A key candidate has dropped out of the Republican race, and Trump’s path to the White House is clear

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced this on Sunday he dropped out of the Republican race from the White House and gave his support to Donald Trump, who thus has a clear path to the White House.

With only one rival already in the running, Trump is one step away from being the official opposition candidate to compete with Joe Biden in the November 5 elections.

The career of DeSantis, a conservative who many considered a “mini Trump” or “a Trump with a brain”, he stopped after a slim second-place finish in Iowa last Monday, a state where he and his allies poured millions into an aggressive get-out-the-vote effort that included the governor’s visits to all 99 counties. The polls did not favor him in the next elections and he decided to retire.

The victory is shown in a video posted this Sunday on the social network.” “As a result, I am suspending my campaign today.”He added.

“It’s clear to me that the majority of Republican voters in the primaries “They want to give Donald Trump another chance” DeSantis said this in the recording, noting that he had differences with the former president, especially over the coronavirus pandemic. “You have my support because we cannot return to the old guard Republicans of the past or a repackaged form of overheated corporatism that Nikki Haley represents,” she said.

Trump will now continue the race against the more moderate Haley, former governor of South Carolina and former ambassador to the UN, who continues to fight him, even if practically without escape. The next meeting is on Tuesday in New Hampshire and then in South Carolina, where he hopes to make a comeback, even if the polls there do not give him a victory.

Trump wants to end domestic affairs now, which takes time and money, devote themselves to pending trials and compete in an overall battle for the White House against Biden, who is the Democratic nominee. Everything indicates that the internship will end soon. Polls so far indicate a tie between Trump and Biden.

DeSantis, 45, had initially been seen as a strong rival to former President Trump. Ex-military, lawyer and family with young children, he is even more conservative than the tycoon, with a similar stance on the economy and a tough anti-immigration policy. He offered a similar profile, but much further removed from the scandals surrounding the former president.

DeSantis won re-election in Florida in 2022 and beat his rival by more than 20 points. Money from major campaign donors has flowed to the governor, a new and refreshing figure, in contrast to Trump’s judgments and doubts about his attachment to democracy and institutions.

But DeSantis was unable to gain ground in the primaries because the Trumpist base remained loyal to its leader, Despite facing 91 charges in the various trials the tycoon faced, Trump steadily consolidated support and rose in the polls to later seal a landslide victory in Iowa.

DeSantis, who grew up under Trump’s wing and gained popularity when he opposed the closure of schools and state businesses during the pandemic, initially tried to avoid criticizing the former president, whose support helped him win the elections. gubernatorial primaries of 2018 and to continue his career. But in recent months he has argued that Trump had lost “his fastball” and had failed to deliver on previous promises, such as building a border wall.

DeSantis’ decision to formally end his campaign will immediately lead to speculation about his future. DeSantis has often ruled out becoming Trump’s vice president, saying he would prefer to return to Florida and finish out his remaining two years as governor.

“I don’t think it’s a position that offers much,” DeSantis said earlier this month of the vice president position. But everything can change.