Monday, February 24, 2025

Do Trump supporters want a third term? I decided to ask them.

Republicans from across the country descended on Washington, D.C., for CPAC. I went to ask them some questions about Trump, Vance and Musk. ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌  ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ 

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Mon Feb 24 2025

 
People pass by a bus with the image of President Donald Trump for the Conservative Political Action Conference at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center at the National Harbor, Md., on Feb. 21, 2025.

Republicans from across the country descended on Washington, D.C., for CPAC. I went to ask them some questions about Trump, Vance and Musk.

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Trump is one month into his second term. USA TODAY reader react.
 

Trump is worse than I expected. But people voted for this.

For some, President Trump has exceeded their wildest imaginations. For others, the future feels bleak. Here's what readers said about his first month.

Ukrainian children wearing traditional clothes carry bunches of wheat in a Christmas Eve procession in Lviv in 2024. "Didukh" is a Ukrainian Christmas decoration made of bunches of wheat, symbolizing sacrifice and meaning "spirit of grandfather." Before Russia invaded in 2022, Ukraine ranked among the top global grain exporters, feeding 400 million people worldwide a year.
 

Ukraine fed the world. Can its once-fertile soil recover from war?

As we mark the third anniversary of Russia war on Ukraine, instead of U.S. leadership, we get Trump's 90-day freeze on aid, including for demining.

President Donald Trump signs an executive order at the White House on Feb. 5, 2025, banning transgender girls and women from participating in female sports.
 

Trump stands up for women's sports. And female athletes cheer.

While President Donald Trump's order sets an important new tone, he must work with Congress to ensure protections for female sports are set in law.

The Stonewall National Monument sign is seen as people protest outside the Stonewall Inn in New York, the scene of riots against police raids on the gay bar in 1969, on Feb. 14, 2025, after the word transgender was erased from the National Park Service's webpage about the riots.
 

Republicans want to erase LGBTQ+ community. We're not going anywhere.

President Donald Trump's crusade against transgender people has brought the fight back to New York City's most famous gay bar.

President Donald Trump waves to supporters in West Palm Beach, Fla., on Feb. 17, 2025.
 

Ideal MAGA Man: A profile of who Trump wants every American to be

Behold me, the Ideal MAGA Man – President Donald Trump's preferred version of an American. A loyal sycophant with no concern for others or the truth.

The Pew Research Center identifies 5.8 million adults (2.4% of all U.S. adults) as Jewish.
 

Antisemitic protesters try to cancel Jews. We won't be silenced.

Cancel culture depends on its victims being cowed by the mob. Jews should reject the premises of antisemitism and refuse to capitulate.

Protesters rally against President Donald Trump to mark Presidents Day on Feb. 17, 2025, in New York City.
 

Trump keeps trying to get New Yorkers to notice him. It's pathetic.

This isn't the first time Trump has gone after New York's progressive policies – probably because he knows how much New Yorkers dislike him.

Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., walks to his office at the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 25, 2024.
 

McConnell will leave a GOP he helped build, but no longer recognizes

The Republican Party that stood during Sen. Mitch McConnell's early years as leader is not the one in place now as he retires.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., in gray, attends a meeting of governors at the White House on Feb. 21, 2025.
 

RFK Jr. just stood by while Trump betrayed the Kennedy legacy

It's hard to imagine a greater betrayal of his uncle's legacy than remaining silent as Trump, his boss, tears apart the national cultural center.

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