President Donald Trump talks to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, left, during a visit to Lake Okeechobee and Herbert Hoover Dike at Canal Point, Fla., March 29, 2019.
President Donald Trump talks to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, left, during a visit to Lake Okeechobee and Herbert Hoover Dike at Canal Point, Florida, on March 29, 2019.
  • Trump denied a New York Times report that he is testing out nicknames for DeSantis. 
  • He has privately been calling the Florida governor "Meatball Ron," the report said.
  • "I don't even think about it — A very unimportant subject to me!!!" Trump wrote on Truth Social.

Former President Donald Trump insists that he spends little time thinking about the person who is shaping up to be his biggest Republican rival in 2024.