{"id":564146,"date":"2023-03-15T23:07:29","date_gmt":"2023-03-15T20:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/in-surprise-trump-goes-after-desantis-on-policy\/"},"modified":"2023-03-15T23:07:29","modified_gmt":"2023-03-15T20:07:29","slug":"in-surprise-trump-goes-after-desantis-on-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/in-surprise-trump-goes-after-desantis-on-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"#In surprise, Trump goes after DeSantis on policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3d90883de8f\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3d90883de8f\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/in-surprise-trump-goes-after-desantis-on-policy\/#In_surprise_Trump_goes_after_DeSantis_on_policy\" >In surprise, Trump goes after DeSantis on policy<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"In_surprise_Trump_goes_after_DeSantis_on_policy\"><\/span>In surprise, Trump goes after DeSantis on policy<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/03\/trumpdonaldiowa_AP_031423.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>President Trump has gotten increasingly aggressive in attacking Ron DeSantis (R) as the Florida governor inches toward a presidential campaign, posing potentially the biggest threat to date to Trump\u2019s bid for the GOP\u2019s 2024 nomination.<\/p>\n<p>While Trump has lobbed plenty of schoolyard taunts and nicknames toward his onetime ally, the former president in recent days showed how he will also look to highlight some of DeSantis\u2019s past policy views to dampen support for the governor among Republican voters.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>It\u2019s a surprise move for the former president, who wasn\u2019t known as a policy wonk during his four years at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.<\/p>\n<p>Even more surprising, the policy-based attacks have shown some signs of landing as the two Floridians battle ahead of the GOP primary fight.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ethanol rules<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trump on Monday in Davenport, Iowa, went after DeSantis on an issue near and dear to many Iowans: ethanol.<\/p>\n<p>Iowa leads the country in ethanol production, making production of the fuel compound critical for the state\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n<p>Trump took aim at DeSantis over his support as a congressman for a bill that would have ended the Renewable Fuel Standard, a mandate that ethanol account for a specific percentage of the nation\u2019s fuel supply.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201c[DeSantis] strongly opposed ethanol. Do you know that?\u201d Trump told a crowd of supporters. \u201cAnd we don\u2019t even know if he\u2019s running. But I might as well tell you. If he\u2019s not running, I\u2019ll say he was fine on ethanol, don\u2019t worry about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe strongly opposed ethanol and fought against it at every turn, and he\u2019s going to do that again because people that come out early for something, that\u2019s where they go,\u201d Trump continued. \u201cSo he may do something politically, but he was very, very bad on ethanol, he fought it all the way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The line of attack could be particularly effective in Iowa, which hosts the first caucus of the GOP primary and where agriculture and ethanol are important to the state\u2019s economy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Trump may face some skepticism from Iowa farmers over his past support for tariffs and trade wars, which during his administration predominantly hurt farmers who were unable to export their crops to China. He also granted ethanol waivers to some smaller fuel refineries while he was president.<\/p>\n<p>A Des Moines Register poll published last week found 80 percent of them hold a mostly favorable or very favorable opinion of Trump, a higher rating than any other potential GOP presidential candidate. Seventy-five percent said they had a very or mostly favorable view of DeSantis.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Social<\/a> Security and Medicare<\/strong><\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Trump has tried to distance himself from other would-be challengers for the nomination on the issue of entitlement programs like Social Security and Medicare, and this week he zeroed in on DeSantis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe also fought against Social Security,\u201d Trump said in Davenport. \u201cHe wanted to decimate it and voted against it three times. Voted against Social Security, that\u2019s a bad one. A lot of people don\u2019t know that, but I think they\u2019ve been finding out over the past four weeks. One of the reasons we\u2019re zooming in the polls, perhaps.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump pointed to DeSantis\u2019s prior support as a congressman for raising the minimum retirement age to 70.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr5_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>CNN reported that DeSantis in 2012 spoke on the campaign trail about privatizing Social Security, and as a congressman he backed nonbinding budget resolutions to raise the retirement age to 70 for seniors to collect Social Security benefits.<\/p>\n<p>The Florida governor in recent interviews sought to distance himself from those previous positions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re not going to mess with Social Security as Republicans,\u201d DeSantis told Fox <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> earlier this month. \u201cI think that that\u2019s pretty clear.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr6_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>While Trump has repeatedly vowed in recent weeks that he would not cut Social Security or Medicare as president \u2014 putting a marker down ahead of a budget fight where some Republicans are likely to say changes to the programs should be on the table \u2014 Democratic officials have noted Trump\u2019s budget proposals while he was president called for cuts to those programs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Support for Ukraine<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>DeSantis caused a stir among Republicans this week when he told Fox News host Tucker Carlson in a statement that he does not view support for Ukraine in its war against Russia as part of America\u2019s \u201cvital national interests.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr7_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>While DeSantis\u2019s skepticism over support for Ukraine is broadly aligned with Trump\u2019s own comments on the war, the former president still took issue with how the governor landed there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a flip-flop. He was totally different. Whatever I want, he wants,\u201d Trump told a group of reporters on his personal plane on Monday, according to CBS News.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s comments <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>eared to be referencing DeSantis\u2019s stance toward Ukraine as a congressman, when he was critical of the Obama administration for not doing more in response to Russia\u2019s annexation of Crimea.<\/p>\n<p>CNN reported that DeSantis in 2014 and 2015 advocated for sending \u201cdefensive and offensive\u201d weapons to Ukraine. The then-congressman also voted to refuse funding for a new missile treaty with Russia over its annexation of Crimea, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p>For his part, Trump told Carlson opposing Russia\u2019s war in Ukraine is not in America\u2019s vital interests, but it is in Europe\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is why Europe should be paying far more than we are, or equal,\u201d Trump wrote in response to a questionnaire from the Fox News host.<\/p>\n<p>Nikki Haley, another GOP presidential hopeful for 2024, piled on in a statement of her own, saying \u201cPresident Trump is right when he says Governor DeSantis is copying him\u2014first in his style, then on entitlement reform, and now on Ukraine \u2026 Republicans deserve a choice, not an echo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>COVID-19 response<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Another area where Trump has tested out attacks on DeSantis is on his response to the COVID-19 pandemic, a potentially risky strategy given some conservatives view the handling of the virus as a weakness for Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Trump earlier this year made several comments targeting the governor for his decisions in the weeks and months after the outbreak in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are Republican governors that did not close their states; Florida was closed for a long period of time,\u201d Trump said, adding that he felt DeSantis and his team were \u201ctrying to rewrite history.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While DeSantis did eventually issue an order urging residents to stay at home in the early weeks of the pandemic, Florida was among the last states to do so. And the order ended in May, with DeSantis moving to reopen businesses, beaches, and schools more rapidly than many other states despite criticism about triggering an outbreak of the virus.<\/p>\n<p>Many GOP strategists believe Trump\u2019s response to the pandemic could actually be a vulnerability for him both among the Republican primary electorate, who may view him as too reliant on Anthony Fauci and other experts while in the White House, and among <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> election voters who believe Trump spread misinformation and did not take the virus seriously.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved. 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