Florida Governor Ron DeSantis challenged President Trump for the 2024 GOP nomination.
Everyone thought that was a fatal career mistake.
But now Ron DeSantis just begged Donald Trump for this shocking new job.
President Trump considered DeSantis’s running against him in 2024 an act of disloyalty, even though Trump made DeSantis the Governor of Florida with a key endorsement in 2018.
But now the ice is thawed, with DeSantis reportedly asking Trump to join the administration in some capacity.
“President Trump has told confidants that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is ‘begging’ for a job in Trump’s administration — including attorney general,” Axios reported.
In addition to replacing Pam Bondi as Attorney General, DeSantis is seen as potentially a new Secretary of War or even a Supreme Court Justice nominee.
“DeSantis has also expressed interest in being secretary of defense and even a spot on the U.S. Supreme Court, according to six sources briefed on the discussions,” Axios also reported.
DeSantis was the one who initiated the job talk when the two had lunch at Trump’s National Doral golf club in Florida.
“Ron was begging me to be AG,” Trump reportedly told confidants after the lunch.
Trumpworld sources told Axios that Attorney General wasn’t in the cards for DeSantis, but that Trump would consider him for other posts.
“There was a conversation at that lunch. I don’t think AG is real. But he’s gonna be looking for work, and Trump likes him,” the source said.
DeSantis’s spokesman, Alex Lanfranconi, didn’t deny the talks of the governor joining the administration.
“Some in the media prefer to focus on fake rumors rather than the many accomplishments of Florida’s partnership with the Trump administration,” Lanfranconi’s statement read.
“The governor looks forward to continuing to work with President Trump on enforcing immigration laws, restoring the Everglades, and helping to reform college athletics,” Lanfranconi added.
DeSantis, a 47-year-old Harvard Law School graduate, reportedly has his eyes on the Supreme Court.
“DeSantis is 100% not interested in the AG job, but he would be interested in two things: War secretary or Supreme Court, which would be his dream job,” a source close to DeSantis told Axios.
The source said that DeSantis and Justice Clarence Thomas have “almost have a father-son relationship and would be a hell of a legacy for Trump.”
Trump would reportedly be more likely to consider DeSantis for the Supreme Court than Attorney General because Trump wants an Attorney General he can trust and fears DeSantis may use the post to position himself for another Presidential run.
“Bygones are bygones,” a Trump adviser said to Axios. “But that doesn’t mean people forget.”
“There’s a big reason the president wouldn’t pick Ron to be his attorney general: There’s a way-too-high chance he would try to *** the president over,” the advisor added.
“Trump needs someone at Justice he absolutely trusts. But the Defense Department or the Supreme Court or something else? Sure,” the advisor concluded.
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