So after all the name calling and bitching, Trump now says DeSantis ran "a really good campaign."

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It's all about showboating for Trump.

Trump congratulates DeSantis and says he “ran a really good campaign”

From CNN's Kate Sullivan in Rochester, New Hampshire

Former President Donald Trump on Sunday congratulated Ron DeSantis for running what he described as “a really good campaign,” hours after the Florida governor announced he was ending his presidential campaign and backing Trump.

“Before we begin, I’d like to take time to congratulate Ron DeSantis and of course a really terrific person who I’ve gotten to know, his wife Casey, for having run a great campaign for president. He did, he ran a really good campaign, I will tell you,” Trump said at a campaign event in Rochester, New Hampshire.
It was the first time in months Trump used DeSantis’ real name as opposed to the nickname he had been using, Ron DeSanctimonious, as he attacked him.

“He was very gracious and he endorsed me, so I appreciated that. I appreciate that and I also look forward to working with Ron and everybody else to defeat Crooked Joe Biden," Trump said.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/election-campaign-new-hampshire-01-21-24/h_16e133f7dacf739bcbd74bbcf4bc4f95

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1. 🤣🤣.."a really good campaign"

DeSantis' may go down as one of the worst run campaigns in history!

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2. He's no longer a threat.

Pivoting once a candidate is down and out is kind of a time-honored thing. George HW Bush famously hammered Reagan on "voodoo economics" and other issues, then ended up as his VP.

Trump also considers it a good campaign because it never threatened his dominance.