Trump reveals if an alliance with DeSantis for 2024 is possible

Former President Donald Trump said Friday that an alliance with his likely primary challenger Gov. Ron DeSantis is “very unlikely.” 

Trump, who has launched a barrage of attacks on the Florida governor before he has even entered the 2024 Republican presidential primary, said in an interview he has never considered asking DeSantis to be his 2024 running mate.

“No, I think that would be a very unlikely alliance,” Trump told Newsmax. 

“We have a lot of great people in the Republican Party. I’ve never thought of it; but you know some people every once in a while mention it, but that’s about it,” he said. 

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DeSantis’ popularity with Republicans has skyrocketed since he became Florida’s governor in 2018, thanks to his rejection of coronavirus pandemic restrictions, proactive opposition to critical race theory and sex and gender ideology in schools, and combative stance towards corporations and media figures who have criticized his agenda. Hypothetical 2024 matchups name Trump and DeSantis as the top two choices among GOP primary voters, and Trump views DeSantis as his most serious threat to re-nomination. 

Trump also believes that his endorsement in 2018 made DeSantis’ political career, and he feels betrayed by DeSantis, who is not supporting Trump’s third campaign for the presidency and appears to have his own White House ambitions. 

In his interview with Newsmax, Trump took credit for propelling DeSantis from relative obscurity as a member of Congress to the Republican nominee for governor in Florida and ultimately for getting DeSantis elected over Democratic Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum.

“I appointed him,” Trump said. “He was failing badly in the polls. He was out of…