Biggest DeSantis Donor Considers Backing Trump Instead

“Ron DeSantis’s biggest donor is considering switching his support to Donald Trump, in a sharp rebuke of the Florida governor’s White House aspirations,” the Financial Times reports.

“Robert Bigelow, a Nevada real estate investor who has funded space exploration and research into paranormal activities, gave more than $20mn to the DeSantis campaign earlier this year, the largest donation to any 2024 candidate, according to the latest federal filings.”

“But Bigelow criticized DeSantis for running a weak campaign — and said Hamas’s attack on Israel last month showed the U.S. needed a ‘streetwise’ leader such as Trump.”