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Donald Trump¹ can make conservatives nervous. They tend to like his Supreme² Court nominee³ and his Cabinet choices. They can be wary⁴ of him when it comes to trade, the military and social issues. Yesterday, conservative speakers compared Trump with the movement's greatest hero. And President Trump made his case at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference known as CPAC. NPR's Don Gonyea was there.

DON GONYEA, BYLINE⁵: Every year at this time, CPAC is ground zero for the conservative movement. Walk the exhibit hall to collect souvenir hats or maybe socks with slogans in sparkly letters that say things like CPAC and chill or...

UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN: Fox News and chill, C-SPAN and chill.

GONYEA: C-SPAN and chill?

UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN: I think that's my favorite.

GONYEA: But the big draw this week was the main ball room upstairs, three days of speeches by conservative leaders, activists⁶, TV and radio personalities⁷, and by several top Trump administration officials. Among them, Vice⁸ President Mike Pence.

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VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE: You know, from the outset, our president reminded me of somebody else, a man who inspired me to actually join the cause of conservatism nearly 40 years ago - President Ronald Reagan.

GONYEA: The vice president was one of a number of people who made that comparison from the stage. There was this from the American Conservative Union's Matt Schlapp, the organizer of the conference.

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MATT SCHLAPP: You know the last time a president of United States came to CPAC in his first year? Ronald Reagan in 1981. Our president, Donald Trump.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "GOD BLESS THE U.S.A.")

LEE GREENWOOD: (Singing) I'm proud to be an American...

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP: Great to be back at CPAC.

GONYEA: Trump is back at CPAC. But he did skip last year's event during the primaries, when this crowd preferred candidates Ted⁹ Cruz and Marco Rubio. Trump's speech yesterday was another version of last year's campaign speeches. And the CPAC audience was fully¹⁰ on board, chanting at various points build the wall or U-S-A.

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UNIDENTIFIED CROWD: (Chanting) U-S-A, U-S-A, U-S-A.

GONYEA: Right at the top of Trump's speech came the familiar media critique.

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TRUMP: A few days ago, I called the fake news the enemy of the people, and they are. They are the enemy of the people because they have no sources. They just make them up when there are none.

GONYEA: And through it all, the theme that he meant what he said on the campaign trail, and that those promises will be carried out.

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TRUMP: Global cooperation, dealing¹¹ with other countries, getting along with other countries is good. It's very important. But there is no such thing as a global anthem¹², a global currency or a global flag. This is the United States of America that I'm representing.

GONYEA: And on those comparisons to Ronald Reagan, many CPAC attendees do see similarities in Trump's view of America's great days ahead, if not on the role of the U.S. in the world or on things like international trade. But ask them if they consider Trump a real conservative, and answers like this are common.

MATT LONGENACKER: He's not, no. I don't think so, not in the traditional sense.

GONYEA: That's college student Matt Longenacker from Lancaster, Pa., who worries Trump will make government bigger. Still, he voted for and likes the president.

LONGENACKER: But sometimes it takes somebody who isn't willing to play by the rules to get the job done. And right now, that's how - I tend to agree with him in that sense.

GONYEA: Then there's 49-year-old Cheryl Posavac of Philadelphia. I asked her if Trump is a true conservative. She answers that that's the big question.

CHERYL POSAVAC: I would say yes. You know, we get into the shades of conservatism. I see him towards the libertarian side. He's a true believer in America and the Constitution. I don't think we've seen that in a while, somebody very much championing that.

GONYEA: What you hear at CPAC are conservative voters finding the things they like about President Trump, even if they were skeptics about candidate Trump. And if the CPAC crowd has never been a natural fit for him, these activists do know that supporting Trump and working with him can get them a lot of what they want over the next four years. Don Gonyea, NPR News, Washington.

1 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

2 supreme   

adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的

参考例句：

• It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
• He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

3 nominee   

n.被提名者；被任命者；被推荐者

参考例句：

• His nominee for vice president was elected only after a second ballot.他提名的副总统在两轮投票后才当选。
• Mr.Francisco is standing as the official nominee for the post of District Secretary.弗朗西斯科先生是行政书记职位的正式提名人。

4 wary   

adj.谨慎的，机警的，小心的

参考例句：

• He is wary of telling secrets to others.他谨防向他人泄露秘密。
• Paula frowned,suddenly wary.宝拉皱了皱眉头，突然警惕起来。

5 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

6 activists   

n.（政治活动的）积极分子，活动家( activist的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• His research work was attacked by animal rights activists . 他的研究受到了动物权益维护者的抨击。
• Party activists with lower middle class pedigrees are numerous. 党的激进分子中有很多出身于中产阶级下层。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 personalities   

n. 诽谤，（对某人容貌、性格等所进行的）人身攻击； 人身攻击；人格, 个性, 名人( personality的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• There seemed to be a degree of personalities in her remarks.她话里有些人身攻击的成分。
• Personalities are not in good taste in general conversation.在一般的谈话中诽谤他人是不高尚的。

8 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

9 ted   

vt.翻晒，撒，撒开

参考例句：

• The invaders gut ted the village.侵略者把村中财物洗劫一空。
• She often teds the corn when it's sunny.天好的时候她就翻晒玉米。

10 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

11 dealing   

n.经商方法，待人态度

参考例句：

• This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
• His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。

12 anthem   

n.圣歌，赞美诗，颂歌

参考例句：

• All those present were standing solemnly when the national anthem was played.奏国歌时全场肃立。
• As he stood on the winner's rostrum,he sang the words of the national anthem.他站在冠军领奖台上，唱起了国歌。