NEW: Trump, Club for Growth bury the hatchet

"Now we're back in love, we're in deep deep love," Trump says

Former President Donald Trump and David McIntosh, president of the Club for Growth, shake hands Friday night at the conservative group’s annual retreat. (Photo provided by the Club for Growth.)

Former President Donald Trump and the head of the conservative donor group, the Club for Growth, made amends Friday night in Florida, as the de facto Republican nominee continues lining up support.

Trump and Club president David McIntosh had a sharp falling out roughly two years ago, heading into the 2022 midterms, as the two split sides in the Ohio Senate primary. McIntosh and the Club backed Josh Mandel over then recent-MAGA convert J.D. Vance, who won Trump’s endorsement.

The fracture continued last year through the start of the Republican primary, as the Club, bankrolled in part by some of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s top supporters, spent millions of dollars on-air in Iowa on ads stating it was time for the party to move on from Trump.

That effort failed and DeSantis, among many other former opponents, fell in line for Trump ahead of the New Hampshire primary.

In remarks to the group Friday night, Trump brushed off the old spat and said he was looking forward to winning elections again with the longstanding conservative group.

“We’re good friends,” Trump said to laughs in the room Friday night. “But every once in a while we have an argument.”

Trump then said working with the Club, they were successful in 77 races and after a split of roughly a year, “now we’re back in love, we’re deep deep in love,” to cheers in the room.

Trump credited McIntosh and Republican donor Jeff Yass with drawing him away from his own resort, Mar a Lago, to attend the Club’s event at the Breakers in Palm Beach.

McIntosh, a veteran conservative Republican and former member of Congress who advised Trump when he was in the White House and in races after Trump left office, touted their renewed bond in a statement.

“This is the most important election of our time,” McIntosh said Friday. “It’s time for Republicans to unite and put our differences aside. We need to work together to make sure Biden is a one term president.”