Ron DeSantis withdraws from presidential contest to support Trump

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis says he will not run for president in 2024. Instead, he is supporting Donald Trump.

He left the Republican primary election in New Hampshire before it happened because he was only getting a small amount of support in the polls.

Mr DeSantis was once thought to have a good chance of winning the party’s nomination. But on Sunday, he said that he didn’t see a way for him to win.

Nikki Haley, the last person running against Mr. Trump, said she was the only one who could defeat President Joe Biden.

Ms Haley and Mr Trump will compete in New Hampshire on Tuesday. This is part of a series of contests to choose the Republican nominee for the November election.

In a video on X, Mr. DeSantis said his campaign tried very hard.

He said he would do anything to make his campaign successful, like doing more events and interviews. He ended his campaign after seven months.

The governor of Florida said he supports Mr. Trump, who is doing really well in the election after winning 51% of the vote in Iowa. DeSantis said that most Republican voters want to give Donald Trump another opportunity.

He said he had some differences with the old president, but he thinks Mr. Trump is better than Mr. Biden, who will probably be the Democratic candidate in the November election.

“I promised to support the Republican candidate, and I will keep that promise,” stated Mr.

Many people in New Hampshire clapped and cheered when Mr. Trump talked about Mr. DeSantis’s decision to withdraw and support him.

Later, when speaking to a crowd at a gathering, Mr. Trump said his old enemy is a great person and did a really good job running for election. He said it’s not easy to run a good campaign.

Mr DeSantis said he was the Republican candidate who could make Mr Trump’s ideas happen without any problems.

One of the speakers at the event, Florida Representative Matt Gaetz, called him “diet Trump”. Many of Trump’s supporters told the BBC that they liked the Florida governor, but they didn’t think this was the best time for him to run for office.

Lynne Mason, who is 60 years old, thought that Mr. DeSantis’s campaign was not very strong. She was hoping for more from him. She said that Mr. Trump is the only person who can help our country right now.

BethAnne Tatro, another person from the area, supports Mr.