President Trump likely to tout influence on the GOP during CPAC speech

February 22, 2021 KT1 US 0

CLEVELAND, OH - JULY 21: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gives two thumbs up to the crowd during the evening session on the fourth day of the Republican National Convention on July 21, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump received the number of votes needed to secure the party's nomination. An estimated 50,000 people are expected in Cleveland, including hundreds of protesters and members of the media. The four-day Republican National Convention kicked off on July 18. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

CLEVELAND, OH – JULY 21: President Donald Trump gave two thumbs up to the crowd during the evening session on the fourth day of the Republican National Convention on July 21, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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President Trump is reportedly planning to say he is the presumptive 2024 GOP nominee in his upcoming speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference.

According to a report from Axios on Monday, the 45th President’s speech will be “a show of force,” and affirm he is still in charge of the GOP.

Senior adviser Jason Miller said President Trump is the Republican Party, and attacking him is like attacking the party’s grassroots.

President Trump has notably been in touch with party leaders like Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.).

“I was in Florida doing some fundraising throughout a number of parts of Florida, ended up at Mar-a-Lago, and the President reached out and we visited,” Graham said. “I hadn’t seen him since he had left the White House, and it was actually good to catch up with him. I noticed he was a lot more relaxed than his four years in the White House.

WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 20: Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) speaks during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol on December 20, 2018 in Washington, DC. Graham and Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) spoke out against U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to remove U.S. military forces from Syria. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON, DC – DECEMBER 20: Sen. Lindsey Graham spoke during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol on December 20, 2018 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

The 45th President is expected to go after a number of GOP lawmakers in the primaries who he believes have wronged him and millions of his supporters.

“He still cares a lot about this country and the direction of our country. But, you know, it was a conversation more about how he’s doing now and what he’s planning on doing and how his family is doing,” Graham added.

Save America, President Trump’s leadership PAC, notably has $75 million of cash on hand.

In the meantime, yet another poll has shown the 45th President still has strong support in the GOP. In a Suffolk/USA TODAY survey of 1,000 Trump voters released on Sunday, 59 percent of respondents said they want to see President Trump run in 2024. Additionally, 85 percent of respondents said they would back him in the general election if he were the nominee.

The survey also indicated Trump voters are more loyal to the man himself than the actual party. 46 percent of respondents said they would join a new political party if he formed one, while 27 percent would not.