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Former President Donald Trump continues to reign supreme over the conservative wing of the Republican party, attending the four-day annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). Closing out the conference, Trump presented himself as the ultimate leader to take on Democrats and „establishment“ Republicans and calling the upcoming 2024 presidential election the „final battle.“
„In 2016, I declared I am your voice. Today I add: I am your warrior. I am your justice, and for those who have been wronged and betrayed, I am your retribution,“ Trump said as he continues to ramp up his third presidential campaign.
„This is the final battle, they know it. I know it, you know it, and everybody knows it, this is it. Either they win or we win. And if they win, we no longer have a country.“
Throughout his speech, Trump proclaimed himself as the leader who would „save“ America while working to establish a contrast between himself and „establishment“ Republicans.
„People are tired of RINOs and globalists; they want to see America first. That’s what they want. It’s not too complicated,“ Trump said.
„The Republican party was ruled by freaks, neocons, open border zealots and fools. We’re never going back to the party of Paul Ryan, Karl Rove, and Jeb Bush.“
Trump then attacked Republicans who want to raise the Social Security retirement age.
„We’re not going back to people that want to destroy our great social security system. Even some in our own party, I wonder who that might be. That want to raise the minimum age of social security to 70, 75 or even 80 in some cases, and then a route to cut Medicare to a level that it will no longer be recognizable,“ he said.
In a preview of his agenda if elected president, Trump focused on his usual host of conservative topics which included: securing the border, using the National Guard „until law and order is restored,“ and fighting for a Constitutional amendment to impost term limits on members of Congress.
He also talked about his newly announced competition to build new „freedom cities.“
„I’ll challenge the governors of all 50 states, all 50 states to join me in a great beautification campaign. We will rename our schools and boulevards, not after communists but great American patriots.
