Ron DeSantis' Goofy Expression When Asked About Trailing Trump In Polls Is Everything

The gallivanting GOP Florida governor got people talking about his animated response to a Trump question in Japan.
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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis let his facial expression do the talking when asked about Donald Trump Monday โ€• and maybe that wasnโ€™t such a great idea. (Watch the video below.)

In Japan to meet with the Japanese prime minister, the likely 2024 GOP presidential contender was asked a basic question by a reporter:

โ€œGovernor, polls show you falling behind Trump. Any thoughts on that?โ€

DeSantis, considered the prime challenger to Trump for the GOP nomination, stared wide-eyed with mouth agape before saying: โ€œIโ€™m not a candidate, so weโ€™ll see if and when that changes.โ€

"I'm not a candidate, so we'll see if and when that changes," Gov. DeSantis, who is in Japan right now, says when asked about polls that show him falling behind Trump. pic.twitter.com/nDVeyBoVHN

โ€” Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) April 24, 2023

DeSantis has not officially declared for the race, but his world tour with stops in Japan and three other countries is โ€œapparently aimed at upping DeSantisโ€™s and Floridaโ€™s international profile,โ€ The Hill reported.

CNNโ€™s Kaitlan Collins said the trip was โ€œseen as a way for DeSantis to burnish his foreign policy credentialsโ€ (per CNN).

DeSantis has some catching up to do in a possible race against Trump, according to recent polls.

He also might want to prepare a cooler response when confronted about his 2024 plans.

โ€œOne of the oddest expressions Iโ€™ve ever seen,โ€ one person on Twitter wrote.

Here are a few other tweets.

He looks remarkably like a Disney character in his response.

โ€” Jacqueline Williams (@newdayneweffort) April 24, 2023

Cringe.

โ€” Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline) April 24, 2023

Those injections to make him laugh need adjusting

โ€” Donald ๐ŸŒŠ๐Ÿ—ฝ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿด๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐ŸŒป (@007__NIL) April 24, 2023
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