Former President Donald Trump released a new campaign ad Thursday featuring his opponent Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL).

The two are the front-runners in the 2024 race for the GOP nomination in a crowded field of 11 other candidates.

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"I want to thank him for what he's done for our economy," DeSantis says in the ad. "Trump has almost the entire media against him, fake news day after day after day. He's facing opposition unlike any other president we've seen, and he is standing tall for us."

"And I think that Donald Trump has done a better job appointing judges to both the U.S. Supreme Court and the appeals court than any other president in my lifetime, including one of my heroes, Ronald Reagan," DeSantis continues. "Is this Trump country or what?"

The DeSantis campaign did not return the Washington Examiner's request for comment.

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Trump is facing various indictments, from mishandling classified documents to subverting the 2020 presidential election. He pleaded not guilty to his most recent charges Thursday.

Both candidates are facing off against former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, former Texas Rep. Will Hurd, former Vice President Mike Pence, Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), Gov. Doug Burgum (R-ND), Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, political commentator Larry Elder, businessman Perry Johnson, and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy in the race to win the GOP presidential nomination.