{"id":2232184,"date":"2024-04-28T17:56:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-28T21:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-and-desantis-connect-for-private-meeting-in-florida\/"},"modified":"2024-04-28T17:57:42","modified_gmt":"2024-04-28T21:57:42","slug":"trump-and-desantis-connect-for-private-meeting-in-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-and-desantis-connect-for-private-meeting-in-florida\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump and DeSantis hold private meeting in Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-and-desantis-connect-for-private-meeting-in-florida%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2232184&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former President Donald Trump and Gov. \u2063Ron DeSantis (R-FL) had a\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pope-targets-american-conservatives-says-us-church-is-backward\/\" title=\"Pope criticizes US conservatives, calls American Church 'outdated'.\">private \u2062meeting<\/a> in Florida to resolve tensions. The Washington\u200c Examiner confirmed the \u200dmeeting. Initially allies, they clashed before\u2064 the\u2063 2024 primaries. The meeting \u2062aimed to mend relations, reported positively by the Washington Post. The\u200d encounter signified a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/schumer-backs-medicare-expansions-in-bidens-infrastructure-package-families-plan\/\" title=\"Schumer Backs Medicare Expansions In Biden\u2019s Infrastructure Package, Families Plan\">potential reconciliation<\/a> \u2064between the two Republican leaders. \u2062Former President Donald Trump and Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) \u200cheld a private meeting in Florida to address tensions, as confirmed \u2062by The Washington Examiner. Though former allies,\u200d they \u200bhad conflicts before the 2024\u200d primaries. The meeting sought to repair relations, with The Washington Post reporting \u2062a positive\u200d outcome, \u2062indicating\u200c a\u2063 possible reconciliation between the two \u2064Republican figures.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> and Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ron-desantis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Ron DeSantis<\/a> (R-FL) met privately in Florida on Sunday morning.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting between the two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republicans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Republican leaders<\/a>, which the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> independently confirmed, came after months of hostile tensions. Trump and DeSantis, once allies, came to blows in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/facebook-bans-second-amendment-group-without-explanation\/\" title=\"Facebook Bans Second Amendment Group Without Explanation\">months leading<\/a> up to the first 2024 Republican primary elections. <\/p>\n<p>Sunday\u2019s gathering, it appeared, was a way to settle differences and work together. That was the motivation of the people who brokered the meeting, which ended up being positive, the <em>Washington Post<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2024\/04\/28\/trump-desantis-meeting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>reported<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-grand-jury-to-weigh-indictment-will-meet-for-6-months\/\" title=\"Trump Grand Jury to Weigh Indictment; Will Meet for 6 Months\">citing people familiar<\/a> with the private encounter.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>FILE \u2013 This combination of photos shows Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaking on April 21, 2023, in Oxon Hill, Md., left, and former President Donald Trump speaking on March 4, 2023, at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Md. In his first week on the campaign trail as a presidential candidate, Gov. DeSantis repeatedly hit his chief rival, Donald Trump, from the right. DeSantis told a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wayne-root-i-stand-with-president-trump-we-will-always-stand-with-trump\/\" title=\"WAYNE ROOT: I Stand with President Trump, We Will Always Stand With Trump\">conservative radio host<\/a>, \u201cThis is a different guy than 2015, 2016.\u201d Meanwhile, Trump has repeatedly attacked DeSantis from the left, suggesting Florida\u2019s new six-week abortion ban is \u201ctoo harsh\u201d and arguing DeSantis\u2019 votes to cut Social Security and Medicare in Congress will make him unelectable in a general election. (AP Photo\/Alex Brandon, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>During the several-hour-long meeting, DeSantis reportedly agreed to help Trump access his donor network and raise money for the presidential election, especially as President Joe Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2956769\/trump-hauls-in-over-50-million\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>has raised significant sums<\/a> in his pursuit of reelection.<\/p>\n<p>It was mid-November 2022 when Trump announced his third campaign for the White House. It wasn\u2019t until May 2023 that DeSantis launched his own presidential bid.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis\u2019s presidential ambitions were speculated for months, and once his candidacy became official, Trump targeted him as his likely biggest Republican rival. While DeSantis was hardly antagonistic toward Trump, he expressed that voters wanted a new leader, drawing the ire of Trump, who similarly attacked other rivals such as former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Florida governor suspended his presidential campaign in January, saying in a video statement, \u201cIt\u2019s clear to me that a majority of Republican primary voters want to give Donald Trump another chance.\u201d He also endorsed the former president.<\/p>\n<p>However, the relationship between the two remained cold in the months after, with DeSantis neither campaigning nor directly helping Trump in his effort to get back to the Oval Office. Sunday\u2019s meeting could represent a new chapter for the leaders.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump and Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) held a private meeting in Florida on Sunday morning. The meeting, independently confirmed by the Washington Examiner, followed months of tense relations. 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