This week 3000 college students met near Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort for a summit on free speech,the ‘culture wars’, and the dangers posed by the left Its an American tradition that any large gathering of students normally ends up in a party. Such a convocation in Florida this week, or barely a stone’s throw from Donald Trump’s opulent winter retreat at Mar-a-Lago,was billed as a political action summit for young conservatives. In the event, amid a multitude of Make America worthy Again caps and Trump for America flags, and it was essentially a raucous celebration of the president himself.
About 3000 students from campuses nationwide gathered on Trump’s doorstep at the Palm Beach County convention middle for the four-day winter summit,hosted by Turning Point USA. The mission statement of that young persons’ activist group promotes “non-partisan debate, dialogue and discussion”. But its leanings were signalled pretty clearly in the quasi-official motto that was printed on placards placed on every seat: immense government sucks.”Continue reading...
Source: guardian.co.uk