Former President Donald Trump returned to the famed Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Saturday, delivering a low-energy speech that repeated his accusation that the 2020 Presidential election was stolen. Despite a rather lackluster audience, Trump held firm that there would be an epic struggle to rescue America from "the people who hate it and want to absolutely destroy it." He denounced policies like gender affirming care and teaching children about race, adding that "when Biden came in...he put everything right back into place where it was."

From here, Trump pivoted to paint the pivotal 2024 Presidential race as a fight between populist conservatives and the self-interested Republican establishment, loudly proclaiming that "either they win or we win." His chief rival for the Republican nomination, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, was not mentioned by name, however Trump implied his criticism towards what he refers to as the big donors' desired cuts to Social Security and Medicare.