八点最热报 | 美国佛罗里达州长德桑蒂斯，昨天无预警透过社交平台宣布退选，改为支持前总统特朗普，打破了原先三强鼎立的选战趋势。特朗普也在竞选活动上亲口回应，很荣幸能得到德桑蒂斯的支持，但他认为，即便没有这个背书，他依旧可以获得大部分的选票。 （主播：梁宝仪）
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00:05 The election of the President of the Republican Party of the United States is entering a phase of "white heat".
00:10 The governor of Florida, DeSantis, announced his re-election yesterday through social media without warning.
00:16 He changed his mind to support former President Trump and broke the previously three-time top-of-the-list election trend.
00:22 DeSantis explained in the video that because there was no obvious win,
00:27 he decided to suspend the campaign and call on voters to "turn the tide and support Trump."
00:36 DeSantis, 45, was once regarded as the first popular candidate of the Republican Party,
00:42 and Trump's most powerful competitor.
00:45 The two were once evenly matched in support of Greenland last year.
00:48 But later, DeSantis seemed to have failed the campaign strategy, leading to a decline in the polls.
00:54 Although DeSantis was ranked second in the Republican primary in Iowa last week,
01:00 he was still behind Trump by 30 percent.
01:04 DeSantis then announced his withdrawal from the campaign.
01:08 This also means that Trump's main opponent in the party is only the former U.S. Representative to the United Nations, Haley.
01:17 Haley said in an interview that she was confident she could beat Trump and would continue to participate in the campaign,
01:24 hoping to absorb some of DeSantis' support.
01:28 DeSantis, the governor of Florida, announced his withdrawal from the campaign
01:35 and called on voters to "turn the tide and support Trump."
01:42 He explained that most Republican primary voters want to give former President Trump another chance.
01:47 Although he has obvious differences in some policies with Trump,
01:51 it is undeniable that Trump is still better than current President Biden.
01:56 If I can't ask our supporters to volunteer their time and donate their resources, we don't have a clear path to victory.
02:03 Accordingly, I am today suspending my campaign.
02:06 Trump is superior to the current incumbent, Joe Biden.
02:09 That is clear. I signed a pledge to support the Republican nominee, and I will honor that pledge.
02:15 Faced with the sudden announcement of his withdrawal from the campaign, Trump also responded to the campaign.
02:20 He said he was honored to receive DeSantis' support and looked forward to working with him to defeat the most corrupt and rotten President Biden in American history.
02:28 Ron is dropping out, and in doing so, he endorsed us.
02:33 Without the endorsement, I think we would have gotten almost all of those votes because we have very similar policies.
02:41 The main thing is we're going to all work together and we're going to defeat the worst president in the history of our country.
02:46 Tomorrow, on Tuesday, the new US presidential election will be held in Boston.
02:51 The polls show that Trump's support is ahead of his only rival, the former US Representative to the United Nations, Hillary Clinton, by more than 10%.
02:59 Many analysts believe that the original DeSantis supporters will turn to Trump and expect him to win another battle.
03:06 That's all the time we have for today.
03:08 Thank you for joining us.
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