This year’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), America’s biggest annual Republican get-together, is taking place in Grapevine, Texas, and I’ve heard, in the words of Marvin Gaye, that Maga is “just about to lose [its] mind”.

All the usual Trump enthusiasts decked out in Make America Great Again regalia turned up to party, but for once their leader was a no-show. Fair enough. There’s a war going on against Iran and the US President is a busy man. They’re a forgiving bunch and they love him, even when they think he is wrong.

Make no mistake, though, Magaland thinks Donald Trump is on the wrong path. His superfans are proud of him bestriding the world, imperiously putting countries and leaders in their place, but wish he directed more attention to the home front. Trump is the incredible shrinking President. While his behaviour is larger-than-life, his stature is diminishing.

“Your enemy is not the people that you have good-faith disagreement with,” the podcaster Benny Johnson felt obliged to warn the conference. “Your enemy is the Marxists and they’re going to be running against us hard in the midterms.”

Shortly before CPAC opened, a Democrat candidate flipped a Republican-held Florida state seat in a special........

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