Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida has granted a rare interview to The Times of London, a major establishment newspaper controlled by Rupert Murdoch. The move follows months of speaking almost exclusively with friendly conservative pundits as he prepares a potential presidential run. He has additionally spoken with Mushoch-controlled outlets, including The New York Post, Fox News, and FoxNews.com, while former President Donald J. Trump seems to have vanished from these same media properties.

The interview with The Times of London and the promotional tour for his new memoir (published by Murdoch's HarperCollins) appears to be a reciprocation of the influence Murdoch's media empire has already thrown behind a DeSantis presidential bid. To further court, especially Republican primary voters, DeSantis took Salena Ztio, a conservative New York Post columnist, on a tour of his hometown in Florida and appeared on Fox News for various