OXON Hill, Md. — The sea of red “Make America Great Again” baseball caps was the most visible sign that the nation’s largest gathering of conservative activists would be a little different with Donald Trump as president.

“And you finally have a president now. Finally,” President Trump crowed in his triumphant return to the Conservative Political Action Conference. “Took you a long time.”

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