Damon Linker: “So let’s stipulate that Mr. Trump and Mr. DeSantis would both try to do bad things in office. Mr. Trump still brings something distinctive and much more dangerous to the contest — or rather, several things. He’s flagrantly corrupt. He lies constantly. He’s impulsive and capricious. And he displays a lust for power combined with complete indifference to democratic laws and norms that constrain presidential power…”
“That makes Mr. Trump categorically more dangerous than anyone else running or likely to run for president in 2024 — including Mr. DeSantis.”
Charlie Sykes: “As objectionable as the Florida governor may be (and he ranks remarkably high on both the authoritarian/asshole meter), Trump continues to be a unique threat.”
