Student against the master – this is how the challenge of Ron DeSantis works. The 44-year-old governor of Florida wants to outdo ex-President Donald Trump. But the two vie for the favor of the same audience. What is the difference between the two figures of light on the right?
You can say what you want about Donald Trump. But the ex-president has undoubtedly blossomed into the poster boy of a new, radical conservative movement in his old age. The 76-year-old with the idiosyncratic hairstyle and the even more idiosyncratic views is the international measure of all things right for friend and foe. The original might like some comparisons better than others. Brazil’s ex-head of state Jair Bolsonaro: the tropical trump. Great Britain’s fluffy ex-prime minister: the island Trump. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis: Trump with brains?
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I have been working in the news industry for over 6 years, first as a reporter and now as an editor. I have covered politics extensively, and my work has appeared in major newspapers and online news outlets around the world. In addition to my writing, I also contribute regularly to 24 Hours World.