Donald Trump did not waste any time ridiculing the "historic" Ron DeSantis campaign launch trainwreck.
The former President described the event as a catastrophe, telling his 5.2 million Truth Social followers: "His whole campaign will be a disaster. WATCH!"
The Republican frontrunner, 76, shared several hit-videos on his platform, seeking to embarrass and discredit his opponent.
The 44-year-old Florida governor’s social media launch was beset by a series of malfunctions blamed on the volume of listeners who had tuned in to the audio-event on Elon Musk's Twitter page.
In the quickly-cobbled together video, clips of Mr Trump walking in front of a large crowd at Mar-A-Lago are set to the backing of Lee Greenwood’s “I’m proud to be an American”.
These clips were interspersed with moments from Mr DeSantis’s much-anticipated launch, showing a screenshot of the audio-only event with the text “preparing to launch" alongside feedback noise and David Sacks, the host, saying: “We are kind of melting the servers”.
Another clip shows a SpaceX rocket labeled with the word "Ron" toppling over and exploding into flames.
The hashtag #DeSaster was being circulated by Mr Trump's inner circle.
After the launch, Mr Trump, who nicknamed his competitor “Ron DeSanctimonious" wrote: "Wow! The DeSanctus TWITTER launch is a DISASTER! His whole campaign will be a disaster. WATCH!"
Another post read: "Is the DeSantis launch FATAL? Yes!"
In more polished hit-videos prepared in advance of Wednesday night, he branded Mr DeSantis a “Trump imposter”.
One shows footage of Mr DeSantis thanking Trump for “standing by me” when he endorsed him in the election to become Florida Governor.
The voice over says: "you’re welcome Ron but instead of being grateful DeSantis is attacking the man who saved his career”.
The Trump campaign put out a further video mocking Mr DeSantis’s launch that showed the presidential candidate in a group call with the devil and Adolf Hitler.
The two-minute clip shows an avatar for Mr DeSantis struggling to declare his bid over the sound of George Soros, the hedge fund tycoon, trying to work the tech and Dick Cheney, the former US vice-president, coughing.
Others edited in to the fictional call were Mr Musk, the FBI and Klaus Schwab, chair of the World Economic Forum.
Asked if they thought Mr DeSantis' launch had been a car crash, one Trump aide texted: "Seems that way, right?"
Choosing to launch on Twitter was an unorthodox choice that suggested a no-holds-barred, unchoreographed event, possibly intended to suggest Mr DeSantis' agility as a candidate.
But for much of his opening the Florida governor appeared to be reading from prepared remarks. "More like Yawn DeSantis," tweeted conservative activist Jack Posobiec.
The car-crash launch came after Mr Trump was given a court date of March 2025 for his criminal trial over alleged hush-money payments to Stormy Daniels.
Mr Trump branded it “election interference” as the date coincides with critical early Republican primary contests.
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2023-05-25 09:15:00Z
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