they see a hidden hand at play: that of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.” R-Ky.),” NBC News reports. The Cruel podcast, they note, is co-hosted by longtime McConnell mentor John Holmes.

“Josh is great,” a top Trump adviser told NBC News. “But he’s a wholly owned subsidiary of McConnell World. And there’s no way you can tell me it’s all a coincidence.” Times reporter Maggie Haberman says she “heard some complaints about McConnell being the underdog in this,” but “the whole DeSantis brand is say-it-as-it-is-it-is, it’s like no one else’s brand. That’s forcing him to do something he doesn’t want to.”

A former Trump adviser told NBC News Trump’s difficult feelings are real, for one simple reason: “I don’t think he likes celebrities more than he does.” GOP Sponsor Dan Eberhart described DeSantis as “Trump but a little smarter, more disciplined, and skillful without being too rude.” Trump insists he’s not worried, saying “DeSantis has no personal appeal and has a dull personality”. one source said Axios.

However, Trump against the COVID-19 vaccine “got him unusually out of step with the hardline elements of his party base and created an opportunity for an opponent” like DeSantis, the Times report. Ann Coulter, a Trump supporter, was amused by Trump’s feud.

“Trump is done,” Coulter said to Times. “Don’t obsess about him anymore.”