A.G. Gancarski
Reports that Donald Trump has been cooking up spicy new nicknames for Ron DeSantis have been exaggerated, the former President is asserting.
In a post on his Truth Social account Monday, the former President tried to knock down a New York Times story that accused him of calling the Florida Governor “Meatball Ron” and “Shutdown Ron” in private.
“All of the Fake News is reporting that I spend large amounts of my time coming up with a good ‘nickname’ for Ron DeSanctimonious, who is obviously going to give the presidential ‘thing’ a shot. They are all 100% wrong, I don’t even think about it — A very unimportant subject to me!!!”
The claim from reporters Maggie Haberman and Michael Bender was that Trump “has insulted DeSantis in casual conversations, describing him as ‘Meatball Ron,’ an apparent dig at his appearance, or ‘Shutdown Ron,’ a reference to restrictions the governor put in place at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic.”
Trump trotted out “Ron DeSanctimonious” late last year, of course, and the former President still seems to like that sobriquet, though it is much lengthier than classic put-downs like “Little Marco,” “Lyin’ Ted,” “Low Energy Jeb,” and “Sleepy Joe,” punchy pejoratives for Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, Jeb Bush and President Joe Biden respectively.
Trump recycled “Ron DeSanctimonious” earlier this month, when trying to heat up a controversy with a re-truth on a post with text on an image stating, “Here is Ron DeSanctimonious grooming high school girls with alcohol as a teacher.”
The picture purportedly dates back to the Governor’s short-lived career as a teacher at a college preparatory academy, where he reportedly fraternized with students.
Trump has also workshopped other insults, including at the beginning of February, when he took to his Truth Social account to whack DeSantis as a “globalist” and a “RINO” (Republican in name only).
“Thank you. The real Ron is a RINO GLOBALIST, who closed quickly down Florida and even its beaches. Loved the Vaccines and wasted big money on ‘Testing.’ How quickly people forget!”
For his part, DeSantis is not engaging in kind.
“I spend my time delivering results for the people of Florida and fighting against Joe Biden. That’s how I spend my time. I don’t spend my time trying to smear other Republicans,” the Governor told a crowd in Ocala last week.
12 comments
Andrew Finn
February 13, 2023 at 5:25 pm
Ha Ha — “Meatball Ron” — not bad. At least it is a name for him that can be printed anywhere, not like most of the names I use to refer to the “Florida Fuhrer” We do not have a Governor here in Florida – we have another Hitler wannabe.
JD
February 13, 2023 at 5:35 pm
This should be titled “When Republicans eat their own”
McGee
February 13, 2023 at 8:47 pm
He does look like he’s have meatballs for brains.
Bye Nancy
February 16, 2023 at 7:37 am
Really? DeSantis is a graduate of Yale and Harvard Law. He was Captain of Yale’s baseball team and a United States Naval Officer. You are obviously the one with no brain.
Claude Kirk the younger
February 14, 2023 at 7:14 am
Ive told everybody time and time again Ron and I are not running until 2028. The left needs this Ron is running fantasy to rally their base and you leftist pea brains keep lapping it up like (in your own words) “birthing person’s milk”.
Idiots.
Erik Kirk (the REAL younger) unless it's Teddy
February 14, 2023 at 2:48 pm
Pretty sure the old man is resting comfortably in our national cemetery down in Lake Worth. Appreciate you not using his name to stir the pot. I’m sure he would have enjoyed being around the last decade and probably would have had a thing or two to say about state and national politics.
Andrew Finn
February 14, 2023 at 3:11 pm
Hi Erik — I remember your father well. Was on TV with him once during a campaign visit in the DeBary – Deltona area. He was a real character for sure, and the very best Governor that Florida has ever had !!!!!!!!!!!!
Erik Kirk (the REAL younger) unless it's Teddy
February 14, 2023 at 3:35 pm
Thanks. He was my favorite!
Tom
February 14, 2023 at 8:02 am
Just the sheer entertainment value of watching mango mussolini single handedly sabotage the republican primaries makes it worth the price of admission. Over and above that, I doubt anyone cares other than fox news. Desantis will run. He thinks he and the missus are the second coming of the Kennedy dynasty. His ego is too big to let it go, as is trump’s.
cassandra
February 14, 2023 at 9:00 am
Daily Beast suggests “Meatball Ron” is from the movie ‘Rocky III’ where ‘The Italian Stallion’s’ opponent refers to their upcoming match as ‘The ultimate male versus the ultimate meatball’———Daily Beast, Raw Story(paraphrased)
Trump is a big ‘Rocky’ fan! Calling Italian-American DeSantis “Meatball” is so Trumpy! Will Ron fight back or hide?
Carlo T.
February 14, 2023 at 3:05 pm
Screw Trump. He will NEVER get re-elected. Ever. I’m not on board anymore with Trump. His childish, idiotic big mouth is old and….old. And he will NEVER be ‘allowed’ into office again. He couldn’t ‘beat’ Joe Biden says it all. And it doesn’t ‘matter’ IF the election was tampered with or not. If it WAS tampered with, do you think that these very same people will NOT tamper with the NEXT election…? Doesn’t take a genius to realize the FACT that, whatever the case, Trump simply does….not….stand a chance IN HELL of EVER getting back into the white house. Watch and see. ..Meanwhile, I and my entire family have had enough of him. And we are ALL Italian and hard working by the way. So stick it up your kista ‘orange’ man.
Mac Wiseman
February 16, 2023 at 11:14 am
Sweet little Carla, I know your family and they are all voting for Trump. You my precious are the family member they keep upstairs all the time watching CNN. We dont need your vote sweetie. Quick Carla get back to the TV The View is on dear.
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