Just when Trump was making waves and gaining momentum and taking the lead in the Republican primaries, other Republican candidates announced their withdrawal from the race one after another.
htmlOn November 21, Florida Governor DeSantis was also very sensible. He posted a video on social media announcing his withdrawal from the election and expressing his support for Trump.
He made a speech through social media that day, saying that currently " cannot see a clear path to winning the election" and most Republican primary voters " hope to give Trump another chance." The failure is described in a very fresh and refined way.
As a powerful, young and promising China hawk, why did DeSantis end in an anticlimactic and hasty manner? Is it because he wanted to become a great Trump?
I still remember that in May last year, when Trump was deeply involved in a lawsuit, the right-wing governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis, was in high spirits and submitted his candidacy documents to the U.S. Federal Election Commission. This also marked DeSantis’ formal Launched the 2024 US presidential campaign .
On the day he announced his candidacy, DeSantis was also interviewed on the social software Twitter. DeSantis said, "If he is elected president, he will overturn most of the policies formulated during Biden's presidency, especially the border policy. ".
What a loud tone, DeSantis is declaring war on the current President Biden!
DeSantis also promised his supporters that he would declare a national emergency in the United States on his first day as president and continue to build a border wall to prevent illegal immigrants and drug gangs from entering the United States.
Is this going to cut off the financial resources of certain departments in the United States? For example, the CIA.
From this point of view, DeSantis, like former US President Trump, is a typical representative of the right. However, DeSantis seems to have more extreme views than Trump on some issues, especially China's foreign policy.
This is also the practice of some politicians in the United States. In order to win votes, they always play the "China card", believing that this is the most effective, safest and fastest way. In the end, they all shot themselves in the foot. In the end, they could only drink the northwest wind and bow out sadly.
Where does DeSantis get the confidence and complacency to dare to challenge Trump and compete with him? This has a lot to do with his resume.
Ron DeSantis, 45, studied at Yale University and Harvard Law School and served in the U.S. Navy. In 2018, he defeated the Democratic candidate by a narrow margin of 0.4% and was elected governor of Florida.
Since Florida is a traditional red state, and DeSantis received strong support from then-President Trump during the campaign, DeSantis was considered by the public to be Trump’s “traditional ally” and also Trump’s Pu's staunchest supporter.
A person as "red and professional" as DeSantis, who is younger and more energetic than Trump, naturally wants to "go all over the country with great success."
Previously, the two masters and apprentices had bumped into each other on their way to the West to seek the throne of the President of the United States. Incidents of quarrels with each other often occurred. Now the two sides have almost broken up.
Because whether it is DeSantis or Trump, if they want to join Biden in the "finals" and compete for the presidential throne, they must fight for the party nomination.
Therefore, the two sides are already in a life-or-death relationship, and in the coming period before the party's primary primaries, the confrontation between DeSantis and Trump will become increasingly fierce.
Trump’s attitude towards China has been the most hawkish in decades, but DeSantis’ attitude towards China is even worse.
In February last year, DeSantis released a new book, "The Courage of Freedom: Florida's Blueprint for American Renaissance," which detailed his clear stance against China.
DeSantis described China as "the greatest source of geopolitical threat in the history of the United States." believes that the United States needs to take immediate action to resolutely suppress and impose sanctions on China, including prohibiting China from setting up Confucius Institutes in the United States and prohibiting government agency procurement. and the use of Chinese-made drones, among others.
In addition, DeSantis is also one of the promoters of the wrong idea of "politicizing" the new coronavirus. DeSantis has been publicly spreading rumors since June 2021, saying that "the new coronavirus was leaked from a laboratory in Wuhan, China", Demand that China take full responsibility for the global COVID-19 pandemic.
Think about it, DeSantis can do so many extreme anti-China things just as the governor of a state. Once DeSantis really enters the White House, it will definitely bring far greater consequences to the United States and even the international community. Trump’s devastating impact!
DeSantis’s campaign, called “Eliminate China’s Influence,” was intended to win the support of some conservative and far-right politicians. However, it did not achieve the expected results. Instead, it was criticized by locals in Florida and the United States. Many business leaders resisted because it harmed their interests.
When DeSantis was the governor of Florida, he signed bill SB246, which prohibited citizens of some countries from purchasing land and real estate in Florida, including China. At the same time, investment by Chinese-funded enterprises in Florida projects is restricted.
On November 15, 2023, it was announced that a property registration portal would be introduced for Chinese citizens. Those who fail to register by December 31, 2023 will be subject to a civil penalty of $1,000 per day.
However, what DeSantis didn’t expect was that he imitated Trump in playing the “China card”, but he “overturned”.
This stupid move is equivalent to shutting out a large number of consumers who want to buy houses in Florida.
The impact of these measures on the Chinese people is very limited, but the impact on the local real estate industry and other industries will be huge.
According to statistics, the real estate industry currently accounts for 17% of Florida's GDP and can contribute about 20% of tax revenue a year. It is not an exaggeration to say that real estate is Florida's pillar industry.
During the legislative session, a large number of Chinese Americans and permanent residents came to protest these bills.
These people pointed out that the relevant bill violated the 1968 Fair Housing Act of the United States. The bill clearly stipulates that discrimination based on skin color, race, gender, etc. is prohibited in the housing sales process.
DeSantis’s anti-China measures unexpectedly touched the local real estate tycoons’ interests and triggered their boycott, which is reasonable.
More than a dozen real estate tycoons, including Blackstone Group, Starwood Capital and Related Group, formed a group to put pressure on DeSantis, asking him to relax the ban on "Chinese people buying houses in Florida" against China.
Reliance Group CEO Perez, known as the "King of Apartments," urged DeSantis not to associate real estate transactions with politics, and real estate should not be politicized.
Several executives at Wall Street investment banks said they would support other candidates if DeSantis ignored their concerns.
This statement is like a bolt from the blue for DeSantis. With just a wave of their arms, these business leaders can take away one of DeSantis' supporters and make DeSantis lose voters. .
In addition, in the United States, a country with "gold-dollar politics", politicians will certainly not be able to play politics without sufficient funds.
Previously, DeSantis invested a lot of resources in Iowa, including political endorsements, campaign expenditures and personnel organization. DeSantis spent more than 70 million US dollars in Iowa alone.
DeSantis offending these real estate tycoons is tantamount to handing over a wave of "financier fathers" to others.
Currently, DeSantis’ support rate among Republicans is only 6%. In the first Republican primary in Iowa, DeSantis' support rate was only 21.2%.
With DeSantis withdrawing from the election, it is not a good thing for Haley. Because DeSantis’s nickname is Little Trump, his base will only fall into Trump’s hands.
After DeSantis withdrew from the election, the situation has become increasingly clear: the 2024 presidential election will develop in the direction of a showdown between Trump and current President Biden. On the one hand, Trump is very likely to win the nomination among the Republican Party; on the other hand, Biden's support rate among the Democratic Party exceeds 70%.
Unexpectedly, no matter how extremely anti-China DeSantis was, it would end hastily. Being anti-China has not brought about substantive changes in its votes.
Ginger is still old and hot, "Little Trump" has withdrawn, leaving the stage completely to Big Trump!
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