President Donald Trump dropped a huge hint he is running again during the annual CPAC event in Orlando, Florida this weekend.
Trump left his stamp on the gathering in a speech that gave every impression of a man planning to run in 2024.
“We did it twice,” the 45th president told the crowd.
“And we’re going to do it again,” he added, in the strongest hint of his intentions so far.
Trump made the comments before winning the straw poll at CPAC, a key early indicator of who has the inside track on the GOP nomination in 2024.
You can’t win a primary without support from the base, something Liz Cheney is going to find out the hard way in Wyoming.
Trump won 59 percent support from attendees when asked their preference of potential 2024 presidential candidates.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis got 28 percent support, should Trump run.
The other candidates got minimal support.
“So much for him fading,” pollster Jim McLaughlin said.
If Trump does not run, DeSantis was the clear choice of the attendees with 61 percent.
Mike Pompeo got 6 percent and Donald Trump Jr. got 6 percent.
If Trump runs, the results were as follows:
- DONALD TRUMP 59.1
- RON DeSANTIS 28.4
- MIKE POMPEO 1.5
- RAND PAUL 1.3
- KRISTI NOEM 1.2
- NIKKI HALEY 1.0
- TED CRUZ 0.8
- MIKE PENCE 0.6
- GLENN YOUNGKIN 0.6
- TIM SCOTT 0.6
- MITT ROMNEY 0.4
- BEN CARSON 0.3
- TOM COTTON 0.3
- MARCO RUBIO 0.3
- RICK SCOTT 0.2
- JOSH HAWLEY 0.2
- CHRIS CHRISTIE 0.1
- JOHN KASICH *
- LARRY HOGAN *
- OTHER 1.5
- UNDECIDED 1.3
If Trump does not run:
- RON DeSANTIS 61.4
- MIKE POMPEO 6.3
- DONALD TRUMP JR. 5.9
- TED CRUZ 3.3
- RAND PAUL 3.3
- KRISTI NOEM 3.1
- NIKKI HALEY 2.1
- GLENN YOUNGKIN 1.6
- MIKE PENCE 1.4
- JOSH HAWLEY 1.4
- TIM SCOTT 1.0
- RICK SCOTT 0.7
- MARCO RUBIO 0.7
- TOM COTTON 0.7
- BEN CARSON 0.6
- MITT ROMNEY 0.3
- CHRIS CHRISTIE 0.2
- JOHN KASICH 0.1
- LARRY HOGAN 0.1
- OTHER 3.9
- UNDECIDED 1.9
Any questions? ????????
President Trump continues to grow the conservative MAGA movement, which includes growing his political dominance. What a great conference—the MAGA wave is going to crash over 2022 in historic fashion. https://t.co/HIbhJkCZeF
— Taylor Budowich (@TayFromCA) February 27, 2022
