The Sizzle: What You Must Know About President Trump's Visit to Texas

Topic: Intelligence Summary

Recapping Waco

Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz, speaking at President Trump’s first official 2024 campaign rally in Waco, Texas, over the weekend, said what every Trump supporter in America has been thinking – that Ron DeSantis and Texas Senator Ted Cruz should endorse Trump’s candidacy:

“Only Donald Trump could have rescued us from Hillary Clinton. Without Trump doing three rallies in the final week in the 2018 election in Florida, my governor today would probably be Andrew Gillum.  How weird is that? And without Trump dragging Ted Cruz across the finish line, your senator would probably be ‘beta-Beto.’  So Ron DeSantis, Ted Cruz: patriots of the MAGA movement delivered for you in your time of need.  Today, Ron DeSantis and Ted Cruz should endorse Donald Trump for president and stand with us as we were so proud to stand with them.”

Among speakers not named Donald J. Trump, Gaetz’s statement had the most relevant, meaningful impact on the event and its afterglow.

THE SIZZLE: With even mainstream media reports suggesting the Florida governor’s shadow campaign is lagging, my theory that DeSantis won’t run is closer than ever to coming to fruition.  There are many reasons to doubt that DeSantis is better suited to run in 2024 than he would be in 2028, but perhaps none bigger than Florida’s law requiring him to resign the governorship to run.

With Donald Trump breathing down his neck, and backers shying away, it is best for the America First movement to be fully focused on 2024 and getting the Trump campaign over than it is to have a protracted war resembling the Cruz vs. Trump factional trench war raging into the early months of 2024.