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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Richard Luscombe

DeSantis plays at being president with his own Israel-Hamas foreign policy

Florida governor Ron DeSantis speaks at the Heritage Foundation, on 27 October in Washington.
The Florida governor, Ron DeSantis, speaks at the Heritage Foundation, on 27 October in Washington. Photograph: Jess Rapfogel/AP

His pathway to the presidency looks more forbidding than ever, but tanking poll numbers and a stalled campaign have not dissuaded Ron DeSantis from running foreign policy as if he was the incumbent in the White House.

Florida’s Republican governor has raised eyebrows and hackles by using state resources for a series of actions and operations since the Israel-Hamas war began that come under the purview of the federal government.

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