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The great Republican convention has become a conference in honor of Donald Trump, who remains the preferred candidate of these sympathizers.
From our correspondent in the United States, Claire Meynial
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ITobacco comes from Honduras and Nicaragua, but the seeds for the plants may well come from Cuba. The salesman barely laughs when asked if he realizes he may have introduced a seed of communism to CPAC. The stand exhibits a box of White House cigars, bearing the effigy of the first presidents, and above all a series with rings decorated with a portrait of Donald Trump, for a few hundred dollars.
CPAC (Conservative Political Action Conference) is a paradise for GOP merchandise. Between the “Trump 2024” or “Trump won” caps and the statuettes of the former president, we can make out a pile of T-shirts calling for a vote by Ron DeSantis, governor of Florida and probable candidate for the next presidential election. “I don’t come…