多个消息来源告诉美国广播公司新闻,佛罗里达州州长罗恩·德桑蒂斯周日早上在迈阿密与前总统唐纳德·特朗普私下会面,这标志着最新的发展在两人的不稳定关系中在一场有争议的共和党初选中,特朗普击败了德桑蒂斯。
据一位熟悉互动的消息人士称,德桑蒂斯要求通过相互接触与特朗普会面,希望“捐弃前嫌”。
另一个消息来源称,房地产投资者史蒂夫·威特科夫安排了这次会面。德桑蒂斯在特朗普打高尔夫时与他共进早餐。
德桑蒂斯的办公室拒绝置评;特朗普的竞选团队没有回应美国广播公司的请求。
《华盛顿邮报》第一个报道会议的消息。
在2024年的共和党提名竞争中,共和党的旗手特朗普和保守派新星德桑蒂斯直接展开角逐。
但德桑蒂斯很快支持了特朗普一旦他退出比赛在一月份的爱荷华州预选中以第二名的成绩遥遥领先。
“虽然我与唐纳德·特朗普有过分歧,比如在冠状病毒疫情和他提升(新冠肺炎顾问)安东尼·福奇的问题上,但特朗普比现任总统乔·拜登更胜一筹。这很清楚,”德桑蒂斯当时说,特朗普后来回应说,“我对此表示感谢,我也期待与罗恩合作。”
本月早些时候,德桑蒂斯私下表示,他计划在一次捐助者务虚会上为前总统2024年的努力筹集资金,一位消息人士向美国广播公司新闻证实。
Trump and DeSantis meet to 'bury the hatchet' after 2024 primary fight: Sources
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis met privately with former President Donald Trump in Miami on Sunday morning, multiple sources tell ABC News, marking the latest development in the pair's rocky relationship following a contentious GOP primary in which Trump won out over DeSantis.
DeSantis requested the meeting with Trump through a mutual contact hoping to "bury the hatchet," according to one source familiar with the interaction.
Real estate investor Steve Witkoff arranged the meeting, a second source said. DeSantis had breakfast with Trump while he was playing golf.
DeSantis' office declined to comment; Trump's campaign did not respond to a request from ABC News.
The Washington Post was first to report the news of the meeting.
The 2024 Republican nominating contest saw Trump, the GOP's standard-bearer, and DeSantis, a rising conservative star, go after one another directly.
But DeSantis quickly endorsed Trump once he left the race after a distant second-place finish in the Iowa caucuses in January.
"While I've had disagreements with Donald Trump, such as on the coronavirus pandemic and his elevation of [COVID-19 adviser] Anthony Fauci, Trump is superior to the current incumbent, Joe Biden. That is clear," DeSantis said then, to which Trump later responded, "I appreciate that, and I also look forward to working with Ron."
Earlier this month, DeSantis privately signaled that he planned to fundraise for the former president's 2024 effort at a donor retreat, a source confirmed to ABC News.