The 2026 Florida governor's race is already heating up as U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds — who is backed by President Donald Trump — opens his campaign Friday evening with a rally in his hometown of Bonita Springs in southwest Florida.

Byron Donalds doesn’t have Gov. Ron DeSantis’ support to become the next governor of Florida. But during his gubernatorial campaign kickoff rally on Friday, Donalds cast himself as a natural extension of the governor’s “free state of Florida” mantra.

U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds — backed by President Donald Trump — opened his campaign Friday evening at a rally in his hometown of Bonita Springs in southwest Florida.

President Trump says Wednesday will be “Liberation Day” — when he plans to roll out tariffs on a range of products and items that are imported into the US from a number of countries.

The president has circled April 2 as the culmination of his "American first" economic policy, which has already shaken markets and started a trade war.

So it goes for the barrage of tariffs that he is set to unveil on April 2nd. The president has promised they will mark “Liberation Day” for America—a turning point when the country starts to claw back the respect and money that,