Analysis: Former president Donald Trump reclaims the top spot — for now, at least
” and emphasized the lack of a “vital U.S. interest” in further American involvement.
Politicians who admit that they failed to speak clearly should be commended. But the idea that DeSantis didn’t know how “territorial dispute” would land is difficult to stomach. Despite GOP defenses suggesting that maybe this state-level pol just didn’t yet know what he was talking about on foreign policy, he did serve on the Foreign Affairs Committee during his six years in the House.
The Ukraine flap doesn’t mean DeSantis is suddenly a bad candidate. But it reinforces a difference between him and Trump: While Trump could say pretty much anything he wanted to and the GOP would contort itself to remain molded in his image, this suggests DeSantis doesn’t wield the same kind of power.For these reasons, we’re dropping DeSantis below Trump on our list for the first time since August.
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