TAMPA, Fla. — Just hours ahead of former President Donald Trump’s expected announcement of a 2024 presidential run, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis skirted around a question about Trump’s criticism of him.
DeSantis, a Republican who is largely expected to also be eyeing a run for president, was asked at a news conference Tuesday morning what he thought of Trump’s “less-than-flattering” comments made about him. The question referred to a lengthy statement put out by Trump last week where he bashed DeSantis as ungrateful and “average.”
DeSantis, as he has done often lately, avoided any direct mention of Trump in his answer. Instead, he talked about criticisms from “corporate media,” saying, “When you’re leading, when you’re getting things done, you take incoming fire, that’s just the nature of it.”
