Tragedy and Farce
The annual MAGA gathering felt like watching the most comfortable, frantically aggrieved parts of Trump’s base yell at the TV. By Asawin Suebsaeng, February 22, 2025
And yet, the 2025 CPAC possessed a palpable undercurrent of the old saying: “There are only two tragedies in life — one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.”
During the entire span of CPAC 2025, Trump’s speech wasn’t even the most accurate summation of the petty, petulant heart of the MAGA elite.
It was Megyn Kelly’s.
Around 4 p.m. ET on Friday, Kelly embarked on an extended riff on actress Blake Lively.
