Trump to claim he is ‘presumptive 2024 nominee,’ leader of GOP in CPAC speech

Donald Trump is set to reportedly claim he is still the leader of the GOP during his upcoming CPAC speech.

​Former President Donald Trump will proclaim that he is still in charge of the Republican Party and is its “presumptive 2024 nominee” when he makes his first public appearance at a conservative conference next weekend in Orlando, according to a report on Monday.

Trump’s keynote address at the Conservative Political Action Committee conference next Sunday will be a “show of force,” and he will remind Republicans that he still has control of the bully pulpit even if he’s not in the White House, Axios reported.

“I may not have Twitter or the Oval Office, but I’m still in charge,” will be Trump’s message to the group, the website reported, citing a longtime adviser.​

The former president, who has been hosting Republican lawmakers at Mar-a-Lago, will huddle this week ​with advisers on his political future with an eye toward becoming a kingmaker in the 2022 elections.

Senior adviser Jason Miller said Trump intends to remain a force among Republicans.

“Trump effectively is the Republican Party,” Miller told​ Axios​. “The only chasm is between Beltway insiders and grassroots Republicans around the country. When you attack President Trump, you’re attacking the Republican grassroots.”

T​rump is also expected to pay back the ​10 House Republicans who voted to convict him in his impeachment trial and the seven GOP Senators who voted with Democrats to convict. ​