Don’t believe the mainstream media’s portents that Trump will destroy the country, the rule of law and the Statue of Liberty in one stroke, writes Armstrong Williams.
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By Armstrong Williams
November 5, 2024, is a day that will live in American glory.
It marked the second coming of Donald Trump to the White House to shower peace, prosperity and benevolence on the American people.
To be sure, Trump was a flawed candidate. He cursed too much. He economised on the truth too much. He denigrated too much. But these are venial sins. Americans do not want to be ruled by Savonarola or St. Francis of Assisi. They want and deserve humour and fun as Vice President elect JD Vance and Trump’s billionaire buddy Elon Musk promised.
It is not true that Trump prevailed because voters opposed Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris more. They voted for Trump because of his luminous first term in the White House. The economy boomed. The obnoxious administrative state shrunk. Illegal immigration fell to a trickle as Trump’s wall with Mexico curtailed the flood. Crime plunged. The United States remained aloof from new wars. China was prevented from flooding the United States with cheap, slave-made goods and was deterred from invading Taiwan. We enjoyed smooth relations with Russia because Trump and Vladimir Putin understood each other. But Trump was no pushover. He brought Montenegro and North Macedonia into NATO to extend our defence perimeter.
President Joe Biden’s exit from Afghanistan was disastrous. American soldiers were killed at the Kabul airport. Taliban terrorists and misogynists returned to power. They captured our weapons. Taliban remains a clear and present danger of another 9/11. Trump left office with the United States on the verge of victory if persistence prevailed. But Biden threw in the towel wasting thousands of American lives and trillions of American dollars. Then he turned around and embroiled the United States in forever wars in Ukraine and the Middle East spending hundreds of billions abroad while our infrastructure decayed to the level of a third-world country.
Illegal immigration soared under Biden, featuring terrorists, spies or gang members. They invaded major cities like New York and Chicago causing crime to spike, housing prices to climb, interest rates to jump and education to plunge. While Biden cosseted illegal immigrants with money and free housing, he shortchanged American citizens who were paying taxes. Illegal immigration under Biden constituted an invasion aiming to overrun the citizenry.
What clinched Trump’s victory was the Biden-Harris war on traditional American values. They sought to erase the difference between a man and a woman contrary to the clear demarcation in Genesis. Tribalism reached new levels with a pandemic of DEI quotas and set-asides. When a Supreme Court vacancy opened, Biden disqualified all candidates but Black females. He sotto voce mocked Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream of a nation where character trumped skin colour.
Depend on it. When Trump is inaugurated on January 20, 2025, abortion on demand will be out. DEI will be out. Pampering illegal immigrants will be out. Prayer in school will be in. Stay-at-home mothers will be in. Character and accomplishments will be in. Happy days will be here again. The United States will once again bestride the world like a colossus deterring enemies and making other nations safe from the likes of Russia, China, Iran and North Korea. Trump will bring wars in the Middle East to an end. He will end the war in Ukraine. He will patch up relations between China and Taiwan. Indeed, Trump may be crowned with a Nobel Peace Prize. If Henry Kissinger could win the prize over the Vietnam War, Trump should be a shoe-in.
Don’t believe the mainstream media’s portents that Trump will destroy the country, the rule of law and the Statue of Liberty in one stroke. Anyone who knows Trump, knows he commonly makes statements for histrionic effect that he himself does not take seriously. Trump will take the oath of office on January 20, 2025, pledging to protect, defend and preserve the Constitution of the United States. Trump peacefully transferred power to President Joe Biden on January 20, 2021. Notwithstanding infelicitous boasting, Trump is a man of his word who will scrupulously honour his oath of office. He did so for four years. And will do so again.
Don’t believe the mainstream media’s portents that Trump will destroy the country, the rule of law and the Statue of Liberty in one stroke, writes Armstrong Williams.
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* Armstrong Williams is an American political commentator, entrepreneur, author, and talk show host. Williams writes a nationally syndicated newspaper column, has hosted a daily radio show, and hosts a nationally syndicated television program called The Armstrong Williams Show.
** The views expressed do not necessarily reflect the views of IOL or Independent Media.
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