on desantis, i mean, trump is not really saying anything about h haley, pompeo or bolton. he talks about pence in the context of january 6th by focusing all attacks on desantis, he is elevating desantis he is raising his profile as the trump counter. this certainly could backfire. for now, all signs are pointing to desantis jumping in the race once the florida legislative session ends in a couple months and gets the pesky law change that allows him to run for other office while being governor of florida. gene, though, it s just absolutely fascinating again, donald trump obsessed with ron desantis, who is not punching back. trump s obsession goes so far as him actually crediting charlie cr crist. talk about a non-person in republican politics. he praises charlie crist for being a really good governor this reminds me of when he said