The former president is due to headline this year's CPAC, while Florida Governor Ron DeSantis will not be attending.
"Trump's been there, done that when it comes to CPAC. It's not as if he's an unknown quantity—in fact, Trump is probably the most well-known person on the planet. He's frankly over-exposed with the amount of attention he has received since 2016 and during his controversial presidency," Cohen told"The 2024 election is 20 months away—a lifetime in politics. Everything can and will change before now and then so events like CPAC mean nothing.
"If anything, the shade Trump will attempt to throw at former acolytes turned potential rivals like Ron DeSantis and Mike Pence will make him seem small and petty—though most all of his public actions do that already. Events like CPAC will just serve to remind some conservatives how much they relish the thought of turning the page from Trump to someone else," Cohen added.
A majority of Trump's attacks on DeSantis have come via his Truth Social account, where the former president frequently posts GOP primary polls showing him heavily beating the Florida governor. Trump also shared a post thatDeSantis has yet to retaliate to the attacks or attempt to smear the former president himself.' Jesse Watters' show, DeSantis evaded a question about whether he is indeed running for president and dismissed the constant insults from Trump.
"He used to say how great of a governor I was. And then I win a big victory and all of a sudden he had different opinions, so you can take that for what it's worth," DeSantis said. "At the end of the day, one of the reasons I've been successful as governor is I don't really pay attention
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