Trump seeks return to spotlight with address to conservative meeting

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Trump seeks return to spotlight with address to conservative meeting

By Steve Holland

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump (L) shakes hands with Matt Schlapp, chairman of the American Conservative Union, at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) annual meeting at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland, U.S., February 29, 2020. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/File Photo

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Donald Trump will seek to return to the political spotlight in an address to a major meeting of conservatives, a source familiar with his plans said on Saturday, as the Republican plots his post-White House moves.

 

Trump plans to speak to the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Florida, on Feb. 28, the last day of their meeting, the source told Reuters on condition of anonymity.

 

"He’ll be talking about the future of the Republican Party and the conservative movement. Also look for the 45th President to take on President (Joe) Biden’s disastrous amnesty and border policies," the source said.

 

Trump's tumultuous four years in the White House ended shortly after he was impeached on a charge of inciting his supporters' deadly Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, where lawmakers were gathering to certify Biden's victory in the Nov. 3 election.

 

After spending two months falsely claiming his election loss was the result of widespread fraud, Trump was acquitted in an impeachment trial held in the Senate after he left office. The 57-43 vote fell short of the two-thirds majority needed for a conviction.

 

Trump has expressed anger at the 17 Republicans in the House of Representatives and Senate who voted to impeach or convict him, and on Tuesday he aimed his rhetorical fire at Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, the nation's most senior elected Republican.

 

The loss of both the White House to Biden and control of the Senate - which Democrats picked up in a pair of upset Georgia election runoff victories last month - has left Republicans on edge as they plot how to win back control of Congress in 2022.

 

Trump and McConnell parted ways in the weeks after the November election, with Trump irked that the Kentucky Republican had recognized Biden as the winner in mid-December. They have not spoken since, a former White House official said this week.

 

Trump called McConnell "a dour, sullen, and unsmiling political hack" this week and warned that if Republican senators stayed with him "they will not win again."

 

A U.S. conservative political conference will host former President Donald Trump's first public appearance since leaving office. This report produced by Zachary Goelman.

 

The gap between Trump and McConnell widened when the latter declared after the Senate's acquittal of the former president that Trump was "practically and morally responsible" for the Capitol siege.

 

A number of top Republicans who are considered possible candidates for the party's 2024 presidential nomination are also due to speak at CPAC, including Trump's secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, and Kristi Noem, the governor of South Dakota.

 

Two notable Republicans from the Trump administration not on the CPAC speaker list are former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley and former Vice President Mike Pence.

 

Another source told Reuters that Trump had rebuffed a request by Haley to meet with him recently after she was critical of him in a Politico article.

 

(Reporting by Steve Holland and David Brunnstrom; Editing by Scott Malone and Paul Simao)

 

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[Chomper Higgot]

The GOP gets its very own embarrassing old uncle.

 

 

[Tug]

Oh boy get ready for an epic crybaby lie fest poor Donald such the victim after all all he got from daddy was a miserable 400 million I do wonder how those folks really feel about the guy who lost the senate, house,presidency had a large (bigley) hand in getting 500,000 Americans killed cratered the economy wrecked our alliances lost a trade war it would be nice for them to really tell donald how they really feel

[herfiehandbag]

1 hour ago, Tug said:

Oh boy get ready for an epic crybaby lie fest poor Donald such the victim after all all he got from daddy was a miserable 400 million I do wonder how those folks really feel about the guy who lost the senate, house,presidency had a large (bigley) hand in getting 500,000 Americans killed cratered the economy wrecked our alliances lost a trade war it would be nice for them to really tell donald how they really feel

I expect that they are only going in the hope of a freebie red baseball hat.

 

That is about as critical as Mr Trump's fan base gets!

 

[Jingthing]

1 hour ago, Chomper Higgot said:

The GOP gets its very own embarrassing old uncle.

 

 

Yeah and even though its ridiculously premature assuming he isn't nominated in 2024 how the R party deals with the presidential human stain at the convention will be fascinating. 

[Eric Loh]

The Fact Checker team at Washinton Post will have to recalled their people just for this speech. 

[mtls2005]

Anchor reappears to pull down what's left of the Gand Old Party.

 

It was easier to rid themselves of the John Birch Society back in the '60s. 

 

Just can't rinse out this stain (is it orange? bronze?) now.

 

 

[Berkshire]

Trump is basically embarking on a destroy-the-Republican-Party campaign.  I hope he succeeds.  America needs to be rid of Trump and his enablers.

[OneMoreFarang]

And they pretend to be the law and order party. What a joke.

[bendejo]

The event is sure to be a superspreader.  The former president still at work on the body count.

 

[SunnyinBangrak]

52 minutes ago, Eric Loh said:

The Fact Checker team at Washinton Post will have to recalled their people just for this speech. 

If you did not notice there is no real fact checking any more. If 46 can lie and make false claims that there was no vaccine before he was president(at the excruciating CNN town hall) even though he himself was vaccinated before that date, and fact checkers claiming this lie was NOT a lie, well, forget the fact checkers.

[Sujo]

4 minutes ago, SunnyinBangrak said:

If you did not notice there is no real fact checking any more. If 46 can lie and make false claims that there was no vaccine before he was president(at the excruciating CNN town hall) even though he himself was vaccinated before that date, and fact checkers claiming this lie was NOT a lie, well, forget the fact checkers.

Did you fact check your post?

 

I hope trump sticks around, the repub party will be split. Good for the dems.

[Phoenix Rising]

1 hour ago, Berkshire said:

Trump is basically embarking on a destroy-the-Republican-Party campaign.  I hope he succeeds.  America needs to be rid of Trump and his enablers.

Good times ahead!

 

Whopping 46 Percent of Republicans Would Disown GOP for the Trump Party, Poll Says

Republicans willing to break away from party to follow Trump, poll reveals

https://thehill.com/homenews/politics-101/539779-almost-half-of-republicans-would-join-trump-party-poll

 

Hopefully trump or some of the other nutters start a new party which, of course' will attract his loony base. 

Game, set, match; Dem party.

[Neeranam]

1 hour ago, Berkshire said:

Trump is basically embarking on a destroy-the-Republican-Party campaign.  I hope he succeeds.  America needs to be rid of Trump and his enablers.

70 million+ US people would disagree with you. 

 

 

[Patong2021]

He will have  big TV ratings for his speech. People will watch to see the show. The cult will not go quietly.

[simple1]

51 minutes ago, SunnyinBangrak said:

If you did not notice there is no real fact checking any more. If 46 can lie and make false claims that there was no vaccine before he was president(at the excruciating CNN town hall) even though he himself was vaccinated before that date, and fact checkers claiming this lie was NOT a lie, well, forget the fact checkers.

Context!

 

https://www.politifact.com/article/2021/feb/18/context-what-joe-biden-said-about-vaccine-supply-h/

[welovesundaysatspace]

1 hour ago, bendejo said:

The event is sure to be a superspreader.  The former president still at work on the body count.

 

Former so-called president. 

[welovesundaysatspace]

19 minutes ago, Neeranam said:

70 million+ US people would disagree with you. 

Zombie nation. 

[Neeranam]

1 hour ago, bendejo said:

The event is sure to be a superspreader.  The former president still at work on the body count.

 

He will still be called "Mr. President".

[Chomper Higgot]

1 hour ago, SunnyinBangrak said:

If you did not notice there is no real fact checking any more. If 46 can lie and make false claims that there was no vaccine before he was president(at the excruciating CNN town hall) even though he himself was vaccinated before that date, and fact checkers claiming this lie was NOT a lie, well, forget the fact checkers.

Assuming of course your own claim is true.

 

Welcome to TVF.

 

 

[Chomper Higgot]

54 minutes ago, Neeranam said:

70 million+ US people would disagree with you. 

 

 

And over 81,000,000 Americans would not.

 

 

[Rimmer]

An off topic post has been removed

[Chomper Higgot]

36 minutes ago, Neeranam said:

He will still be called "Mr. President".

But no longer has the launch codes or perhaps as importantly control of the DoJ.

[donnacha]

After his time off, you might all be pleasantly surprised by a wiser, more contemplative Trump.

[Berkshire]

3 minutes ago, donnacha said:

After his time off, you might all be pleasantly surprised by a wiser, more contemplative Trump.

55555....you can't be serious.  After Trump was first elected, I had hoped that he would change and become a better human being while President.  But he never did. 

 

I sincerely hope you're right.  But this guy has proven time and time again that he will never change.  He will never stop with the lying, the bullying, the insults, and the "me-first" attitude.  It's just not in his DNA. 

[Jingthing]

4 minutes ago, Berkshire said:

55555....you can't be serious.  After Trump was first elected, I had hoped that he would change and become a better human being while President.  But he never did. 

 

I sincerely hope you're right.  But this guy has proven time and time again that he will never change.  He will never stop with the lying, the bullying, the insults, and the "me-first" attitude.  It's just not in his DNA. 

There is zero chance he will ever get better. He always gets worse. 

[billd766]

1 hour ago, Neeranam said:

70 million+ US people would disagree with you. 

 

 

But 80 million plus US voters would agree with him. That 70 million plus was at the presidential elections. I wonder how many will have changed their minds?

[herfiehandbag]

1 hour ago, Neeranam said:

He will still be called "Mr. President".

Of course he will - after all, he lives in "The Southern White House"!

[Jingthing]

2 minutes ago, herfiehandbag said:

Of course he will - after all, he lives in "The Southern White House"!

As of January 20 in his grandiose imagination only.

[Jingthing]

6 minutes ago, billd766 said:

But 80 million plus US voters would agree with him. That 70 million plus was at the presidential elections. I wonder how many will have changed their minds?

We already know that a large number of his voters changed their minds about the human stain former president after the insurrection at the Capitol.