As of: February 22, 2024, 11:06 a.m
By: Stefan Krieger
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The “Conservative Political Action Conference” (CPAC) is underway in the USA.
Trump and those around him have dominated the conference in recent years.
CPAC
brings together conservative forces from all over the world in the
USA
One of the
keynote speakers
this year: Argentina's eccentric President Javier Milei
In this news ticker we inform you about developments at the “Conservative Political Action Conference”, where Donald Trump will again give the keynote speech.
Washington, D.C.
– The meeting of American conservatives, the “Conservative Political Action Conference” (CPAC), takes place very close to the US capital Washington.
CPAC is a regular meeting of right-wing conservatives, where people mainly around former President Donald Trump, conspiracy believers and the religious right gather.
Among those expected at the meeting lasting several days are Trump, other Republicans such as MP Elise Stefanik and Senator JD Vance and former British Prime Minister Liz Truss.
One of the keynote speakers at the conference this time is the eccentric, chop-wearing, chainsaw-wielding Argentine President Javier Milei.
Patricia Bullrich, Argentina's Minister of National Security, will also give a speech.
Even the podium is full of top-class people: Richard Grenell, former US ambassador in Berlin, is back.
Grenell is accompanied by former
Bild
editor-in-chief Julian Reichelt.
The two know each other well from Grenell's time in Berlin.
Expected to make a big appearance at CPAC again: Donald Trump.
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CPAC: An excerpt from the list of participants
Below are some notable speakers who will be appearing at the conference this year:
Donald Trump –
former US President
Vivek Ramaswamy
– former Republican presidential candidate
Nigel Farage
– former leader of the British Brexit Party
Liz Truss
– briefly British Prime Minister
Steve Bannon
– Podcaster and former strategist in the Trump White House
Javier Milei
– President of Argentina
Dr.
Robert Malone
– anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist
Matt Gaetz
– Congressman from Florida
Lara Trump
– Donald Trump's daughter-in-law
CPAC chairman looks forward to Milei
CPAC Chairman Matt Schlapp said in a statement that he met Milei in Mexico “as he began his historic campaign, and we believe he captured the spirit of those who see the betrayal of globalist elites.
American patriots are rooting for him to succeed, and we like the chainsaw too.”
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Schlapp, who has faced multiple allegations of sexual assault in the past, has initiated a massive change at the conference.
From a congress that has in the past brought together US Republicans of all stripes, to a purely MAGA event whose primary aim is to reinforce the views and crude theses of former President Donald Trump.
The small anti-Trump wing of the Republican Party is hosting its own conference in Washington, DC, February 23-25.
The Republicans' Principles First group wants to focus on "promoting principled center-right politics in the United States" and "rebuilding leadership that serves our country - not party affiliation or personality."
This is what it says on the event website.
Big final speech expected from Donald Trump
In recent years, Donald Trump has often been the keynote speaker, giving the final speech of the conference.
That's how it should be this time too.
In March 2023, Trump made at least 23 false statements during his CPAC speech.
CNN
's Daniel Dale
noted at the time that this was "far from the total number," adding that the speech was full of "wildly inaccurate claims."
“The Republican Party has been ruled by freaks, neoconservatives, open borders zealots and fools,” he claimed.
“This is the last battle,” Trump said at the time about the 2024 US election. The right-wing camp seems ready to fight the battle.
(skr)