Extent of Trump's Usefulness to GOP Questioned by WSJ Editorial Board After CPAC On 3/2/21 at 11:51 AM EST The Wall Street Journal editorial board questioned the extent of former President Donald Trump's usefulness to the Republican party in an op-ed published Monday evening following his appearance at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). "For Republicans and Mr. Trump, the future isn't as clear as the press and the former President would like," the board wrote. "The CPAC crowd cheered his speech, which was largely a collection of greatest political hits. But if CPAC represented America, Mr. Trump would still reside in the White House, not Mar-a-Lago."