Signed Letters, Mar-a-Lago Dinners: Trump's Personal Touch in Fighting DeSantis

[Zorro]

The former president has found a way to connect with Florida’s congressional delegation in a way that Gov. Ron DeSantis has not.

When Anna Paulina Luna’s father was killed in a car crash in January 2022, she received notes from two prominent Florida Republicans.

One was from former President Donald J. Trump, a condolence letter that he signed‌, “Donald.”

The second letter came not from Gov. Ron DeSantis, but from his wife, Casey.

The letters meant something to Ms. Luna, who was endorsed by both Mr. Trump and Mr. DeSantis in the House race she won last year. But in the end, she backed Mr. Trump for president in 2024.

“Trump’s operation is personal,” Ms. Luna said in an interview on Capitol Hill, hours before flying to Mar-a-Lago for a dinner with Mr. Trump and the Florida congressional lawmakers who have endorsed him. “You take the time to actually get to know the people you’re going to be working with and that does make a difference.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/20/us/politics/trump-desantis-2024.html

[tanyev]

1. Does Ms. Luna realize if she ever does anything Trump doesn't like

he will instantly go on the attack and some of his most ardent supporters will make her life a living hell?

If she doesn’t realize that now, she probably will eventually.

[Phoenix61]

2. IMHO, she does not. She knows it has happened to

other people but he wouldn’t do that to her. This is the same mental gymnastics at work that allows a woman to date a man she knows was abusive in a previous relationship. It’s also about about incredibly deceptive and manipulative those individuals are.

[Blue Owl]

3. Oh please...

Anyone who’s been paying attention knows that Donny’s “personal touch” is one that’ll turn whatever he touches to shit…..