Now before people latch on and say "you have TDS, you're just a leftist/RINO supporter" let me preface this, I do think he should run and win being president, but the way he is doing it is wrong.
I think he should run as an independent
The people vote for HIM, not the Republican party, if he came out in the speech saying in his own way "I cannot trust or respect the leadership of the Republican party especially when they denied funds to many in the midterms, so I am running independently until that trust can be earned". This would do a lot:
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Deny funding from the MAGA supporters to the Republicans, they'll still have their interest groups but now can't mix the money with grandma's donation.
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Bring more focus on the leaders like mitch because they've now been openly challenged
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Kill any hope for a Republican nominee, anyone trying to run between Biden and Trump would be committing political suicide so those suspicions of Desantis, this will be the ultimate test if he can see the trap. And since he's independent, they cannot screw him in the nomination process.
Just my thoughts, still concerned that Trump doesn't have the best advisors still and not making moves like this .
Hey always prefer constructive criticism than just having 'lol no you're stupid'. It's just more of a thought as if the midterms showed anything, it's the extent the very leadership of the Republicans will go to sabotage Trump even at the expense of their own party. I don't see the Republicans, let alone Trump winning in 2024 if nothing is done about the the Republican leadership from now to election day/month.
I'll be honest, now that Trump is running, I don't see Desantis running for 2024, he knows it's a lose lose game to try now so better to wait for 2028, if Trump did go independent, I wouldn't be surprised if the party tried to run a guy similar to Jeb Bush.
It would be hard to know how many vote only by party only as that tribalism has wrecked most of the Western world and led to the current leadership, there are so many smaller parties for people to choose but some voters treat voting like sports in that they must 'stay loyal to their team' rather than vote based on personal principles.