POTUS Trump redefines conservatism in fiery speech at CPAC: ‘This is how I got elected!’

By Jon Dougherty

If you still wonder why the Republican establishment remains furious at POTUS Donald Trump, vehemently opposed to him, and outraged at the fact that he’s still in the White House despite a soft coup attempt and two years’ worth of character assassinations, it’s this: He has not only redefined what it means to be ‘conservative’ but also what the conservative movement stands for and the direction it is headed.

No matter what the establishment has thrown at him, POTUS Trump retains a fiercely loyal core of supporters that actually appears to be growing, as evidenced by recent approval ratings that topped 50 percent.

He’ll need them as he heads into what is likely going to be the most contentious presidential election of our time. Democrats and establishment RINOs, stung by the loss of Hillary Clinton, are almost frothing at the mouth to get rid of the president and are willing to do and say anything to make that happen.

The president laid out his vision of what today’s conservatism is really all about during a fiery speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Maryland over the weekend. In doing so, Trump acknowledged that to get where he is today, where the country is today, and where conservatism is today, he had to do it his own way.

As theÂ Washington Times noted, Trump “delivered a tour de force speech” at CPAC, even as self-described socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont announced his second bid for the White House in New York:

The president told thousands of activists gathered in suburban Maryland that he is their bulwark against a wave of socialism that is cresting in the Democratic Party, he introspected on the tricky negotiations with North Korea, he made news by announcing a looming executive order on free speech on college campuses and he flashed new anger at efforts to investigate him â€” even using profanity to describe it.



