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Six Months Into Trump 2.0, I Stand Corrected

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28.07.2025

This week, I got a call from the National Republican Congressional Committee. They wanted a donation.

For the first time, I let the volunteer on the other end of the line make her case. When she asked me to donate $100, I said to her: “I want you to know that normally, I would hang up on these calls because the Republican Party would get nothing done, and often squanders its political capital. However, this is the first time I am planning to donate. You are getting sh—t done!”

She almost cried with relief, and she thanked me.

Yes, the Republicans in Washington are finally crossing off key demands from the conservative grassroots off their bucket list. Yes, I believe that a donation to the NRCC would be a worthwhile investment of my time and money.

And we have President Donald Trump to thank for this. He has taken over a feckless, pro-corporate, pro-globalist cabal of RINOs and forced them into the MAGA mold. Now, we have Republican politicians forcing themselves to out-MAGA each other so they can get elected.

Trump’s first term in office, I was generally congenial about everything. He defeated Hillary Clinton, he flipped swing states, and he turned the Blue Rust Belt into a Red opportunity for the first time in over thirty years. He cracked down on illegal immigration. He passed the tax cuts. He appointed three new Supreme Court Justices. Incredible wins for our side.

 But … then came COVID, then came the legislative stalling, the BLM cult, George Floyd, and it looked like Trump lost his way. He........

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