I was looking at this graph of the Republican primary polls from the beginning of this year until now when a realization struck me:
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/polls/president-primary-r/2024/national/
Trump's numbers go up at almost precisely the same points in time that DeSantis' numbers go down, and by almost the same percentages. Has DeSantis' self-immolating campaign actually made Trump's popularity increase?
Maybe DeSantis acted as he did, because it was pre-arranged to help Trump.
Also to see who would stab him (Trump) in the back at the first chance. He speaks of that all the time how people he wanted to trust betrayed him.