I just looked back through a text string with a friend in Florida. It was Nov 10, 2022 when I sent her this text...

I wouldn’t worry about this new Trump/DeSantis “feud” as I’m thinking it’s probably a ploy. There are a lot of voters new to the Republican Party as of this midterm, who left the Dems due to the current state of the country. They voted red this election for Congress, etc., but these people have been brainwashed by the media for seven years against Trump and aren't likely to vote for him in '24. Why not give them another option in DeSantis, to keep them in the Rep Party? This also works to get the anti-Trump GOP establishment behind DeSantis. All these people get onboard the DeSantis '24 bandwagon over the next year and a half, then at the last minute DeSantis drops out of the Presidential running to be Trump's running mate (VP). Then the Trump/DeSantis ticket gets all those voters... At least that’s the explanation that makes the most sense to me as of now.

I said a year and half (18 months) and it happened today, just over 14 months since this text message. As far as the part about being Trump's VP pick, in hindsight I'm no longer expecting that, but I guess it's still on the table.