ORLANDO, Fla. – There’s less than a year until Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ final term in office comes to an end, and questions are surfacing about what he plans to do next.
During an interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity last week, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis considered the possibility of running for the presidency yet again.
“We’ll see,” he said. “I think that in ‘24, like, in Iowa, the people that voted for Trump, if he wasn’t running, I would’ve gotten like 90% of those people. They were conservative voters, right? They didn’t want the non-conservative — they wanted me. But the timing didn’t work out, obviously."
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DeSantis threw his hat in for president during the 2024 election cycle, running against President Donald Trump for the Republican nomination.
But his campaign faced significant hurdles from the get-go, and he ultimately bowed out to endorse Trump instead.
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”
— Ron DeSantis (@RonDeSantis) January 21, 2024
- Winston Churchill pic.twitter.com/ECoR8YeiMm
That said, DeSantis and Trump clashed often during their roughly eight-month election standoff, with Trump nicknaming the governor “DeSanctimonious” and DeSantis responding in kind by calling Trump “juvenile.”
But over two years later, Trump may be considering taking DeSantis into his fold.
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That’s according to NewsNation White House Correspondent Libbey Dean, who discussed her conversation last week with Trump regarding DeSantis.
When asked by Dean whether there might be a role in Trump’s administration for DeSantis after the latter’s term as governor, Trump reportedly said he wouldn’t rule it out.
“I don’t know, but I’d certainly consider it,” Trump was quoted as saying. “I think he’s good, doing a good job.”
Florida news: President Trump says he'd consider a role for Ron DeSantis in the administration once he's done serving as Florida's governor in Jan 2027.
— Libbey Dean (@LibbeyDean_) March 24, 2026
Q: Do you foresee a role for Ron DeSantis in the administration once he’s done serving as governor?
Trump: “I don’t know but…
It wouldn’t be the first time that Trump has given out positions in his administration to former political rivals. For example, he made former Sen. Marco Rubio the current secretary of state, and Ben Carson his HUD secretary during Trump’s prior term in office.
Regardless, DeSantis’ term as governor is set to end on Jan. 5, 2027.
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