Trump's remarks came after a new poll showed him virtually tied with DeSantis in favorability for potential 2024 GOP presidential candidates.
"If I faced him, I'd beat him like I would beat everyone else," Trump said in an interview withTrump insisted that he has good chances against anyone else including DeSantis, a potential GOP nominee, who is greatly favored by the Republican party, according to recent polls. The former president also said that he is confident that everyone else, including DeSantis, will drop out of the 2024 race if he decided to run.
"I don't think I will face him," Trump said."I think most people would drop out, I think he [DeSantis] would drop out." Though he didn't confirm in this interview that he'll run in 2024, Trump said that he is still weighing his options. Meanwhile,on Wednesday that he is currently seeking a 2022 reelection and dodged questions about a 2024 presidency.
"I'm not considering anything beyond doing my job. We've got a lot of stuff going on in Florida," he toldTrump said he is confident about beating DeSantis and"everyone else" for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination. Above, Trump introduces DeSantis during a homecoming campaign rally at the BB&T Center on November 26, 2019, in Sunrise, Florida.
According to the poll, Republican voters' support for Trump dipped to 26.2 percent in September, dropping from 46 percent in July. Though support for DeSantis is currently close to Trump's at 25.2 percent, it nearly doubled from 13 percent in July.
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