Another one-time confidante of former President Donald Trump is ready to move on.

Steve Cortes, a senior advisor to Trump’s 2016 and 2020 campaigns, will back Gov. Ron DeSantis in 2024. He just joined Never Back Down, the super PAC laying groundwork for a DeSantis presidential campaign, as an advisor and surrogate.

The former Newsmax host explained why he was changing camps in an op-ed published by Newsweek. He called DeSantis “the best possible option to win the presidency in 2024 and to govern as a highly capable, patriotic populist leader.”

After working for Trump over two presidential campaigns, Cortes said he did not make the decision lightly. But he suggested that the entire country hu...

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