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Trump's Pudding Fingers Ad Against DeSantis Is Savage and Oddly Democratic

By Dustin Rowles | Politics | April 14, 2023 |

By Dustin Rowles | Politics | April 14, 2023 |


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In 2019, The Daily Beast ran a piece on Ron DeSantis that stated, according to two anonymous sources, that the Florida Governor had eaten chocolate pudding with three fingers, on a plane. It’s kind of a weird detail about the governor, but last month it resurfaced, and now Trump — who, if anything, knows how to degrade and humiliate his political opponents based on irrelevant political details — has included this detail in a disgusting new ad.

Hearing about Ron DeSantis eating chocolate pudding with three fingers is weird, but seeing someone eat chocolate pudding with three fingers is downright gross, and the Trump campaign knows exactly what it’s doing here. Exactly.

This is what Trump does, and did so well in the 2016 primary, unfortunately: He brands his opponents before they can brand themselves. Outside of Florida now, Ron DeSantis is going to be the three-finger pudding guy. Interestingly, the campaign also highlights issues that Democrats would also highlight against DeSantis, namely his threats to cut Medicare, slash Social Security, and raise the retirement age. The aim is to appeal to what I have to imagine is the major MAGA demo: Old white folks.

To his credit, Trump may eat steak with ketchup, but you’ll never catch him eating with his fingers. The man even eats pizza with a fork.