A movement rumored to be on its deathbed a couple of years ago is back with a vengeance.
On Feb. 22, President Donald Trump delivered an address to the Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, in Oxon Hill, MD. Some call the 47th president Trump 2.0, and there is some truth to that. The man seems less somber these days and less bitter – though clearly, he hasn’t forgotten the years of negative press and lawfare that made him that way. This was a cheerful, confident, determined, and very much in-control Trump. He seems more sure of himself than during his first White House term. But perhaps the one thing that confirms the dominant return of his MAGA movement wasn’t anything he said, but what CPAC attendees indicated they want going forward.
Though his tone was light, the president did not hold back when…
