Welcome back to The Best & The Brightest, Puck’s daily politics email from Julia Ioffe, Tina Nguyen, and yours truly, with occasional cameos from the inimitable Peter Hamby (currently honeymooning through South Africa). In tonight’s edition, a DeSantis travelogue with a twist, plus some Sununu b-sides from my reporting trip through New Hampshire.

But first…

• Trump Ambassador Knife Twist: Why does it seem like so many of Donald Trump’s ambassadors are failing to win his endorsement? To wit: Kelly Craft, his former ambassador to the U.N., lost her bid to become governor of Kentucky after getting the endorsement of Ron DeSantis and hiring the Jeff Roe. Trump also didn’t support Carla Sands, his former ambassador to Denmark, in her Pennsylvania Senate primary bid. He wouldn’t support Lynda Blanchard, former ambassador to Slovenia, in the primary for the...