Trump Erupts: Slams Ron DeSantis, Media Outlets, Pennsylvania, Then Asks: 'Would You Vote for Me?'

Former President Donald Trump speaks at one of his many "Save America" rallies ahead of the midterm elections in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, on November 5, 2022. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

(CNSNews.com) - In a flurry of statements on Thursday, former President Donald Trump dumped on his possible Republican rival, whom he has branded Ron "DeSanctimonious"; he slammed CNN and other media outlets; and he called Pennsylvania a corrupt state.

Then he sent an email to supporters, asking: "Would you vote for me a THIRD TIME?"

Trump has teased a "big announcement" on November 15th, when he's widely expected to announce a third run for president.

His statements came after The Wall Street Journal declared that "Trump is the Republican Party's biggest loser" in the midterm elections; and after the New York Post hailed Gov. Ron DeSantis as "DeFuture" of the Republican Party, sidelining Donald as "Trumpty Dumpty."

In reaction, Trump wrote that "DeSanctimonious" is "an average REPUBLICAN Governor with great Public Relations, who didn’t have to close up his State, but did, unlike other Republican Governors...who has the advantage of SUNSHINE, where people from badly run States up North would go no matter who the Governor was, just like I did!

"Ron came to me in desperate shape in 2017--he was politically dead, losing in a landslide to a very good Agriculture Commissioner, Adam Putnam, who was loaded up with cash and great poll numbers. Ron had low approval, bad polls, and no money, but he said that if I would Endorse him, he could win. I didn’t know Adam so I said, 'Let’s give it a shot, Ron.' When I Endorsed him, it was as though, to use a bad term, a nuclear weapon went off..."

Trump accused DeSantis of "playing games."

"The Fake News asks him if he’s going to run if President Trump runs, and he says, 'I’m only focused on the Governor’s race, I’m not looking into the future.' Well, in terms of loyalty and class, that’s really not the right answer."

Trump concluded: "This is just like 2015 and 2016, a Media Assault (Collusion!), when Fox News fought me to the end until I won, and then they couldn’t have been nicer or more supportive. The Wall Street Journal loved Low Energy Jeb Bush, and a succession of other people as they rapidly disappeared from sight, finally falling in line with me after I easily knocked them out, one by one. We’re in exactly the same position now. They will keep coming after us, MAGA, but ultimately, we will win. Put America First and, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!"

DeSantis did not immediately respond to Trump's insults; he was busy dealing with the latest hurricane to hit his state.

In three other "statements" on Thursday, Trump wrote in part:

-- "If CNN were smart, they’d open up a Conservative network, only have me on, and it would be the most successful network in History. Fox only made it because of me, Twitter only made it because of me, and even Facebook is now in the tubes, having lost almost $90 billion in value since I was taken off..."

-- "...Pennsylvania is a very corrupt State with voting, but nobody ever wants to check that. How does Oz (smart guy!) lose to a guy who can’t string together two sentences? They don’t want to check, because they don’t want to make me right. It happened to me in 2020, I lost one million votes with possibly one of the biggest drops in History, happening in the middle of the night."

-- "The New York Post today has a story about the Wall, but my progress on the Wall was slowed down by News Corp Board Member Paul Ryan, who together with the Broken Old Crow Mitch McConnell, weren’t able to get me the funds. I ended up getting them anyway..."

And finally, a question from Trump: "You've always stood with me but now I have to ask: would you vote for me a THIRD TIME?"