Many of the ads released up to this point about DeSantis have come from Trump’s super PAC, but today Trump released his own ad about the governor of Florida and it’s not any better.

Trump calls him ‘Lockdown Ron’ and accuses him of locking down his state:

Of course we’ve debunked this and more from the Trump Campaign because it’s just not true and the facts don’t bear it out.

But instead of drudging all of that up again, we’ll just let Trump himself debunk this:

Which Trump do you believe? The Trump then or the Trump now? The Trump then didn’t have a need or a reason to lie…

Here’s what I want to know. If Trump is so convinced that he’s dominating the field and going to easily win the nomination, then why lie about DeSantis and sully his own reputation? Why treat DeSantis unfairly like the media treats him when there is no need to do so?