Trump sets speech at conservative event

Former President Donald Trump will speak at the conservative event known as CPAC on Sunday, his first public appearance and lengthy address since he left the White House last month.

A senior aide to Trump confirmed that he would attend the Conservative Public Action Conference, which is being held in Orlando, Fla., this year, and that he planned to talk about the future of the Republican Party as well as President Joe Biden’s immigration policies, which have been aimed at undoing Trump’s.

What Trump plans to talk about and what he ultimately says once he is onstage often diverge, as he discards scripts that aides prepare for him. But it will be the first time that he has spoken in a public setting since the deadly Jan. 6 riot by his supporters at the U.S. Capitol.

The former president has generally kept a low profile, except for giving a small round of interviews to sympathetic news outlets about the death of radio host Rush Limbaugh last week. Trump repeated his claims that the 2020 election was stolen.

CPAC is traditionally a cattle call for Republican candidates for office as well as aspiring figures in the party. And Trump has signaled to several allies and advisers in recent days that he is focused on running for president again in 2024. His presence could freeze the field, preventing other candidates from developing operations and networks of donors.

Trump’s modern political life began with a speech at CPAC in 2011.