to 2016, he really benefitted from all of those republicans getting in to that field. we have seen republican after republican announce over the past couple weeks and obviously three are getting in next week. so does that benefit trump in terms of if they cannibalize each other and he gets a plurality of the vote? right now trump has all of his energy directed at ron desantis even though he leads him in most polls. trump used governor desantis as his top enemy, top rival in this primary. so we ll see if desantis closes the gap. if he does, we can expect the attacks from trump to really increase. maybe not only from the former president, right? i notice that virtually all the other candidates, say a couple are focusing on desantis.
in iowa where a key battle kicks off not many months away. sir? no, that s not the case, neil. not many months away. look at what is happening here. you have a number of candidates coming to iowa. the former president will be here in a couple hours from now. he s doing that fox news town hall with sean hannity. he had a full day in iowa. close to the des moines area. the former president is just finishing up his final campaign event of the day. part of a two-day trip to iowa. got here last night as governor ron desantis left for new hampshire. desantis has been arguing that the next president, republican, needs to serve two terms if elected again, trump would only have one term left. trump is responding. we have to do it again. we have to bring it back. one of our opponents, they were out there saying that we can be
also new, how his opponents are positioning themselves. this is a video commercial. out just moments ago from former south carolina governor nikki haley. in it, she paints desantis as an echo of trump. whatever i want he wants. you re fired! you re fired! then mr. trump said, you re fired. i love that part. make america great again! make america great again. so that s haley comparing desantis to trump, how will trump himself and his supporters deal with ron desantis today. cnn kristen holmes, you ve been looking at her right there waiting patiently. you have the answers and the trump team, what do they plan to do today? one thing i do think is very interesting is months ago when desantis was soaring in the polls before trump had that
written in the wall street journal and glenn youngkin and he s hoping later in the year the current contenders sort of cancel each other out and there s room for someone with a different take on this. you see a potential for any of the other players to have a shot at this nomination? i know let me say it in 30 second. geraldo s hypothetical question by desantis to trump. you attack trump, you attack 75 million trump supporters. i guarantee, that s why these other martha: you don t think that happens on a debate stage? you don t think anybody brings it up? people will bring it up at their own peril as far as what response trump supporters will have. here s the key point. mar-a-largo raid, historic, two impeachment, historic. criminal charges, historic, a civil case and his numbers keep going up.
if we go back to december, the poll, that is a 27 point swing, 27 point swing. from desantis to trump, now trump up 14 when he had been down 14. it s not like donald trump, other than potentially being indicted. but he the cpac speech was the one signature moment, we saw around them it seemed like oh yeah, the bases are to revive itself again. we ve talked about it nearly every day but how don trump is a deeply, deeply flawed general election candidate. it is going to hurt him there. we are seeing in the snapshot, and again it is early, trump is still the clear favorite for the nomination. jen psaki, i would get your take on this. if you were advising governor ron desantis and, i m sorry, pity if you are, but if you are advising i can confirm that i m not. jen psaki is not consulting