Putting aside all of Donald Trump's personal character flaws, and his contentious international and domestic policy decisions, he has kept his pledge to the "forgotten Americans," or as Hillary Clinton referred to them, the "deplorables" who voted for him.

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In his first 180 days, he has restored America's position as the dominant superpower and advocate of the free world.

Beginning on day one of his administration, President Trump has been laser focused on promoting and ensuring stability, predictability, and flexibility to the American people.

He has done precisely what he said he would do during his campaign: stabilise the US/Mexican border, reforge US economic prominence, lower personal taxes, improve government efficiencies, and attempt to distance the US from the global geopolitical entanglements he inherited from President Biden.

The One Big Beautiful Bill was the crescendo of what he and the MAGA base set out to accomplish when he took office. It is now the law of the land.

More significantly, the bill signifies the passing of the Republican party mantle, undisputedly, from Ronald Reagan to Donald Trump and the MAGAs.

The 1981 Economic Recovery Tax Act was the cornerstone of Reaganomics and the US's defence posture for generations.

Trump's bill is America's new foundation for delivering long-term changes, which the White House says will "unleash robust economic growth, restore fiscal sanity, and reestablish America's economic and military might globally."

Frustratingly, an unwelcome reality, despite some real economic and national security positives, is the US is still vulnerable to dangerous fiscal fluctuations.

The bill doesn't reduce the US's national debt. It doesn't improve the US's unreliable defence acquisition infrastructures.

Nor, does it unshackle the US from the conflicts in Ukraine or Gaza.

Regardless, Trump and the MAGAs see the bill as the catalyst for the US's restoration as the world's preeminent industrial power.

As such, US manufacturing and investments, within the dogma of industrial power, will be directed towards the established military-industrial complexes.

These have been the engine of trade, innovation, and prosperity in the US since World War II.

Industrial power is built on good policies and trade........

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