Not all though…..
And?
If Florida Republican Governor DeSantis runs?
Trump says ‘he’d beat him’…..
Most media types believe Trump…
But?
Former President Donald Trump asserted in an interview excerpt published Sunday that should he formally enter the 2024 presidential race, he does not expect to face Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis — and if he does, he expects to beat him.
In an interview with Yahoo Finance set to be published Monday, Trump said he believed that “most people would drop out” if he entered the race, including DeSantis, an ally of the former president who has been considered a potential candidate in the Republican presidential primary.
“If I faced him, I’d beat him like I would beat everyone else,” Trump said.
Neither the former president nor DeSantis have formally entered the race, though it has been widely reported that Trump seeks to return to the White House and the Florida governor last week announced he would be seeking reelection.
In the interview, Trump expressed confidence in his ability to easily clinch the nomination should he run, citing his support among the Republican base, but said he was not yet ready to commit to doing so.
“If I do run, I think that I’ll do extremely well,” he said, adding that he based his predictions on both polling and “enthusiasm” from voters….
“Media types?”
I think most people ,in general ,,believe that based n the available data, the slavish fealty exhibited by most Republicans toward Trump, and the almost total lack of criticism directed at him by any of the so called “other candidates.”
The question remains,will he run?
If he does and,based on the current state of the Republican Party?He starts out as the overwhelming favorite.