This weekend, the Republican Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) is being held in Maryland in the US. The conference marketed itself as “the world’s largest and most influential conference” for conservatives, he wrote Guard.

This year, however, it seems that many are dropping out from attending the conference. When former US president, and now presidential candidate, Donald Trump spoke at the conference on Saturday night, photos showed a number of seats at the conference empty.

Empty seat

While many of the seats near the stage where Trump spoke were full, the same was not the case in the conference room.

British newspaper The Guardian referred to this year’s conference as being characterized by “low energy levels”.

– A glance at the conference room’s ballroom reveals rows of empty chairs, the newspaper wrote.

Crisis: – Couldn’t be worse

Someone who also recognizes this is Molly Jong-Fast, political commentator on, among others, The Atlantic.

– Trump spoke to a “full” house, Jong-Fast wrote on Twitter.

Several top Republicans, including former Vice President Mike Pence, also walked out of this year’s conference, the news agency reported. AP. Prior to the conference, Matt Schlapp, head of the Conservative Union of America – which is organizing the conference – was sued for allegedly groping a staff member during a road trip in Georgia last November.

Schlapp denied the accusations.

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Will not give up

Despite several empty seats, Trump remains the Republican presidential nominee who appears to be the voter’s favourite. In a survey conducted at the conference, reproduced by AP, the figure shows that Trump has 62 percent support. Still far from Ron De Santis who is next in line. Only 20 percent want him as a presidential candidate.

Trump is currently being investigated at the state and federal levels. He is being investigated, among other things, for his role in efforts to override the results of the 2020 election, and the January 2021 raid on the US Congress.

He denies any accusations will stop him in his quest to become president again, NTB wrote.

– I wouldn’t even think about resigning, Trump told the press before he spoke.

He also revealed, among other things, that he could have prevented World War III.

– I am the only candidate who can promise this: I will prevent a third world war, said Trump, reproduced by CNN.

The former president also said that the country, as he knows it, “will be lost forever” if he does not become president of the United States in 2024.

– This is the last game – they know it, I know it, you know it, everyone knows it. Either they win, or we win. And I promise you: If you bring me back to the White House, your administration will end, and the United States will once again be a free country,” Trump said.