Top administration officials made clear Trump’s ambitions for reshaping the country. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said more than 200 people who participated in investigations of the president were fired, retired or quit. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr emphasized the president’s influence over the media, pointing to PBS and NPR being defunded and praising the departure of people like Stephen Colbert, whose show will end in May.
As in previous years, CPAC leaned into its relationships overseas. The conference featured international speakers like Polish President Karol Nawrocki and former British Prime Minister Liz Truss, who announced the first British CPAC in July. Conservatives from Australia, Brazil Germany, Hungary and Japan also appeared on stage to say they’re developing or working to put on similar conferences in their nations.
