Kamala Harris: ‘Apparently, Some People Love to Talk about the Way I Laugh’

Democrat Vice President Kamala Harris has revealed that her handlers told her that “some people love to talk about the way I laugh.”

However, the VP’s handlers apparently let her believe that it’s because “people still gotta get used to” Harris being ” the first woman” vice president.

According to comments made by Harris in a new interview on Drew Barrymore’s talk show, the VP is being shielded from the widespread mockery regarding her public appearances and misplaced cackles.

On Barrymore’s talk show, Harris spoke about the importance of never letting “anybody take your power.”

Harris continued by rambling about being intentional in understanding “what is in your power.”

She then turned to comments about her laugh.

Harris has made headlines for laughing in response to questions about the border crisis and about the importance of female leadership.

She frequently laughs at inappropriate moments, often prompting anger or mockery.

Apparently, however, Harris’s handlers kept the responses to her cackles mostly hidden from her.

“You were asking me earlier about what it means to be like the first woman,” Harris said.

“And you know, it’s funny because people still gotta get used to this, right?”

“I mean, my staff, for example, sometimes they’ll show me little things that just amuse me.

“Like, apparently, some people love to talk about the way I laugh,” Harris said.

Barrymore told Harris she loved the vice president’s laugh.

“I have my mother’s laugh and I grew up around a bunch of women in particular who laughed from the belly,” Harris said.

“They laughed — they would sit around the kitchen and drinking their coffee, telling big stories with big laughs.”

Harris said she would never be the person to tone it down after imitating a high-pitched chuckle.

“I’m just not that person, and I think it’s really important for us to remind each other and our younger ones: don’t be confined to other people’s perception about what this looks like, how you should act in order to be,” she said.

“Right? It’s really important.”

“I love your laugh,” Barrymore said.

“And I love that message.”

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Harris also recently joined the “I’ve Had It” podcast hosts Jennifer Welch and Angie “Pumps” Sullivan.

The hosts asked the vice president if she’s “had it” with President Donald Trump.

Harris replied, “Totally had it.”

“Had it over and over and over again,” she continued, adding while shaking her head.

“There’s so much at stake in this election.”

Harris also suggested Trump is not a leader because of his aggressive rhetoric.

“It’s not a sign of weakness to have empathy,” she said.

“That’s the kind of character trait of real leaders, to have some level of care and concern for the suffering of other people.”

Harris also agreed with Sullivan’s assessment that the 2024 election could be the last democratic election the U.S. has.

https://slaynews.com/news/kamala-harris-people-love-talk-laugh/

‘Tens of Thousands’ of Driverless Trucks to Haul Freight on Highways in Coming Years

“Tens of thousands” of fully autonomous tractor-trailers are expected to haul freight on public roads in upcoming years, and plans are in place to begin with 20 driverless trucks in Texas in 2024.

Aurora Innovation Inc., a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based company looking to innovate autonomous driving technology, has been running controlled tests on 18-wheelers to safely get them onto freeways before its competitors, CBS News reports. 

With 25 laser, radar, and camera sensors, the truck can “see” obstacles in the road from a quarter-mile out and then switch to an unobstructed lane without any instruction or manipulation from a human. 

Since 2021, Aurora trucks have autonomously hauled freight more than one million miles on public highways with human safety drivers on board. There have been only three crashes, Aurora CEO Chris Urmson said, all caused by mistakes made by human drivers in other vehicles.

“Within three or four years, Aurora and its competitors expect to put thousands [of] self-driving trucks on America’s public freeways,” the outlet stated. “The goal is for the trucks, which can run nearly around the clock without breaks, to speed the flow of goods, accelerating delivery times.”

Though the test runs have only been on simulated roads at lower speeds or public roads with human failsafe operators on board, Aurora plans to transport loads on Texas’s Interstate 45 between Dallas and Houston with 20 driverless trucks by the end of 2024.

“We want to be out there with thousands or tens of thousands of trucks on the road,” said Urmson. “And to do that, we have to be safe. It’s the only way that the public will accept it. Frankly, it’s the only way our customers will accept it.”

A worker directs an Aurora Innovation Inc. driverless truck at the company’s terminal in Palmer, Texas, on December 28, 2023. 

Self-driving technology has existed in various forms from auto manufacturers like Tesla and Waymo, but Aurora is racing to be the first to spread autonomization to the long-haul trucking industry before competing companies, such as Plus.ai, Gatik, and Kodiak Robotics. 

Gatik has reported its expectations of beginning in 2024 or 2025, while the others have yet to release their timetables, according to CBS. 

While the technology makes advances, the average American’s mindset towards 80,000 pounds driving 65 mph down super-highways may not be one of acceptance just yet. 

According to AAA’s latest survey on the subject, most U.S. drivers either express fear (66 percent) or uncertainty (25 percent) about fully driverless vehicles. 

Safety advocates have also been pointing out that “almost no federal regulation” is currently on the books for autonomous cars and trucks, so, as of now, it is up to the developers to determine if the vehicles are safe enough to operate, CBS reported.

Phil Koopman, a Carnegie Mellon University professor who studies software and autonomous vehicle safety, theorizes that these trucks can be safer but warns that the computer systems will inevitably make mistakes. 

With billions of dollars in investments on the line, Koopman wonders how companies will responsibly make safety decisions. 

“Everything I see indicates they’re trying to do the right thing,” he said. “But the devil is in the details.”

According to Urmson, Aurora is not in the business of compromising safety in order to make money. The company is not even expected to turn a profit until late 2027 or early 2028. 

“If we put a vehicle on the road that isn’t sufficiently safe — that we aren’t confident in the safety of — then it kills everything else,” the CEO said publicly in March. 

He also predicted that driverless trucks will complement human drivers, not replace them. 

“If you’re driving a truck today,” said Urmson, “my expectation is you’re going to be able to retire driving a truck.”

https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2024/04/29/tens-of-thousands-of-driverless-trucks-to-haul-freight-on-highways-in-coming-years/

‘Situation at the Front has Worsened’ With ‘Heavy Fighting’ Afoot Says Ukraine as Spring Campaigning Season Gets Into Full Swing

The front lines have deteriorated and “heavy fighting” continues apace, the Commander in Chief of Ukraine’s armed forces said as he gave a digest of over a dozen battles raging against Russian invaders.

Russian forces are enjoying “tactical successes” in some areas, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi said on Sunday, reflecting that “heavy fighting across the front line” continues. Writing a digest of the dozens of battles raging across Ukraine’s internal frontiers against Russian occupation, Syrskyi reflected that “The situation at the front has worsened”.

In some areas, the general said, the fluctuating state of tactical advantage was so rapid that particular objectives were changing hands several times a day. Nevertheless, he said Russian forces are trying top “seize the strategic initiative and break through the front line” by advancing concentrations of forces.

The comments come as Spring brings firmer ground and meteorological conditions more conducive to military campaigning. Both Kyiv and Moscow are both said to be planning Spring offensives in an attempt to capture the initiative.

While General Syrskyi’s remarks may seem pessimistic, this is not wholly out of character for the newly installed military leader, whose remarks could be seen as a contribution to the overall Ukrainian message to the West that further military support is urgently needed to stave off defeat. Earlier in April, Syrskyi said his Eastern Front had “significantly worsened in recent days”.

This change had a variety of causes, he said, but was being facilitated by “warm, dry weather, which has made most of the open areas of the terrain accessible to tanks.”

On Monday, Ukraine claimed it had killed and wounded 1,320 Russian soldiers in the previous 24 hours, and that Russia had started conscripting Ukrainians from occupied regions in the country to bolster its forces. Ukraine claimed through its state media that by doing so, Russia was pitting “compatriots, relatives, and family members against each other”.

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2024/04/29/situation-at-front-has-worsened-with-heavy-fighting-afoot-says-ukraine/

Climate Activist Who Defaced Famous Work of Art Sentenced to Prison

A climate activist who defaced an exhibit last year at the National Gallery of Art in Washington will spend 60 days in prison.

Joanna Smith, 54, of Brooklyn, New York, was sentenced on Friday, according to a Justice Department news release.

On April 27, Smith and a fellow protester smeared red and black paint on the case of a 142-year-old wax sculpture by Edgar Degas titled “Little Dancer Aged Fourteen.”

Timothy Martin of North Carolina, who was arrested along with Smith, is scheduled to go to trial on Aug. 26, according to NPR.

Smith pleaded guilty in December to one count of causing injury to a National Gallery of Art exhibit.

U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson put Smith on 24 months of supervised release and required that she serve 150 hours of community service, 10 hours of which must be spent cleaning graffiti.

Smith also has to repay the cost of cleaning the exhibit, which was estimated at $4,000, and is barred from entering the District of Columbia and all of its museums and monuments for two years.

The DOJ news release said the paint used in the vandalism was concealed in water bottles. Prosecutors said Smith and her ally “had conducted research on the piece and specifically targeted it.”

As the vandalism took place, Smith gave a speech about climate change.

When the vandalism was done, she and her accomplice posed for photos with the paint still on their hands, according to ABC News.

Kaywin Feldman, director of the National Gallery of Art, called the sculpture “one of the most vulnerable and fragile works in our entire collection,” according to NPR.

“I cannot overemphasize how the violent treatment of her protection barrier, repeated slamming, and vibrations, have forever jeopardized her stability,” she said.

“With increased frequency, institutions — overwhelmingly non-profit museums for the public benefit — have suffered collateral damage at the hands of agendas that have nothing to do with museums or the art attacked,” Feldman said.

“The real damage that these acts of vandalism pose must be taken seriously to deter future incidents that continue to threaten our cultural heritage and historic memory,” she said.

As more and more museums face vandalism in the name of climate activism, something needs to be done, Michael Taube wrote in a February column for the National Post.

“These activists demonstrate a complete lack of respect for authority, tradition and public institutions,” Taube said. “This type of behavior shouldn’t be tolerated in decent, law-abiding societies. Hence, there have to be more significant fines and longer jail sentences to discourage others from engaging in further copycat attacks on works of art.”

He wrote that “Western democracies have tolerated the selfish actions and abhorrent behavior of far-left environmentalists for long enough. Let’s bring an end to art vandalism, in order to protect great works of art for future generations.”

Taube said acts of vandalism have proved the need to get tough with vandals.

“Governments also have to establish stronger penalties for these criminal acts. Make no mistake about it: this is more than mere public mischief. These are attempts to desecrate great works of art, even if they’re safely behind protective glass,” he wrote.

https://www.westernjournal.com/climate-activist-who-defaced-famous-work-of-art-sentenced-to-prison/

Arizona Republicans Officially Declare Covid Shots ‘Biological Weapons’

The Arizona Republican Party has passed a “Ban the Jab” resolution and officially declared Covid mRNA shots “biological and technological bioweapons.”

The “Ban the Jab” resolution was submitted to Arizona Republicans by Dan Schultz of Precinct Strategy.

On Sunday, the state’s GOP almost unanimously voted to pass the resolution.

The resolution, which passed with approximately 96% of the vote, declares the Covid mRNA injections to be “biological and technological weapons.”

It also calls on the governor to prohibit their distribution.

The Arizona attorney general is now being called on to confiscate all vials of the vaccines and conduct a forensic analysis of their contents.

In addition to being an attorney, Schultz, a West Point graduate, is a former U.S. Army counterintelligence and human intelligence officer.

Previously, Schultz and Precinct Strategy, which seeks to wrestle control of the Republican Party back to the people, submitted the “Ban the Jab” resolution to the Maricopa County GOP.

The Maricopa County GOP passed the resolution on January 13.

In Maricopa, the largest Republican County in the nation, it was passed with 87.4% of the vote.

1306 votes were cast in favor of the resolution and 188 against, with a total of 1494 cast.

Psychotherapist, Dr. Joseph Sansone, authored the first “Ban the Jab” resolution in February of 2023, as Slay News reported.

Dr. Sansone currently has a lawsuit that seeks to “Ban the Jab” in Florida.

The case was dismissed and is on its way to the appellate court.

To date, approximately 10 Florida Republican County Parties have passed “Ban the Jab” resolutions.

All of these resolutions similarly declare Covid mRNA injections “biological and technological weapons.”

They also call on the state’s governor and AG to investigate the vaccines prohibit their distribution.

The Florida Republican Assembly, The National Federation of Republican Assemblies, and the Republican Liberty Caucus of Florida have passed “Ban the Jab” resolutions.

The Florida Department of Health has also recently joined the efforts.

Meanwhile, the Idaho Republican Party and the Clackamas County GOP in Oregon have also passed the “Ban the Jab” resolution.

Previously, the Arizona GOP was scheduled to vote on the resolution on January 27.

However, the state GOP is behind on several other issues, causing a delay in bringing the vote.

The resolution was finally approved by the state’s resolution committee by a vote of 13-0 after Schultz reintroduced it.

Arizona is considered an important state in politics.

The passage of this resolution will help build support for prohibiting biological warfare against Americans and civilian populations at large.

The text of Arizona’s “Ban the Jab” Resolution submitted by Dan Schultz follows:

Whereas:

Strong and credible evidence shows Covid 19 and Covid 19 injections are biological and technological weapons, and Pfizer’s clinical data revealed 1,223 deaths, 42,000 adverse cases, 158,000 adverse incidents, and approximately 1,000 side effects, and an enormous number of people have died and or have been permanently disabled after having been injected by the Covid 19 injections, and strong and credible evidence from Sweden exists that Covid mRNA shots alter human DNA, and government agencies, media, and tech companies, and other corporations have committed enormous fraud by claiming Covid injections are safe and effective, and The Florida Department of Health has called for a halt to the mRNA injections, and continued experimentation on humans and denial of informed consent are violations of the Nuremberg Code and therefore constitute crimes against humanity,

Resolved:

On behalf of the preservation of the human race, the 2024 Arizona Republican Party Presidential Nominating Convention Delegates call upon Governor Hobbs and the state legislature to prohibit the sale and distribution of Covid injections and all mRNA injections in Arizona, and for the Arizona Attorney General to immediately seize all Covid injections and mRNA injections in Arizona and perform a forensic analysis on these so-called “vaccines.”

The moves in Arizona come as voices around the world calling for Covid shot bans are growing louder.

As Slay News reported earlier, a top European leader has spoken out to blast the global mass Covid mRNA vaccination campaign as “the biggest crime to ever have been committed on mankind.”

The explosive statement was made by MEP Christine Anderson, who represents Germany in the EU Parliament.

Anderson dropped the hammer of the globalist Covid mRNA shot agenda during an interview with reporter Anita Krishna.

Anderson told Krishna that the global roll-out of mRNA Covid injections will go down “as the biggest medical scandal ever.”

“It will be known as the biggest crime to ever have been committed on mankind,” she warned.

https://slaynews.com/news/arizona-republicans-officially-declare-covid-shots-biological-weapons/

The Palestinian Intifada in American Colleges and Universities

Student demonstrators at Columbia University on Monday faced an ultimatum to disperse or be suspended, as tensions rose on the campus at the epicenter of pro-Palestinian protests across US colleges.

Police arrested around 275 people on four separate campuses in the United States over the weekend, with the White House calling on the growing protests in recent weeks to remain peaceful.

Columbia University said Monday that many Jewish students have left its campus and it demanded that the protestors’ encampment must be cleared, adding that Columbia would not divest financial holdings linked to Israel — a key demand of demonstrators.

Students pushed back, vowing to defend their camp on the New York institution’s main lawn, despite the threat of suspensions and disciplinary action from the college.

As of midday only students with university ID cards were free to walk onto campus, AFP observed.

Columbia University classics professor Joseph Howley told AFP the school’s statement Monday amounted to yielding to outside political pressure.

He said Columbia is “affirming the false premise that the mere presence of political speech on behalf of Palestine is a threat to Jews like myself.”

He called such a position “absurd and dangerous.”

Protests against the Gaza war, with its high civilian death toll among Palestinian civilians, have posed a challenge to university administrators trying to balance free speech rights with complaints that the rallies have veered into anti-Semitism and hate speech.

For almost two weeks now a wave of protests against Israel’s war in Gaza has swept across US university campuses, coast to coast, after beginning at Columbia. Around 100 protesters were arrested there April 18.

Footage of police in riot gear and summoned by university officials to break up rallies have been viewed around the world, recalling the protest movement that erupted during the Vietnam war.

At University of California, Los Angeles skirmishes broke out Sunday between pro-Palestinian protesters and supporters of Israel.

These nationwide rallies have reignited debate on freedom of expression, anti-Zionism and what kind of language or behavior amount to being anti-Semitic.

‘Intolerable’ atmosphere

“Many of our Jewish students, and other students as well, have found the atmosphere intolerable in recent weeks. Many have left campus, and that is a tragedy,” said Columbia University president Minouche Shafik in a statement announcing talks had broken down.

“Anti-Semitic language and actions are unacceptable and calls for violence are simply abhorrent.

“One group’s rights to express their views cannot come at the expense of another group’s right to speak, teach, and learn.”

Protest organizers deny accusations of anti-Semitism, arguing that their actions are aimed at the Israeli government and its prosecution of the conflict in Gaza.

They also insist the more threatening incidents have been engineered by non-student agitators.

One student protest group called for demonstrators to gather on Columbia’s campus on Monday “to protect the encampment” ahead of a reported 2:00 pm (1800 GMT) deadline to clear the tents or face disciplinary action.

The university had been in talks since last week with protest leaders over clearing the encampment but “regretfully we were not able to come to an agreement,” said Shafik.

The university said it offered to speed up a review of student proposals for divestment and to improve transparency.

The Gaza war started when Hamas militants staged an unprecedented attack on Israel on October 7 that left around 1,170 people dead, according to an AFP tally of Israeli official figures.

Palestinian militants also took roughly 250 people hostage. Israel estimates 129 remain in Gaza, including 34 the military says are dead.

Israel’s retaliatory offensive has killed almost 34,500 people in Gaza, mostly women and children, according to the Hamas-run territory’s health ministry.

https://www.breitbart.com/news/columbia-university-on-edge-as-talks-collapse-over-gaza-protests/

Remember the young surfer who lost her arm in a shark attack? 21 years later she’s fighting to protect women’s sports

A promising young surfer, then 13-year-old Bethany Hamilton’s world was turned upside down when she lost her arm in a shark attack. On “Relatable with Allie Beth Stuckey,” Bethany detailed how her family’s faith in God helped her through these troubling times:

“My dad worked really hard — like two to three jobs at a time, so we had a really simple childhood. But they gave me so much. They gave me so much time, and they gave me my faith in God. ... And so, when I lost my arm, it was almost like I was ready, because my mom had raised me in my faith, she would pray with me, she read the Bible to me at bedtime, we went to church ... and so, when chaos hit, I was ready.”

She also explained how she had to relearn surfing and what drove her to get back in the water just 21 days later:


“For me, surfing was more than just a childhood hobby. I feel like it was a way of life and culture and art and sport.”

Bethany said the physical journey was actually pretty easy, but it took a while for her to regain her confidence while surfing and figure out how to do things differently with just one arm — what she calls “Bethany’s version” of surfing. She also explained how frustrating it was to figure out how to do life with just one arm but that her faith in God and His plan for her life kept her going.

She discussed meeting her husband, motherhood, and even surfing while pregnant. According to Bethany, there are certain waves that are better while pregnant, and she surfed well into all her pregnancies, which is apparently commonplace in Hawaii.

Bethany has also been an outspoken advocate for the protection of women’s sports and explained her choice to speak out against biological men in women’s sports, specifically the World Surf League’s rule allowing males to compete against females:

“I feel like, too, a lot of it’s just such an interesting thing, because I feel like if women just said no, this wouldn’t be an issue. If all the female surfers — if the 70% that disagree with [the rule], if they all said no, then the World Surf League would not have an option.”

In the full episode, Bethany dives deeper into her faith, becoming well-known, and her partnership with pro-life diaper brand, EveryLife.

https://www.theblaze.com/shows/relatable/remember-the-young-surfer-who-lost-her-arm-in-a-shark-attack-21-years-later-shes-fighting-to-protect-womens-sports

Un-Informed Anti-Israel Protestors Have No Idea Gays are Routinely Killed in Palestine. Just Listen…

 

The hatred for homosexuals in Gaza ranks a close second to the hatred of Jews. It’s not just Hamas that engages in “Honor Killings” of gay people in “Palestine,” but every day Palestinians do as well. In fact the punishment for being gay in Gaza is prison, torture and often death.

Yet that doesn’t stop the un-informed protest class of America to somehow back the Palestinians and Hamas at all cost. Even leftist members of the gay community seem to be all in for the destruction of Israel, and the love of the Palestinians. Their support stems from not only ignorance of what Sharia Law means for gays in Muslim areas, but an effort by the main stream media to cover up the sexual preference genocide going on inside Gaza.

“Stinchfield” uncovered audio of Muslims in Gaza and the United States openly calling for the imprisonment and death of all gay people. This revelation by some of the most left leaning members of the LGBTQ community seems to be a shocker. Wait until you hear the proof of this hatred and the surprise that follows, in their own words.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/04/un-informed-anti-israel-protestors-have-no-idea/

Star Actress Of “The Sopranos” Says Many Celebs Oppose Biden But Fear Punishment If They Speak Out

Drea de Matteo, the star actress of the hit television series The Sopranos, gave a little inside baseball about what celebrities really think of Joe Biden.

The Emmy-award-winning actress in a recent interview with Donald Trump Jr. shared   “They (Biden admin)  took every social agenda and used that and used these social issues as pawns to further their administration, did nothing but divide people.”

Matteo continued “and people in Hollywood are petrified. What, are you going to speak out against race, and sex, and all of that stuff? People are afraid to have those conversations because, first of all, you never win with a liberal; you’re just never gonna win.”

Watch a clip of the interview here:

Here’s what The New York Post reported:

Emmy-winning actress Drea de Matteo told Donald Trump Jr. in a podcast interview that many prominent celebrities like herself are against Biden’s agenda but are afraid to speak out.

De Matteo, who rose to fame in HBO’s “The Sopranos,” spoke with former President Trump’s son on a recent episode of his “Triggered” podcast.

De Matteo has a history of slamming cancel culture, even starting a streetwear brand called “Ultrafree” that helps “promote free speech.”

De Matteo spoke about how she has changed her opinions on certain issues such as illegal immigration, and that while she previously voted for Biden based on sympathy for illegal immigrants, the chaos at the border has changed her mind.

Per The American Tribune:

“Sopranos” actress Drea de Matteo criticized the Biden administration while suggesting many fellow Hollywood stars shared a similar view of the president. During an interview with Donald Trump Jr., the award-winning actress said many celebrities oppose Biden’s agenda but are too afraid to voice these opinions.

De Matteo noted that she has previously voted Democrat, siding with the liberal stance on many contemporary issues. However, the actress claimed she has since stepped across the aisle, agreeing with Republicans on problems such as illegal immigration.

Trump Jr. claimed to have met some of de Matteo’s “Soprano’s” co-stars, but he seemed skeptical that they would buy into the leftist agenda. “I don’t feel like a lot of those guys were leftist liberals,” he said. The former president’s son then asked her if she had noticed any others within the entertainment industry who were secretly conservative.

It’s important to note that de Matteo doesn’t view herself as a card-carrying Republican by any means, but she expressed disdain for the direction in which the modern left is heading. “I really did want to fight, but I didn’t think I had, A, the voice, B, the balls,” but claimed things have changed since she “got thrown to the wolves.”

The actress continued, “And once I was out there, I was like, ‘I’m out here, what am I going to do? I’m out of my cage.’ Like, I may as well just, you know, do what I got to do.” After noting she has been supported by her boyfriend, God, and her children, she said, “they believe in what we believe in, which is freedom and unity the right way, not unity the way this administration was trying to push. That was bulls***.”

https://en-volve.com/2024/04/29/star-actress-of-the-sopranos-says-many-celebs-oppose-biden-but-fear-punishment-if-they-speak-out/

Trump Holds Hours-Long Private Meeting with DeSantis in Florida

President Donald Trump met privately with Florida’s Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis for several hours in Miami on Sunday, according to reports.

The secretive meet-up was first reported by the Washington Post.

The meeting was also reportedly confirmed to Fox News by “multiple Republicans with knowledge of the meeting.”

During the meeting, DeSantis agreed to help Trump close his fundraising gap with Democrat President Joe Biden in their 2024 election rematch, the sources reportedly confirmed.

DeSantis was convincingly re-elected in 2022 before launching an unsuccessful bid for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.

He has built up a formidable network of wealthy donors who could be helpful to Trump as the general election campaign heats up.

The Washington Post said the get-together between the two rivals was orchestrated by Steve Witkoff.

Witkoff is a Florida real estate broker known to both Trump and DeSantis.

Sources familiar confirmed to Fox News that the meeting was set up nearly 10 days ago.

It was initiated after DeSantis approached Witkoff.

The meeting appears to be the first time DeSantis and Trump met in person since the governor ended his White House bid in January.

It may also be the first time they have spoken.

The governor ended his campaign and endorsed Trump after a disappointing second-place finish in the Iowa caucuses, far behind the 45th president.

DeSantis suspended his presidential campaign just two days ahead of the New Hampshire primary.

He has since endorsed Trump but, to date, DeSantis hasn’t campaigned on Trump’s behalf.

During a February call with supporters, the governor took aim at Trump and his top political advisers.

At the time, DeSantis said:

“I think he’s got people in his inner circle who were part of our orbit years ago that we fired, and I think some of that is they just have an ax to grind.”

In response, top Trump campaign aide Chris LaCivita called DeSantis a “sad little man.”

While many on Trump’s team and his wider political orbit may have turned against DeSantis, the 45th president may be more forgiving.

In January, after DeSantis endorsed him, Trump said that he would “officially retire” the “Ron DeSanctimonious” nickname.

Trump had used the name to mock the Florida governor after rumors of his presidential campaign begun to emerge.

https://slaynews.com/news/trump-holds-hours-long-private-meeting-desantis-florida/