Is Ron DeSantis slimming down for his White House run?

Just call it ‘Gone’ DeSantis.

The Florida governor was spotted in Iowa last week looking skinnier than he has in years, even since taking office in January.

DeSantis is taking all the necessary steps to launch a White House bid later this year.

He has just released a book, The Courage to Be Free, which takes him to the first primary states.

And potential presidential candidates also tend to lose weight.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has recently refined a slimmer figure. On the left, DeSantis in December 2019, against an appearance last week in Iowa

DeSantis watchers even say they can see a difference in DeSantis’ weight since his inauguration in January (pictured) and appearances on his current book tour

The Governor of Florida is pictured in June 2019 (left) then in Davenport, Iowa last week

As an example, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has fueled speculation that he will jump into the 2024 GOP primary after becoming noticeably thinner since leaving office.

DeSantis’ diet worked out so quickly that on Thursday, Puck News speculated that he might be taking Ozempic, the weight-loss-turned-diabetes drug celebrities turn to for quick weight loss.

“He’s a shell of himself,” a Tallahassee insider told Puck.

Peter Schorsch, editor of Florida Politics, wrote Thursday on Twitter that DeSantis isn’t taking Ozempic “even though the rest of Tally and Miami are.”

“They say on the street that Ronnie D. gave up carbs – no breads, no desserts!” Schorsch wrote.

This means that Donald Trump could lose one of his attack lines during the campaign.

The former president called DeSantis “fat” and “groaning” and took credit for his election as governor, New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman wrote in her book Confidence Man.

It could be a good political move for DeSantis to prevent further mockery after The Daily Beast reported Thursday that on a flight from Tallahassee to Washington, D.C. in March 2019, the governor ate chocolate pudding with three of their fingers.

DeSantis made his Iowa debut last Friday and longtime watchers noticed he looked slimmer than ever

“He would sit in meetings and eat in front of people,” a former DeSantis staffer also told the Beast. Adding, “still like a hungry animal that has never eaten before…being pissed off all over the place.”

Puck also reported that staff members lured DeSantis into meetings with cupcakes.

And he’s a big fan of fried chicken from Zaxby’s, a popular southern fast-food chain, Puck said.

DeSantis may also have been inspired to slim down after hearing that former President Donald Trump — who has made DeSantis his favorite political piñata lately — was spouting the idea of ​​nicknaming him “meatball Ron.”

It is a tradition of Trump to nickname all his political rivals.

En route to Davenport, Iowa on Monday, Trump explained to reporters why he decided to stay with Ron “DeSanctimonious” instead.

‘I don’t use that name. It is used by other people. I don’t like that name, I think it’s too rude,’ Trump said, according to the Daily Caller. “I’m a very non-rude person.”