OXON. The former president of the United States Donald Trump confirmed the split of the Republican Party in the speech with which he closed the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), in which he threw several darts against members of the political formation.
Until now, the CPAC had been considered the largest annual meeting of conservatives in the US, but this year it was reduced to a Trumpist forum with no prominent Republican figures, and this was evident in Trump’s words.
He claimed that his formation was dominated, before he came to the White House, by “a bunch of neoconservatives, globalists, open-border fanatics, and goofballs…”.
“We will never be the party of Paul Ryan, Karl Rove and Jeb Bush again,” in reference to former Republican leaders known for their moderation (Ryan was House Speaker, Rove was an adviser to former President George W. Bush and Jeb Bush, Governor of Florida).
Trump failed to fill the CPAC auditorium, which this year was lackluster, with a main room more than half empty for most of the presentations.
Among the audience for the former US president’s speech were former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and his son Eduardo Bolsonaro, a federal representative, who had spoken before Trump.
Earlier, Bolsonaro mentioned in the forum that his mission “is not finished yet” after having governed Brazil, indicating that he may be planning a new candidacy for 2026.
The far-right leader received cheers from the conservative audience as he outlined his moves to ease regulations on gun ownership and his stances against abortion and vaccines.
For the rest, Trump went through some of his favorite topics: he lashed out at justice for the numerous investigations opened against him; He denounced misinformation by attacking “fake news,” as he often refers to the mainstream media, though he often embellishes his speeches with falsehoods.
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He also boasted of his relationship with the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, and the Chinese, Xi Jinping. In that sense, he bragged that Russia did not take any countries during his tenure because he got along “very well with Putin.”
Throughout his tenure, Trump showed more affinity with leaders such as Putin, Bolsonaro or the North Korean, Kim Jong-Un, with whom he came to have an exchange of letters, than with his country’s traditional allies such as the European Union or Canada.
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