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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRon DeTedious: DeSantis underwhelms Britain's business chiefs
But Republican presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis failed to impress British business chiefs at a high-profile London event Friday, in a tired performance described variously as horrendous, low-wattage and like the end of an overseas trip.
The Florida governor, expected to launch his bid next month to challenge Trump as the Republican nominee for the 2024 presidential race, met with more than 50 representatives of major U.K. firms and business lobbying groups as a part of a four-country trade mission ending in London Friday.
His trip was officially billed as an attempt to build Floridas economic relationships with the U.K., Israel, South Korea and Japan, but it has been widely seen in Washington as a chance for DeSantis to present himself as a statesman on the world stage.
For several of those present, however, the statesmanship was lacking.
One U.K. business figure said DeSantis looked bored and stared at his feet as he met with titans of British industry in an event co-hosted by Lloyds of London the worlds largest insurance marketplace.
https://www.politico.eu/article/ron-detedious-how-desantis-underwhelmed-britains-business-chiefs/
The Florida governor, expected to launch his bid next month to challenge Trump as the Republican nominee for the 2024 presidential race, met with more than 50 representatives of major U.K. firms and business lobbying groups as a part of a four-country trade mission ending in London Friday.
His trip was officially billed as an attempt to build Floridas economic relationships with the U.K., Israel, South Korea and Japan, but it has been widely seen in Washington as a chance for DeSantis to present himself as a statesman on the world stage.
For several of those present, however, the statesmanship was lacking.
One U.K. business figure said DeSantis looked bored and stared at his feet as he met with titans of British industry in an event co-hosted by Lloyds of London the worlds largest insurance marketplace.
https://www.politico.eu/article/ron-detedious-how-desantis-underwhelmed-britains-business-chiefs/
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Ron DeTedious: DeSantis underwhelms Britain's business chiefs (Original Post)
demmiblue
Apr 2023
OP
He only smiles when he's taking away rights and pandering to Moms for Bigotry.
Timeflyer
Apr 2023
#6
dalton99a
(81,581 posts)1. Creepy dork with Napoleon complex
riversedge
(70,303 posts)2. DeSantis looks boring in most pics I have seen.
LakeArenal
(28,845 posts)3. Would they react to trump any better?
I doubt it.
MagickMuffin
(15,952 posts)4. Come do business in my state, I promise I won't treat you like I do Disney
I super duper promise.
brush
(53,871 posts)5. Exactly. Once thought to be trump 2.0 and smarter...
but he's proving to be a dud with no personality and a vocabulary dominated by the word "woke", a word most people don't know what he means by it.
obamanut2012
(26,137 posts)8. Yup, Trump would declare he beat Disney
And never mention it again. DeSantis is s moran.
Cha
(297,656 posts)11. omg.. that's right.. but only IF
Timeflyer
(2,002 posts)6. He only smiles when he's taking away rights and pandering to Moms for Bigotry.
BComplex
(8,065 posts)7. DeSantis is such a loser.
He's just a loser.
Cha
(297,656 posts)9. What, they didn't like
Florida's little Dic?!!
"Statesman" Racist, Bigoted Asshole Who Bans Books and Cultures.
Didn't Mussolini ban books?
Mr.Bill
(24,319 posts)10. The British business people
should have told him they will bring their business to Florida when Disney recommends it.
GenThePerservering
(1,838 posts)12. I spend a fair amount of time in Great Britain
They are deeply unimpressed with Murican pols to begin with. I doubt DeSatan moved the needle much.