Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is running to be president, not vice president. Just in case there is any confusion, he was asked if he would serve as vice president if Donald Trump is the nominee and he quickly shot down that suggestion.

The Republican presidential primary candidate who is number two in most polling, said he has no interest in such a position. On FOX News Channels’ “Sunday Morning Futures” with host Maria Bartiromo, she posed the question and DeSantis quickly. “No, I’m running for president,”

“We need somebody that can serve two terms. We need somebody that can win states like Georgia and Arizona, which President Trump cannot do or did not do even though candidates like [John] McCain and [Mitt] Romney had no problem winning those states,” DeSantis said.

Last week during the RNC debate, Trump held a rally in Michigan. He called the other candidates running in the GOP presidential primary “job candidates” for his second term in office. He suggested that none of the others would be his choice for vice president. That would track because the last time around, Trump chose Mike Pence in 2016, who was then Governor of Indiana. If he was to pick a runner-up in the Republican primary in that election cycle, he would have chosen Ted Cruz as his running mate.

“They’re all running for a job,” he said.

“They’ll do anything, secretary of something — they even say VP — I don’t know. Does anybody see any VP in the group? I don’t think so,” Trump added.

Trump is bitter that he has challengers in the Republican primary because he thinks it is a show of disloyalty. He doesn’t accept the fact that there is no such thing in politics, especially when it comes to a presidential run. He expects loyalty from everyone while he doesn’t show loyalty to others. He is especially angry that Ron DeSantis is running. Now that some of the other candidates are starting to criticize Trump, including DeSantis, the vitriol will increase. DeSantis now dings Trump for being missing in action at the debates and says the people have a right to see all the candidates together.

The comments Sunday morning from DeSantis about winning the election must have stung Trump. DeSantis was right about winning crucial states like Arizona and Georgia, though.

McCain carried Arizona in 2008 with a margin of 8.48 percent and Georgia by a margin of 5.2 percent.

Romney won by 9.06 percent in Arizona in 2012 and 7.8 percent in Georgia.

Former President Trump won Georgia and Arizona in 2016 by smaller margins.

Biden won Arizona by 10,457 votes in 2020 and Georgia by 12,670.

Trump and his campaign claim that they are not worried about Ron DeSantis, yet Trump spent 17 minutes on DeSantis during his rally in Iowa on Sunday.

Some highlights from Trump’s bizarre speech today, which is even more bizarre than the speech he gave two days ago:

He admits that he never had any intention of getting Mexico to pay for the wall, and refers to the people who say that he didn’t get anything from Mexico as… pic.twitter.com/eStB1mMwLM

— MIA (@_Mama_Mia10) October 2, 2023

For a governor with no talent, according to Trump, DeSantis sure has a lot of successes to talk about in Florida. The biggest of which is the fact that he turned a purple state into a bright red state, including a supermajority in the Florida Legislature.

Trump still has a strong lead against the others in the primary. However, the first vote has not been cast in the Iowa caucus and the primaries. There is time for voters to make their choice known. We are in uncharted territory if we nominate a candidate for president who is in the midst of the legal challenges Trump finds himself in.