America First is laying plans to perpetuate Trumpism beyond Trump

The rightwing group is planning a future more authoritarian, more extreme and more ruthless - with or without the former president

He spoke in lurid detail of cities overrun by violent crime. He railed against the media, deep state and liberal elites. And he touted his wall with a dire warning: Millions of illegal aliens are stampeding across our wide open borders, pouring into our country. It's an invasion."

Donald Trump's return to Washington this week was deja vu all over again. The former US president's 90-minute speech at a luxury hotel was eerily reminiscent of the nativist-populist campaign that won him the White House in 2016. But while Trump himself never evolves, his audience this time around was different.