'I am your retribution': Trump rules supreme at CPAC as he relaunches bid for White House

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/05/i-am-your-retribution-trump-rules-supreme-at-cpac-as-he-relaunches-bid-for-white-house

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Donald Trump turned back the clock to the darkest elements of his presidency on Saturday with a fiery address that showed the threat to American democracy is far from over.

After a lacklustre start to his campaign, Trump appeared to launch his White House bid in earnest with a vintage display of demagoguery that framed the 2024 election as “the final battle” for America.

The former president, wearing dark suit, white shirt and trademark red tie, also declared war on his own Republican party to the delight of ardent fans in the crowd chanting “Trump! Trump! Trump!” and “USA! USA! USA!”

Opinion polls suggest that Trump’s grip on the party is slipping in the wake of the 6 January 2021, insurrection and a disappointing midterm performance. But he continues to rule supreme at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), billed as the biggest annual gathering of grassroots conservatives.

Feeding off the energy of a crowd that wore “Make America great again” (Maga) caps, and watched by Brazil’s far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro, Trump returned to the authoritarian language that characterised his political rise seven years ago.

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[Tetrachloride]

1. "rules supreme" ?? In that mainly empty room ??

[Captain Zero]

2. "I am your retribution". He thinks he is god.

Give him a grocery cart, and a can, and a corner to stand on.

[brush]

3. If the nation is insane enough to elect this insane MFer...

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to the WH again, and anyone talking about unleashing retribution upon the land, you know that biblical sounding shit, from the most irreligious MFer ever, he es absolutely insane and the nation is too I'll be selling everything and getting the eff out of Dodge and down to Mexico as the country as a democracy is over.

It would be Canada but I can't stand the cold.

[leftyladyfrommo]

4. How many people were there? nt