It's Time for Republicans to Panic About DeSantis

The great hope for a post-Trump Republican party is in trouble.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) reacts as he talks with journalists as his wife Casey (L) looks on after meeting Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the latter's official residence in Tokyo on April 24, 2023. (Photo by KIMIMASA MAYAMA/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

1. DeSantis Watch

He’s not very good at this, is he?

You don't want to end up in like a Verdun situation, where you just have mass casualties, mass expense and end up with a stalemate. It's in everybody's interest to try to get to a place where we can have a cease-fire. . . .

The Europeans really need to do more. I mean, this is their continent. The U.S. has provided security for them. And yes, Poland – there's some that are doing stuff, and that should be appreciated. But Germany, they're not doing anything. . . .

We have foreign policy elites that do things without having a concrete objective in mind.

That was DeSantis yesterday talking about his desire for a ceasefire during the trip to Japan that is supposed to establish his Big Boy foreign policy credentials. And it was the second face-plant of the tour. The first one was this exchange,