So, the MSM is doing preemptive damage control:
Donald Trump will paint himself as the 'presumptive 2024 nominee' during comeback speech to conservative get-together CPAC on Sunday showing he 'IS the Republican party' aides say
Daily Mail ^ | PUBLISHED: 08:56 EST, 22 February 20 | By KATELYN CARALLE, U.S. POLITICAL REPORTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
Posted on 2/22/2021, 1:21:11 PM by conservative98
Donald Trump, according to his aides, will use his remarks at the Conservative Political Action Conference next Sunday to send a message to the GOP: I am Republicans' 'presumptive 2024 nominee.'
In his first appearance since leaving the White House, Trump allies told Axios in a Monday report that the former president will display his grip and influence over the Republican Party in a 'show of force' keynote speech.
'I may not have Twitter or the Oval Office, but I'm still in charge,' a longtime adviser said of Trump's planned message, adding that payback is his main motivator right now.
I predict CPAC will have its largest viewership ever.
It may may the SuperBowl’s viewership look like that of the PuppyBowl.
—Although I would not be surprised to learn that the PuppyBowl actually had more viewers than the SuperBowl this year.