Wave of the Future

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was two days before the midterms, and as Republicans across the country campaigned to send a “red wave” washing over Washington, to win back control of Congress and frustrate the Biden administration’s agenda, Donald Trump was busy with even bigger things.

At a rally in swing-state Pennsylvania for MAGA candidates Dr. Mehmet Oz and Doug Mastriano, the former president entertained the faithful with a two-hour riff on American decline and stolen elections.

But then Trump came to the main item: a warning shot across the bows for Florida governor and presidential rival Ron DeSantis, delivered in trademark style — with a put-down.

“Today I have the highest poll numbers I’ve ever had,” he claimed, pointing to numbers on giant screens that ranked him against his closest rival in a presidential race. “Trump at 71 percent. Ron DeSanctimonious at 10 percent.”