- President Donald Trump gave a freewheeling, raucous speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Friday that was reminiscent of a campaign rally.
- In the almost 1 1/2-hour speech, Trump attacked Hillary Clinton, Democrats in Congress, John McCain, the World Trade Organization, a deputy in Florida who resigned over his response to last week's mass shooting, and more.
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Trump just gave his most freewheeling, wild speech in months
President Donald Trump touched on a wide array of topics during a speech at CPAC including Hillary Clinton, gun control, trade, tax cuts, and the 2016 election.
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President Donald Trump on Friday returned to campaign-style rhetoric at the Conservative Political Action Conference, where he delivering a speech reminiscent of some of his raucous rallies during the 2016 race.
Trump used the nearly 1 1/2-hour speech to tout Republicans' recently enacted tax law, make jokes about his hair, attack political rivals including Hillary Clinton and John McCain, advocate a program to arm teachers, praise the military, and much more.
In the speech, Trump:
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- surprising thumbs-down vote
- Scot Peterson, the armed Florida police officer who failed
- arm teachers
- a song about a "vicious snake"
- about his hair
The president had been more subdued of late during public appearances, with a straightforward State of the Union address last month and more conventional public appearances. But the unfettered speech Friday and a recent uptick in Twitter activity seem to reflect a return to a more traditional Trumpian stance.
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