Ms. Reynolds is said to have tired of Mr. Trump, and she reacted with disbelief to his comment that she owed him her governorship, according to people familiar with her thinking and her response. Before Mr. Trump’s latest visit to Iowa on Friday, a behind-the-scenes standoff played out for days over whether Ms. Reynolds would join him. Ms. Reynolds has said she will make an effort to appear with whomever invites her, but an aide said she had not actually been invited. The relationship with Mr. DeSantis, who has privately courted Ms. Reynolds for many months, has been strikingly different. They banter with a degree of familiarity and friendship that Mr. DeSantis rarely flashes with other politicians.

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Persons: Reynolds, Trump, ”, Trump’s, DeSantis, Kim, Ron Organizations: Mr, Biden, America, Republican Party, Trump Locations: Iowa