Trump will 'continue to hit Ron DeSantis until he is no longer breathing': CNN analyst

A CNN panel discussing Gov. Ron DeSantis' flailing campaign for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination noted that Donald Trump remains relentless in his attacks on the Florida governor.

Speaking with "Inside Politics" host Dana Bash, CNN political analyst Kristen Holmes suggested that the former president seems to want to damage DeSantis' political future irretrievably.

With host Bash pointing out that a decent showing in the Iowa caucuses might be DeSantis' last hope, the CNN analyst admitted Trump's people hinted the former president would continue his vendetta.

"I think that Donald Trump is going to continue to hit Ron DeSantis until he is no longer breathing at all, which is essentially what his advisers have told me," she explained after watching a clip of the former president in Iowa over the weekend.

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"When you look at where the poll numbers have gone, it seems actually strange that Donald Trump would still be focused on Ron DeSantis, especially given Nikki Haley's surge. She seems to be climbing in multiple states, but he has remained fixated on Ron DeSantis," she continued.

She then added, "Part of that is likely because of the disloyalty factor that he feels, that he thought he [DeSantis] should have never run and, if he did, he should have called him first to talk to him."

"Clearly, for Donald Trump, things are personal and he wants to see him lose," she concluded.

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