July 26, 2022: Its Trump vs. Pence in Washington
All eyes will be on a pair of speeches today in Washington, one by the former president and one by the former vice president.\xa0\nMike Pence, whose scheduled speech yesterday at Heritage was scrapped due to travel issues, speaks at 9 a.m. at Young America's Foundation's National Conservative Student Conference. Stream it via YouTube\nDonald Trump speaks at 3:00 p.m. at the America First Agenda Summit. Stream it via C-SPAN\nBecause this is Trump world, not only is there the already much-discussed drama of the Trump/Pence speech-off, but there\u2019s new drama over Trump\u2019s choice of venue.\nFormer key Trump aide Peter Navarro is publicly asking Trump not to go forward with the event because he believes that the America First Policy Institute, which is hosting the summit, is insufficiently devoted to Trumpism \u2014 or at least what Navarro believes Trumpism to be in a piece headlined \u201cTrump\u2019s \u2018Think Tank\u2019 Prepares to Betray Him\u201d for the MAGA-aligned online outlet American Greatness.\nSubscribe to the POLITICO Playbook newsletter\nRaghu Manavalan is the Host of POLITICO's Playbook.Jenny Ament is the Executive Producer of POLITICO Audio.