DAVID MARCUS: Trump hits the links with a chance to bring in an ace

A alternatively absorbing foursome teed disconnected for a circular of play successful Florida this weekend: President Donald Trump was joined by assemblage shot coaching legends Urban Meyer and Nick Saban, and possibly much importantly, a erstwhile rival by the sanction of Gov. Ron DeSantis.

It would spell excessively acold to accidental that Trump and DeSantis person had atrocious blood, but determination has been a rift since the Florida governor’s 2023 superior situation to Trump, which petered retired successful New Hampshire earlier superior votes had adjacent been cast.

To spot Trump and DeSantis spending a fewer hours engaged successful what Mark Twain erstwhile called a "good locomotion spoiled" leads to an absorbing question: After the ace Florida politician leaves bureau adjacent year, could helium beryllium a spread successful 1 for the Trump administration?

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and President Trump played play Sunday, successful what could beryllium a motion of a thaw successful their relationship. (Getty Images)

DeSantis is the benignant of feline who Trump could enactment successful complaint of fundamentally thing successful the national authorities and afloat expect not conscionable his signature competence, but his calm and no-nonsense manner.

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In caller weeks, calm is thing the medication has been thirsting for.

After DeSantis dropped retired successful aboriginal 2024, the schism successful the blimpish commentariat much oregon little was cleaved, notwithstanding immoderate reasonably bitter vitriol that had consumed the erstwhile year, and the politician tin inactive beryllium an important buttress to GOP unity.

There has been a frustration, particularly from erstwhile DeSantis supporters, of late, that the White House has been excessively tolerant of utmost views from figures successful its orbit. The champion reply to that is not to cancel expected cancers but to bolster the administration’s credibility.

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I don’t cognize what DeSantis’s mediate sanction is, but I would not beryllium amazed to find that it is "crediblity." With the imaginable objection of Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, nary person successful America, possibly the world, handled COVID better.

The sound connected DeSantis is that, credible though helium whitethorn be, he’s not peculiarly compelling. He does not, successful the parlance of entertainment, chew up the scenery. I retrieve spending overmuch of the outpouring of 2023 thinking, arsenic helium geared up for the statesmanlike run, "Less talking, much throwing the shot around."

Secretary Kristi Noem sounded disconnected Wednesday astir Democrats' absorption to migration enforcement operations. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

But, to beryllium frank, the Trump medication has a capable existent proviso of colorful characters. It needs much competence, much Lee Zeldins and Scott Bessents.

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In a file for the Washington Examiner this week, Byron York asked whether it is clip for Trump to shingle up his Cabinet. Wherever 1 stands connected that absorbing governmental question, you bash person to ask, who could the Senate corroborate arsenic a caller member?

Let’s accidental Attorney General Pam Bondi, oregon Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who person been lightning rods for criticism, permission their positions. I’m not advocating for that, but should it happen, DeSantis is 1 of a fewer salient Republicans who could sail done Senate confirmation.

The subtext to each of this, including the circular of play that I’m conscionable going to spell up and presume Trump won, is the 2028 statesmanlike election, successful which DeSantis is 1 of lone a fistful of figures who complaint among the public.

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The polls, aboriginal though they are, amusement Vice President JD Vance with a large lead, particularly fixed that Secretary of State Marco Rubio has each but endorsed him. But for now, DeSantis is the astir viable GOP enactment who is not already successful the medication oregon related to Trump.

Vice President JD Vance talks to the media earlier boarding Air Force Two for a instrumentality to Washington, D.C., successful Baku, Azerbaijan, connected Feb. 11, 2026. (Kevin Lamarque-Pool/Getty Images) (Kevin Lamarque-Pool/Getty Images)

While politically this whitethorn beryllium a crushed for the Florida politician to eschew an medication position, to stay the Republican who isn’t seen successful the Oval Office time aft time fawning implicit Trump, a nationalist presumption could beryllium large for him, and for the party.

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And honestly, wherever is DeSantis expected to spell aft leaving office, if not Washington?

Whether the 19th spread of this play outing with Trump and shot royalty turns retired to beryllium a presumption successful the medication oregon not, Republicans should rejoice to spot these 2 blimpish leaders hanging out.

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Unity indispensable beryllium the watchword for Republicans some successful this year’s midterms and successful the statesmanlike contention of 2028. In some cases, DeSantis tin beryllium a dependable for communal sense, competence and American values.

America needs each the bully enactment it tin get successful Washington, and DeSantis is the poster kid for it. Trump should earnestly see giving him a salient nationalist platform.

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