Mr Trump received a hero's welcome

When Donald Trump boarded Air Force One on Jan. 20, 021, to bid farewell to Washington, he was considered a political pariah after the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol cast doubt on whether he would ever be able to show his face in Washington, let alone run for president. But flash forward to July 2022, and the former president not only remained the most popular figure in the Republican Party, but received a hero's welcome in front of a friendly audience on his first return to the nation's capital, and hinted at big news: he would run again for president of the United States