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Former President Donald Trump’s first return to Washington, D.C., since leaving office last January has reanimated the backstabby factions within the MAGA faithful—rival groups who have spent the time since his departure planning a way back to power, and who are intent on keeping others out.
The ex-president will be in town on Tuesday to address the America First Policy Institute, a relatively new Trump-aligned nonprofit group, which this week convened countless MAGA-loving policy wonks and loyalists for a two-day conference in a hotel basement blocks away from the Capitol building. The agenda, AFPI says, is heavy on legislative goals crafted ahead of what they hope is a Republican return to power in Washington after the midterm elections and beyond.
A source close to Trump told The Daily Beast that despite the cloud of investigations over his head, the former commander-in-chief has been “excited” about his return to the swamp.
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