Trump speaks at CPAC after winning straw poll

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In his keynote address at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Saturday evening, former President Donald Trump aired grievances with his familiar foes: President Biden, the Department of Justice, and the litany of legal fights he is embroiled in.

But Trump, now an official presidential candidate who is expected to see a crowded field of other challengers, also took subdued shots at his potential opponents, and argued that any GOP option that's not him represents an establishment "we're never going back to."

"This is the final battle," he said.

He also argued the experience of his first term is a plus: "Now I am experienced and I know the people of Washington."

"We'll appropriately deal with the RINOs," he said, referencing the moniker for "Republicans In Name Only." "We will never go back to the party of Paul Ryan, Karl Rove and Jeb Bush."

Rove held a donor conference in Austin, Texas, last week featuring several potential 2024 candidates, while Ryan, the 2012 GOP vice presidential nominee, has said he'll support "anybody but Trump" in the 2024 race.

Trump took note of how some Republicans, without naming them — such as his former Vice President Mike Pence, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, and Nikki Haley, former U.S. ambassador to the U.N. — have supported reforms to social security and medicare.

"We are never going back to the people that want to destroy our great social security system … even some in our own party, I wonder who that might be," he said.

On foreign policy, another issue that has divided Trump from other potential opponents, he repeatedly talked about preventing further U.S. intervention in wars, and claimed he "will prevent, very easily, World War III. And you're going to have World War III if something doesn't happen fast."

Trump frequently brought up the multiple subpoenas he's received regarding both his handling of classified documents found at his resort in Mar-a-Lago, to his role in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol that was investigated by a House select committee.

Before his keynote speech, Trump gave remarks to a private gathering at the conference with VIP donors and Republican figures, such as unsuccessful Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia and conservative commentator and lawyer Mark Levin.

From outside the room, he was heard saying he gets a subpoena "every time I fly over a blue state."

From outside the room, he was heard saying he gets a subpoena "every time I fly over a blue state."