Trump has called the 2024 U.S. presidential election America’s ‘last battle’ – Reuters

Dressed in a dark suit, white shirt and signature red tie, the former president lashed out at Democrats and his fellow Republicans, much to the delight of ardent fans in the crowd chanting ” Trump!” and “USA!”. Opinion polls show Trump’s influence in the country waning following the seizure of the Capitol on January 6, 2021 and disappointing midterm results in the November legislative election. But he continues to reign supreme in the United States, says Guardian .Amid cries from people who donned “Make America Great Again” caps, Trump returned to the authoritarian language that characterized the ex-president’s political rise seven years ago as he watched the former Far-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro attend the conference.”In 2016 I said, ‘I am your voice,'” Trump said as he spoke for just over 100 minutes from a bright blue and red stage in a huge ballroom during the closing speech. of a CPAC event in Maryland. “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 faces a series of criminal investigations, but last November he announced another bid to run for president at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, seen as the biggest threat to Trump, has pulled out of CPAC and is instead meeting with his supporters in California.
The atmosphere at CPAC, held at the National Harbor Convention Center in Maryland, was tepid for most of the week, but Saturday night the 45th president drew the biggest and loudest crowd in the world. ‘event.“With you on my side, we will destroy the Deep State. We will kick out the warmongers. We will kick out the globalists. We will kick out the communists. media,” Trump said in his emotional style. “We will kick Joe Biden out of the White House. And we will free America from these scoundrels and scoundrels once and for all.”In his speech, Trump avoided mentioning DeSantis, but repeatedly drew attention to Biden. “This is the most dangerous time in our country’s history, and Joe Biden is dragging us into oblivion,” he said.”We have no choice,” the former president stressed, in stark contrast to Biden’s calls for unity, warning that “this is America’s last battle.” He concluded: “If we don’t, our country will be lost forever.