Mainstream media, but margaret, what do you think is preventing him from making bigger strides right now? i think blame the media is a tactic that members of both parties used when it serves them but works particularly well with republican audiences because there is such a disparity. the latest gallup numbers are 70% of democrats essentially trust the mainstream media to get it right or try to be trustworthy when it comes to news, 14% of republicans. desantis problem, though, is that it s republicans who aren t favoring him. this is not like a swing voter problem, this is not people who are turning to, you know, neutral news coverage, these are people who are watching conservative news and are preferring donald trump over ron desantis. i think there are a number of theories about this. trump s theory, which execs pounding on now on the trail is that desantis doesn t have a good personality. like he s not cool, he has no cool factor, he is not good with people. desantis wife is an i
Maria, these are narratives. the media does not want me to be the nominee. i think that s very, very clear. why? because they know i will beat biden, but even more importantly, they know i will actually deliver on all these things. this is not something that, you know, i ever expected to just snap fingers and all of a sudden, you know, you win seven months before anyone happens, you have to earn it and you have to work and it requires a lot of toil and tears and sweat and we re going to do that. that s florida republican governor ron desantis toiling, tearing, sweating, blaming the media as he struggles to put a dent in former president donald trump s growing lead. despite his best efforts polls show he remains a distant second in second place to the former president in the 2024 presidential race. let s bring in cnn senior legal analyst lauren coats, margaret
Presidential limousine right now, should be heading over to meet with king charles at windsor castle. we will keep an eye on this. you are looking at the live pictures, the president stopping in london today heading out to windsor for his first meeting with king charles since the coronation before he heads off to the major nato summit. we re talking about politics as well, obviously not just the u.s. president heading into a significant international summit at nato. big bilateral visit with the prime minister, but also a 2024 reelection candidate already at this point in time. sorry, kristen, i interrupted. no but i do want to note one thing, it s still very early, we haven t gotten to the debates yet, there is still an opportunity for him to have another breakout. he started out strong, but people didn t know him, were looking for an alternative to trump and people are still looking for an alternative to trump. he s blaming the media, it s never the candidate s fault when the poll