Standing outside the White House two months ago, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced that his state has managed to clean sweep the coronavirus. He claimed that his state has succeeded, but people deny recognizing it, going as far as jabbing his fingers at reporters and scolding the press.

Taking a jab at the press, DeSantis accused it of poetically exaggerating for weeks about his Florida was on its way to becoming like New York. About ten weeks later, Florida, with DeSantis as the governor, has become a global ground zero for coronavirus cases and a representation of the Trump administration's failures in restricting the spread of the virus.

Donald Trump's push to open schools in the fall across the United States has led to clashes between DeSantis and teachers as the governor continues to insist on a full-scale reopening. He even supported Trump's plan to hold a live, in-person convention, which had to be canceled citing the still-raging coronavirus pandemic.

Moreover, the Major League Baseball season has been called into question with the sports world waiting with bated breath to find out if the outbreak among Miami Marlins coaches and players spread to other teams as well. With 414,511 recorded cases, Florida surpassed New York's coronavirus cases. It is worth noting that only California, with a larger population, has recorded more cases, CNN reported.

With hospitalizations in Florida going up, the state-wide ICU capacity has tumbled. Florida's Agency for Health Care Administration reported on Saturday that only 17 percent of ICU beds were still up for grabs. In Miami-Dade County, which has been hit hard by the pandemic, the virus positivity rate surpassed 19 percent, reaching nearly double its target.

One of Trump's close political allies who cashed in on the president's support for his 2018 gubernatorial campaign, DeSantis has stayed updated about the White House's messaging. It is imperative for the situation in Florida to improve rapidly for Trump's poll numbers in the state to see an improvement.

During an interview with Fox News' Chris Wallace last week, Trump admitted that his public support for DeSantis might be on the verge of coming to an end. Comparing Florida to flame, Trump said cases in the state are going to be under control.

Following the interview, DeSantis has remained in touch, or at least in the close vicinity of the president on two occasions. He spoke with the president and Vice President Mike Pence last week, and a day later his press office announced that DeSantis had discussed Florida's need for the antiviral drug Remdesivir with the vice president when he visited Miami earlier this week.