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Former President Donald Trump is expected to shoot down the idea of launching his own party to rival the GOP — and will “walk right up to the line” of announcing a 2024 run, without actually doing so. According to a Suffolk Poll published last week, 46 percent of Republican voters would support a new party formed by Trump, while 27 percent remain undecided. Only 27 percent said that they would stick with the GOP over Trump. However, an early excerpt from the CPAC speech obtained by Fox News says that he will not be starting a new party.

PALM BEACH, Fla. — Former president Donald Trump threw himself back into politics this weekend by publicly endorsing a devoted and divisive acolyte in Arizona who has embraced his false election conspiracy theories and entertained the creation of a new “MAGA Party.” In a recorded phone call, he offered his “complete and total endorsement” for another term for Arizona state party chairwoman Kelli Ward, a lightning rod who has sparred with the state’s Republican governor, been condemned by the business community and overseen a recent flight in party registrations. She narrowly won reelection, by a margin of 51.5 percent to...