Sunday Smiles

David Strom 2:30 PM | January 26, 2025
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Whew! What a week!

Honestly, was it only six days ago that Donald Trump was inaugurated as the 47th President of the United States? Trump has crammed more presidency into the past 5 1/2 days than Joe Biden did in four years. 

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Even the Democrats and the media are so convinced that Trump has been president long enough to change the world that they are attacking the Trump/Vance administration of breaking their promises by not having fixed every problem they said they would. 

Trump hasn't solved every war, brought prices down, built new housing in North Carolina, or put out all the fires in California. If Trump is so magic, why isn't it all fixed?

They have a point, you know. Trump IS magic, but unfortunately, not so magic that the world reverts to peace and prosperity on Day 1 or even 5. Think of him as Gandolf--the good magician fighting the evil. Not quite all-powerful, but a good ally to have on your side. During his first term he was Gandalf the Grey, and he has come back as Gandalf the White. 

In other words, expect Sauron's forces to be defeated, but not quite yet. 

The Democrats are still trying to figure out what hoaxes are going to work to bring Trump to heel, and with so little time they have done more flailing than striking blows. 

C'mon, man. Is Elon Musk a Nazi? That's pretty weak. 

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Without X to show you that Musk's gesture is actually pretty common for politicians, you might think that the media and the Democrats have a point. 

Probably not. The point, after all, is absurd. Musk is about as philosemitic as Trump, which is to say a lot, but then again the Pravda Media and the left have kept claiming that Trump is a Nazi too. 

It's too early to say whether the left can get any traction with all this, but there are reasons to think they can't. After all, the strategy is very tired and Americans have already decided that Trump is not a Nazi, so accusing those around him of being one is likely not going to work except with people already convinced of it already, and those people will never believe anything else. 

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In other words, the Pravda Media are preaching to the choir, which may feel satisfying but accomplishes nothing. 

The result falls flat when they don't stick to preaching to the choir. Bishop Edde became a star on cable news channels for "speaking truth to power," but most people shrugged and said, "There they go again." 

Been there and done that; the reviews were bad. 

Trump has a lot of runway to work with. His political capital is substantial, if not unlimited, and he is spending it to get things done. In a few months, we will begin to see results and let's hope they are good. But for now his critics are throwing acid on teflon. 

















































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