Most presidents give their successors a grace period before they start re-emerging publicly. Trump is planning to deliver a cpac speech tomorrow that will criticize President Biden's 5 weeks in office and make clear he still has a grip on the GOP nytimes.com/2021/02/27/us/…
Aides say Trump is happy without his Twitter feed. Yet he's a politician with only a handful of moves, and one has been trying to inject himself into news of the day for decades. So he's commented on Limbaugh and Tiger Woods. nytimes.com/2021/02/27/us/…
"Mr. Trump’s false claims of voter fraud have already gotten a boost at the gathering; a panel titled 'How Judges & Media Refused to Look at the Evidence' was conducted on Friday." nytimes.com/2021/02/27/us/…
Trump spent hours meeting with advisers on Thursday for a meeting where his plans for his future political operation were established, including his eldest son taking a more prominent role as Jared Kushner has receded some nytimes.com/2021/02/27/us/…
Trump has told several advisers he wants to run again in 2024. Even if he doesn't (and most advisers think he ultimately won't) he could succeed in freezing the field for the next two years nytimes.com/2021/02/27/us/…
The speech he's delivering tomorrow is not being written by Stephen Miller, but by Vince Haley and Ross Worthington, who worked under Miller in the White House nytimes.com/2021/02/27/us/…

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