July 27, 2022: Trump's return to Washington prompts choice for GOP
When Donald Trump arrived in Washington five-plus years ago and delivered his inaugural address, he spoke of \u201cAmerican carnage\u201d and used dark language (\u201crusted-out factories scattered like tombstones,\u201d \u201cdisrepair and decay,\u201d etc.) in previewing his first term as president.\nBut that vision was positively sunny compared to the dark-as-Vantablack outlook he shared Tuesday at the America First Agenda Summit \u2014 the clearest articulation yet of his likely 2024 message.\nSubscribe to the POLITICO Playbook newsletter\nRaghu Manavalan is the Host of POLITICO's Playbook.Jenny Ament is the Executive Producer of POLITICO Audio.