Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former President Donald Trump held a private meeting in Miami on Sunday, hinting at a détente after a painful presidential primary in the run-up to the 2024 general election, The Washington Post reported. Reported.
A person familiar with the matter spoke to The Washington Post on condition of anonymity about the meeting, which was later confirmed by an NBC News correspondent. dasha burns.
“New: Confirmed by multiple sources @NBCNews Trump and DeSantis met this morning in Miami. “According to Trump officials, Mr. DeSantis set up a meeting two weeks ago through mutual connections to discuss ‘burying the machete’ and raising money,” Burns tweeted late Sunday morning.
New: Confirmed by multiple sources @NBCNews Trump and DeSantis met this morning in Miami. A Trump official told me that DeSantis contacted him two weeks ago through mutual connections to set up a meeting to “bury the hatchet” and discuss fundraising.
(First scooped by WaPo)
— Dasha Burns (@DashaBurns) April 28, 2024
The Washington Post said the meeting was set up in hopes of repairing tensions between the two sides, but Trump’s advisers said DeSantis had raised large sums of money for the general election through his donor network. He said he was hoping that he would do so. Burns reported that the meeting, which was “arranged with mutual agreement by Steve Witkoff,” lasted several hours, and that DeSantis agreed to support the former president. (Related: RFK Jr. is poised to tilt the presidential race, but it’s not yet clear who will have an advantage)
During DeSantis’ campaign for the Republican presidential nomination, the Florida governor raised just over $20 million in his first fundraising quarter and $15 million in his third. In addition, the ultra-political action committee supporting DeSantis’ ticket “Never Back Down” raised An estimated $130 million was raised in the second fundraising quarter.
President Joe Biden’s campaign and related groups raised $90 million in March, outpacing President Trump and the Republican National Committee’s $65.6 million, the paper said. The Biden campaign money brings the Democratic National Committee and affiliated joint fundraising committees to a combined $192 million, more than double President Trump’s $93.1 million.
The Daily Caller has reached out to the Trump campaign and Governor DeSantis’ office for comment.
