Trump is never the type of person you back-stab. You only get one shot with him. When he comes back to power, he's not forgetting who fucked him over.

DeSantis is baby-face new, and hasn't been absolutely trashed and threatened with imprisonment by people who he thought were his friends.

I like DeSantis, but Citadel wants to get close to him nice and early to use him as controlled opposition. Boris Johnson is what they want to do to both, but Trump will absolutely hold a grudge.