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The throughline here is simple: Trumpworld keeps trying to straddle the line between nationalist bluster and soft-pedal authoritarian sympathy, and war in Europe makes that act look ugly fast. On March 5, 2022, that contradiction was already doing damage.
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As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine entered its second week on March 5, 2022, Republicans were trying to condemn Vladimir Putin while managing the political baggage of Donald Trump’s repeated praise for him. Mike Pence’s warning that there was no room in the party for Putin “apologists” made that tension harder to ignore.
At CPAC in Orlando, which ended Feb. 27, 2022, Donald Trump remained the event’s main attraction even as the gathering was supposed to showcase a broader conservative bench. The result was less a display of party renewal than a reminder of how dependent Republicans still were on his brand.