Looks like Trump is upping the ante on his feud with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
Now of course, Trump doesn't like anyone stealing the spotlight from him.
And Trump also cares far more about himself than the Republican Party.
So before I get to Trump attacks on Ron DeSantis,
let me give you the context necessary to understand what Trump is so upset about.
Now, apparently Ron DeSantis decided to endorse a candidate who's
actually been very critical of Donald Trump.
His name is Joe O'Dea and he is the GOP Republican Senate nominee in Colorado.
Now in the GOP senate primary in Colorado in June,
Trump actually endorsed his opponent, State Representative Ron Hanks,
who lost to O'Dea, a construction executive.
O'Dea has said that Trump should not run in 2024, though,
he said he would vote for him if he ends up being the GOP's presidential nominee.
Now last week, O'Dea said that he would actively campaign
against Trump whom he called a black eye for the United States.
In fact, that was certainly a fun interview.
So let's just take a look at a snippet of that conversation.
>> You have said Donald Trump could have done a lot more to stop January 6th
the insurrection, the violent attack on the Capitol from happening.
Do you think what happened on January 6th should disqualify him from being
president again?
>> Look, I believe that the January 6th was a black eye on the country.
I've been very vocal that I thought he should have done more to keep the violence
from heading towards the Capitol.
Anybody that was violent at the Capitol or towards something apart,
they should be held accountable.
We've got processes in place, hold people accountable, and
we need to move the country forward.
>> So, but it's moving- >> I don't think Donald Trump
should run again.
I'm gonna actively campaign against Donald Trump and make sure that we've got four or
five really great Republicans right now, Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, Tim Scott.
They can run and serve for eight years.
>> No, I'm not a big fan of Ron DeSantis or Nikki Haley or even this guy,
but he did win in the Republican primary for
this Senate seat in Colorado, and that's good news.
And you would think that Trump would care about Republican Party power, and he
would put whatever conflict he has aside to now endorse the Republican candidate.
But that is not the case.
Now, after it was reported that Ron DeSantis was endorsing O'Dea,
Trump was very upset about it and through Truth Social he posted this.
There's this RINO character in the great state of Colorado, Joe O'Dea that's
running against the incumbent Democrat for the United States Senate.
Who is having a good old time saying, that he wants to distance himself from
president Trump and other slightly nasty things.
Now it's pretty nasty things, you're a nasty guy.
Anyway, he continues to say, he should look at the Economy, Inflation,
Energy independence, defeating ISIS, the Strongest EVER Border,
Great Trade Deals, and much more, before he speaks.
MAGA doesn't vote for stupid people with big mouths.
Good luck Joe!
Well, again Joe day one, so I guess Republican voters do in fact vote for
non-MAGA candidates.
But let's also just note that Trump himself says that he had
strengthened the border.
So if you strengthen the border,
I'm sure we're not having any type of immigration crisis, right?
But again, Ron DeSantis decided to even do a robocall on behalf of O'Dea.
And in that robocall DeSantis says, hello, this is Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
America needs strong leadership and desperately and desperately.
That's why I'm endorsing Joe O'Dea for US Senate.
Colorado, please vote for Joe O'Dea, right?
Just very simple robocall.
Trump saw report about that robocall and
just posted that article with the caption, big mistake!
Is it?
>> Okay, my favorite part of the story is when Trump says,
MAGA people don't vote for stupid people with big mouths.
I got pretty good evidence that they do,
[LAUGH] because right next to me is a picture of a stupid man with a big mouth.
Okay, [LAUGH] so I mean that there's literally nothing that MAGA votes for
more than stupid people with big mouths.
Okay, that's like MAGA 101.
But of course, that's not the issue here.
The issue is that Donald Trump says, me no like him, me no like him, okay?
And so of course all the MAGA land goes, he no like him, he no like!
And they all said all the minions go throughout the land spreading the word.
And DeSantos comes in here.
Look, I don't know if DeSantos was doing just the most regular robocall
of all time and had agreed to do that three weeks ago or something, right?
And then he gets ambushed this situation or
if he did it to kind of prod Trump a little bit.
But remember, DeSantis isn't saying anything publicly against Trump, right?
But Trump sees that DeSantis made that call,
he takes that opportunity to punch DeSantis in the face and
posts about, yeah, big mistake DeSantis.
That one is like a cry baby, cry baby, just like him.
Big mistake, Ronnie big, all right?
And you would think that tough guy Republican voters wouldn't like that kind
of crying, [LAUGH] welcome to America.
They love that type of crying.
Ana, it's fun drama to begin with, as you said.
>> Yeah, and it's drama that hurts the Republican party.
So please more of this, give me more injected in my veins.
It's the most exciting thing that's happened today.
>> Yeah, look, so the reality is now,
let's talk about who's gonna win in this cat fight, right?
So first of all, and you're right,
the number one winner is the voters of Colorado cuz they'll get a decent senator.
Cuz Trump is actively telling everybody don't vote for the republican candidate,
is that going to hurt the Republican candidate?
Of course, and then what will he do afterwards?
He'll come out and say, I told you was a big mistake tug against me?
Well, it was partly because you then ambushed them, [LAUGH] right?
>> It's just so unbelievably selfish, and I love it.
In this context, it's fantastic cuz all his enablers,
all those people in the federal government who have enabled him,
who have decided to lend credibility to him.
And this notion that he actually looks out for the American people and
the Republican party, it's all a lie.
And now the chickens have come home to roost, he won't endorse or
support the Republican candidate for a senate seat.
Delicious.
>> Yeah, I hear you.
But look, the reality is that guy was probably gonna lose anyway.
And that's why he's saying those things against Trump because it's
a nowadays Colorado's more blue, less purple, right?
And so Michael Bennett, the least exciting candidate in American history,
has a significant lead on that guy.
So Trump's gonna brag about how it was a big mistake after the election anyway, and
he doesn't care at all about other Republicans.
Remember, he doesn't have a policy agenda.
So he doesn't need more Republicans in office to get something done.
He already passed tax cuts for the rich, It's all about his own ego.
So what does he care how many Republicans are in Congress?
He cost them two senators in Georgia for sure.
He told everybody in Georgia, don't vote, don't vote, don't vote.
And then the emocrats barely won anyway, right?
So if he hadn't said all that,
the Republican probably would have had those two seats in Georgia.
But this does create one problem and no joke on this one.
If the Republicans pick a candidate that doesn't kiss Trump's ass,
Trump will attack that candidate, and
then that candidate will have less of a chance of winning.
If they pick a candidate that does kiss Trump's ass,
well then Trump will back that candidate, and increase voter turnout.
So that creates an incentive for
the Republican party to be an entire party of ass kissers.
And so that's where we are today.
>> I mean, think that ship has sailed Cenk,
and I think that Ron DeSantis endorsing a candidate who is not
friendly to Trump is honestly an exception, not the rule.
And remember DeSantis, even though he doesn't really engage in
the fight with Trump, Trump seems to be the one throwing jabs here and there.
He knows that when it comes to the possibility of running for the Republican
ticket in 2024, the person he's gonna have to duke it out with is Donald Trump.
So I think DeSantis knows who his enemies are.
And so let's see,
I'm definitely interested in seeing how this fight plays out.
>> Yeah, last two quick things here.
Don't get me wrong, this is asking things bipartisan.
So if you don't kiss Biden or Pelosi or Schumer ass,
both Democratic Party and the mainstream media will turn on you in a fury.
Look at what happened to Nina Turner in Cleveland.
The main ad run against her ad nauseam was she once criticized Joe Biden.
How dare she?
She did not obey.
She she did not kiss Biden's ass enough.
Her opponent Chantal Brown ran nonstop ads saying I will do nothing but
kiss Joe Biden's ass and she won.
So let's keep it real on both of those factors.
And at the end of the day though, between DeSantis and Trump, DeSantis is giving
him rope and thinking that that will hurt Trump at the end, but it never has.
And so my guess is at the end of the day trump comes out ahead because he's
the one in the public eye.
And DeSantis is moving in the background and
that's old school politics that I don't think is gonna work in the-