The 44-year-old governor of Florida has made his candidacy for the presidential election official. His promise: an intensification of the Kulturkampf – and a Republican party without Donald Trump. Can he succeed?
It’s paradoxical. Everything about Ron DeSantis reminds him of Donald Trump. But Florida’s governor has only one mission at the moment: end those similarities. And so he becomes the Republican nominee for the 2024 presidential election.
Only on Twitter, the social media platform that made his political adoptive father Trump great, did DeSantis want to announce his candidacy on Thursday night. In conversation with Elon Musk, the controversial tech entrepreneur, Tesla and head of Twitter. An interview on conservative television station Fox News was also scheduled for the evening. This kicks off what should last a few days: this week’s media events will be followed by performances in DeSantis’ home state of Florida. He has been governor there since 2019 – he won the election as a Trump-backed candidate.
DeSantis’ Florida as a Vision
Trump was then where DeSantis wants to be now: in the White House. Today the former president, like DeSantis, is in Florida. He is also a candidate for the Republican presidential ticket.