Cheddar News' Arielle Hixson breaks down former president Donald Trump's trip to Washington, D.C., to speak at the America First Agenda Summit, his first since leaving office in January 2021.

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Trump Making First Return to D.C. Since Leaving Office

the world of politics, waking up this Tuesday morning to former president trump. Returning to Washington. Ariel Hickson is live on capitol Hill, bringing us the latest on this. Good morning. Ariel good morning baker and Alicia. Well, former president trump is making his first return trip to the nation's capital to deliver the closing remarks at the America First agenda summit hosted by the trump aligned America First Policy Institute. The America First Policy Institute is a conservative think tank founded and run by a bunch of former trump administration officials. It's designed to advance the policy agenda associated with trump and to make America great again with that movement now trump famously came into office without much of a policy agenda. So these officials are really trying to create some lasting impact for the policies of trump and his advisers. Now we don't know exactly what the former president will talk about, but political reported just on monday that some advisers and other republicans hope the remarks will be closely aligned to those priorities of the summit. But trump is famously unpredictable to keep that in mind. His remarks are also coming at a time where his future with the party is uncertain. A recent poll from the new york times in Sienna College found 46% of Republicans would prefer a candidate not named Donald Trump to be their nominee in 2024 but despite that he's still the most powerful figure in the party today and will expect he'll flex that power today. Ariel seems like everyone's watching the former president for potential run for the White House in 2024. We know trump does what he wants to do. Is it possible he's gonna announce it today? It's definitely possible that he announces that today Trump has recently hinted that he's already made up his mind about 2024. And the only thing left to decide whether to do it is whether to do whether around the midterms before or after those elections. It's really a timing thing for him now. He did say just last week that while he's ready to go, Republicans need to win back majorities in Congress 1st indicating that he's leaning towards waiting to announce, but once again he's unpredictable so it can be up in the air and as early as tonight. Yeah, we'll of course keep an eye on what he says today. Ariel Hickson live from Capitol Hill, Ariel, thank you.