Trump: Accountability & Expectations

Nov 21, 2024

Trump made a lot of promises on the campaign trail, those that followed his 2016 run should recall how many promises went unfulfilled. I think the stakes are higher this time around and unfortunately, continuing to escalate. Given the circumstances, I wanted to explore what Trump promised, what is behind the frequently used ‘buzzwords’ and what we should expect to see.

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Free Political Prisoners

This must happen day one. There really is no excuse for it not to be done with the utmost speed, what may be an inconvenience to Trump is more time that these people do not get to live their lives. I also view the speed with which he acts here as an indicator of what is to come, slow means he will be bogged down again like his first term. Day one, shows to me that he has at least learned something!

Trump already promised to free Ross Ulbricht, this is ‘easy’ and requires no political capital. Those that were ‘made an example of’ from January 6 should also be freed, meaning those that didn’t have clear mal-intent. Trespassing should not result in jail time, I place no ‘special value’ on government buildings. Pardoning January 6ers will come with a lot of ‘bad press’ in the corporate media and from the left.

Edward Snowden did a service to the American people by revealing the evil & unlawful spying that is being conducted by our own government and should be pardoned. By picking Tulsi Gabbard to lead intelligence & with Gaetz leading the DOJ, the odds of this became MUCH better[1]. Hopefully they also pardon Julian Assange, he is free from prison but only by pleading guilty. In the spirit of free speech he should also receive a pardon.

End the wars

Ukraine

Trump has already been floating a more ‘realistic’ peace deal. Not much has been published but the message was to ‘focus on peace & not territory’ [2]. This, as I have argued on X, has been the reality for some time. In my opinion the only chance for Ukraine to maintain territorial integrity was after they pushed back the initial Russian offensive but before their own disastrous ‘counter-offensive’. People can and will argue the details of the 2022 peace deal made it a ‘no-go’[3] , I would argue that we are likely to see something similar or worse due to Ukrainian military failures, the difference is the amount of lives lost since 2022. By rejecting peace and revealing growing weakness in their (and the West’s) military failures, we have provided Russia with a stronger negotiating standpoint.

The strongest offer Trump can make, really the only way I see to restore Ukrainian territory is to have the US completely withdraw from NATO . Trump has floated the idea before and even though the establishment tried to set up barriers, there are potential ways out of the agreement. Primarily, the Presidential authority over foreign policy [4].

It should also be noted that as I am writing this, Biden/Harris approved the use of US weapons to strike within Russia. This is another dangerous escalation with little to no strategic value. I see this, much like I describe israeli escalations, as an attempt to ‘lock in’ a wider war before Trump takes office.

Gaza Genocide

Make no mistake, I am in no way delusional. I know America is not suddenly going to become ‘pro-Palestine’ nor do I think we will outright abandon Israel (despite what I WISH would happen). I think that the reality demands we find peace, I have written several times about the damage we are doing to our nation on the behalf of Israel and the longer it goes on the worse it will get. We quite literally gain nothing from our support of Israel, other than manufactured enemies for the Military Industrial Complex to earn money from.

Netanyahu et al, despite their complete reliance on the United States have taken advantage of Biden/Harris being the weakest American leaders we have had, perhaps ever. Despite shifting ‘red lines’ and fake calls for peace, Netanyahu has aggressively sought to drag the US into a war with both Hezbollah & Iran. Israel is now in a precarious position. Despite the huge death toll and destruction the zionists inflict on Gaza, they are failing to achieve their mission in Gaza. The combat in Lebanon is going as poorly as it was predicted to and israel is facing growing internal pressure as a result. Read “Double or nothing” for more details on the military situation.

What this reality provides Trump is an ‘Israel first’ message for peace. It legitimately IS in Israel’s best interest to end the war (just not in Netanyahu’s interest). Without peace the zionist state will continue to deteriorate at an increasingly rapid rate, even the zionists in ‘israel’ acknowledge this fact[5]. If Trump truly wants a lasting peace it must come with a two-state solution, that is the reality on the ground, that is what the entire world supports & that is what most Americans support[6]. This is a goal that Presidents have failed since we created the zionist entity, yet if Trump puts America First he can get it done and would be remembered fondly for it.

I want to emphasize, we CANNOT claim to be ‘America First’ while supporting zionism, we gain NOTHING and it costs us everything. I write in detail here, in “American Victory” what we must strive for. In short, American victory is the preservation of AMERICAN lives, liberty & property.

No new wars

Read “America’s Waning Power” & “A Wider War: Supply Chain & Restraint” to get an idea of the strategic risks & the supply shortages the US is facing. Trump also admits our current weakness here. Quite literally we cannot fight these wars. That includes the ongoing Ukraine war & our support of the Gaza Genocide. For a short exercise, think about the situation around Yemen. The United States Navy is incapable of stopping Yemen from striking ships & Yemen is even launching advanced hypersonic missiles into Tel-Aviv[7]. The mission has been described as ‘the most intense fighting since WW2’[8] , Yemen does not even have a ‘real’ Navy. The carrier we use as the foundation for our force projection is antiquated and will become an increasing liability as missile & drone technology proliferates and advances further.

Iran

Even if we were not facing supply issues, Hezbollah & Iran are both much more formidable than other state & non-state actors we have faced in the past. Hezbollah provides Iran with ‘Mutually Assured Destruction’ despite the (current) lack of nuclear weapons. Iran itself has been preparing for decades and has a border comprised of mountain ranges. Iran poses a MUCH greater challenge than Iraq and Afghanistan. A war with Iran would be catastrophic and would likely put a swift end to our crumbling empire and our hegemony.

China

We have interests in other parts of the world that ARE critical to our dominance, namely, the chip industry in Taiwan. As we smash ourselves against the rocks in Eastern Europe & the Middle East, China is sitting back, watching and growing in strength. While I do not believe there is an ‘imminent threat’ of a Taiwan invasion, our haphazard and ill-advised endeavors throughout the world are providing them with a better opportunity each day. China recently laid out red lines and expectations to Biden during their recent meeting [9]. In doing so China is reinforcing all the arguments I made above. We must not continue on this path or we will risk being in such a weakened state that Chinese leadership see no other option but to directly counter our influence.

NATO

As I wrote above, NATO is our largest bargaining chip in securing peace with Russia. In the supply chain article above, I mention how weak most NATO nations really are. Turkey, the second most powerful military in NATO has become closer and closer with Russia in recent years and our ongoing support of Israel’s genocide is pushing them further and further away from us. In reality I think NATO is a hollow organization, using it as a bargaining chip for peace in Ukraine would probably be the best thing NATO has ever accomplished.

Pulling out of NATO would not only serve as a token of peace to Russia but as a token of sincerity to the millions of Americans who want to put America First. While our support of israel is more costly to the ‘America First’ movement, NATO has the potential to take the lead if it pushes us to a hot war with Russia. Withdraw from NATO the day after we tell the zionists to fund & fight their own wars.

Mixed signals

Elon musk supposedly met with Iran’s ambassador to discuss ‘easing tensions’, according to the NYT the meeting was “positive” (as per anonymous Iranians) [10]. Assuming this is happening at the behest of Trump and is reflective of his intent on foreign policy, it is a good sign.

Today Israeli media is reporting that Trump plans to escalate arms shipments to Israel. Not only does this further deplete our supplies, it would push us closer to a war with Iran and Hezbollah and as we weaken ourselves in that losing fight, we incentivize others (China, Russia etc) to make moves against our interests elsewhere.

I haven’t seen anything from Trump explicitly confirming this, though given his appointments I wouldn’t be shocked. He could think this is ‘showing strength’, while he tries to negotiate peace via Musk. I also wouldn’t be at all surprised if our “greatest ally” was trying to sabotage peace efforts that Musk allegedly embarked on today.

Border & immigration

When asked about a ‘grace period’ for illegals Tom Homan (Trump’s newly appointed “border czar”) replied : “Criminals and gang members get no grace period… While we're out prioritizing the public safety threats and national security threats, if you wanna self-deport, you should self-deport because, again, we know who you are, and we're gonna come and find you."[11].

Honestly each of these sub-sections could probably be their own article. Immigration, the causes , the laws, the impacts, the individual cases are very complex and deserve a lot of time. This is really just scratching the surface of the topic.

Securing the Border

I think this is THE MOST IMPORTANT step. I get into other ‘promises’ here but some of them, like ‘public benefits’ have at least some ‘difficult cases’ (I’m thinking the family that has been here for 10 years etc). The best way to solve those complex issues is to ensure people cannot get into the country illegally.

Trump vowed to end ‘migrant flights’, to end ‘catch and release’ and to end sanctuary cities [12]. For sanctuary cities, this will likely be a function of withholding federal funds. I haven’t seen much of anything related to a ‘wall’ this time around, except from former candidate Harris[13].

Migrant flights have accounted for the entry of more than 400,000 ‘inadmissible aliens’ into the United States [14], this is also the often referenced ‘parole’ that is being granted. CHNV as the program is also called allows for up to “30,000 noncitizens per month” to travel to the US and be paroled for “up to two years for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit” [15]. The criteria listed is below

Catch & release was apparently an issue under Trump’s last term as well. In 2018 his office pointed to “statutory and judicial obstacles” that “encourage illegal immigration”[16]. One of the arguments against reversing catch and release is the economic cost, which was (in FY2019) $124 per individual per day in adult detention and $319 per individual per day in ‘family’ detention[17]. Presumably this would be mitigated by immediate deportation (which has its own associated costs & challenges).

Cartels & Black Markets

Trump committed to ‘going to war against the cartels’ [18], this expansion of the war on drugs could potentially exacerbate the immigration problem. Many of the people fleeing from nations south of us are fleeing drug cartel related violence. These cartels are in power and have a market specifically BECAUSE of our war on drugs. We stripped the power of the local governments to benefit from the drug trade and pushed it into the black market. IF, a huge IF, Trump is successful in breaking up cartels (to say I have doubts is an understatement) then this could alleviate some immigration pressure.

Birthright Citizenship

“As part of my plan to secure the border, on Day One of my new term in office, I will sign an executive order making clear to federal agencies that under the correct interpretation of the law, going forward, the future children of illegal aliens will not receive automatic U.S. citizenship,” — Donald Trump Agenda 47

“All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.” — Section 1 , 14th Amendment, US Constitution

Trump reiterates that at least one parent will have to be a citizen in order for their child to be granted citizenship. I’m not a lawyer, but this just seems completely contradictory to the 14th Amendment. Trump tries to say its ‘interpreted wrong’ primarily (i think) due to the phrase “and subject to the jurisdiction thereof” [19].

Essentially what Trump is actually promising is to sign an executive order that triggers a Supreme Court review/clarification of the 14th Amendment. This factcheck article has more details and would be worth reading if this is an important issue to you.

Welfare for illegals

According to a report from the house oversight committee illegal immigrants receive about $42 billion from various welfare programs [20]. One of the things specified by Trump was making illegals ineligible for public housing. This seems to stem from a ‘COVID era’ rule change that removed the need to show proper documentation before receiving benefits. Under the new rule, they had 180 days to do so[21]. There was a report from Heritage claiming that ICE is allocating $2.5 billion to house illegals, another report by AP claims this is unfounded. Generally speaking, most Americans (Democrat & Republican) do not believe immigrants should have access to public assistance[23].

The above mention House oversight report states that before the recent surge in illegal immigration, there were ~4 million ‘illegal immigrant’ students in public schools costing ~$68.1 billion dollars per year (at the time, based on the national average cost per student). The schooling issue was apparently decided previous in Plyer v Doe where the Supreme Court ruled that ‘undocumented immigrants’ can attend public schools essentially due to the equal protection clause. If they are going to remain here, then schooling them isn’t the worst idea in terms of our own self interests. Without it, the likelihood that they turn to violence & crime would increase significantly [24]. The question then becomes, how much negative impact are these added students going to have on those who live in & pay taxes to the school district.

Trump’s full video on ‘welfare for illegals’ is here.

Deportation

“We will begin the largest deportation operation in the history of our country” — Donald Trump

Tom Homan stated in a 60 minutes interview that its not going to be ‘sweeps & concentration camps’, it will be ‘targeted arrests’ [25]. That same 60 minutes interview shows clips of Stephen Miller claiming it will likely use the national guard and have large ‘staging grounds’ where ‘planes are waiting’ to deport the illegal immigrants. When asked, Tom states its just ‘work site enforcement’ which is ‘necessary’. Trump states he would invoke the ‘alien enemies act of 1798’ [12]. Which may be legally supported by his ‘war against cartels’ mentioned earlier. This article, from the Brennan Center, dives into the ‘alien enemies act’ and how it could be used/fought against if you are interested in reading more about it

Tom stated his ‘first’ targets would be national security or public safety threats (criminals, terrorists etc) but would not limit enforcement to that group. 60 minutes shows an arrest operation , in it the target, who was previously convicted of assault and ‘ordered deported’ was arrested. The driver, also illegal but not a violent criminal, was let go. The video is pretty interesting, I didn’t have time to validate the cost & money claims made in the video. Personally, I think Tom sounds like a bureaucrat with power that believes in everything he is doing, I don’t consider that a ‘good’ trait.

The logistics, manpower and cost requirements here seem to be the major barrier. I am not sure what methods Trump can carry out unilaterally, but given the popular support for ‘tackling immigration’ he may be able to get funding from Congress. It will likely be easier to secure if he specifically targets the ‘criminals’ and other ‘threats’ specifically. As Tom Homan said, they are the ‘first’ target group. I don’t think they will get near the ‘second group’ in the next four years. I also don’t think most Americans want to go after the more complex cases with families, homes, jobs etc.

Taxes

While campaigning Trump promises to cut or end multiple forms of taxes including taxes on tips, overtime, social security [26] and he even floated replacing the income tax with tariffs while on the Joe Rogan Experience.

The best solution for all Americans is to eliminate the income tax which was enacted by America’s worst President Woodrow Wilson. Trump could likely take unilateral actions such as ‘delaying’ withdrawal of taxes, or reallocating staff/resources away from tax collection. In terms of legal challenges, the NYT states “Tax scholars and some of Mr. Trump’s advisers have said that it would be difficult for a party to claim that they were harmed by a move that saves them money, even if it costs the federal government revenue”[27]. Trump can get an easy win with the American people, rather than have IRS agents ‘idle’ he can lay them off or reassign them to useful departments. Remember, 100% of the time, you will spend YOUR hard earned money in better ways than the government.

Education

Accreditation

Trumps, long named video describes how he will ‘fix’ colleges. The first rant about ‘jihadist’ support is absurd , but the rest isn’t. I actually posted about ending the current accreditation system here. Prior to seeing this video. The fact still stands that the “American Academy” is redundant and can be fulfilled by the private sector as it is being done now.

End the Department of Education

Turns out this was just a rhetoric. A video I saw today, not sure when it was released, shows Trump detailing how he would USE the department of education. I wasn’t told we’d have a department of education ‘for good purposes’ , I was told we would abolish this ineffective and immoral government agency. While this would have been difficult to achieve, if you are going to ‘throw in the towel’ before you even take office, you shouldn’t campaign on it. This seems like another loss on the promises of candidate Trump.

Universal School Choice

The next best thing to abolishing the DOE, is ensuring that parents can help their kids escape government run schools, that means school choice. The concept of school choice means that the funding, your tax dollars, will follow the student regardless of where they attend school. If you want them in a religious school, or private school, the funds will go with them there. This creates competition, a much needed motivator for government schools that often face none.

At a glance, I don’t think, Trump can mandate where state funding is allocated, but he can at the very least divert the federal funding. We can see that most funding comes from the states themselves [28]. He mentions using 529 plans here to help homeschoolers, but 529 plans (as far as I know) are only exempt from state tax, not Federal. Making them a federal income tax write-off as well would help.

Some highlights from his policy

Trumps policy page details more on his stance on education and ‘related’ things. If really interested, I recommend reading through it entirely, this is just what caught my attention.

“President Trump will also make clear that Title Nine prohibits men from participating in women’s sports.”
“President Trump will ask Congress to pass a bill”
- I feel like this is just saying ‘it isn’t gonna happen but look how cool I am’
direct election of school principals
- for what term? is this annual? seems a bit messy not sure how that would work, but I guess ‘support’ it is another ‘look at me’ tactic
Funding preferences for states and districts that abolish teacher tenure
- This is interesting and could be the ‘lever’ used by Trump on other issues
“When troubled youth are out of control, the consequences must be “swift, certain, and strong.”
- I understand who Trump thinks this is aimed at but the reality is that it can be used against ANY student whom the administration does not like.
“President Trump will support school districts that allow highly trained teachers to carry concealed weapons at school, which will greatly reduce the threat of school shootings.”
- This is good, but completely ending the ‘gun free’ school zone act of ~1990 would be great and completely end this disastrous era of advertised soft targets
“To further harden our schools against harm from outside intruders, President Trump will support federal funding to hire veterans, retired police officers, and other trained gunowners as armed guards in our nation’s schools—a measure that will help deter unhinged maniacs and keep our nation’s children out of harm’s way.”
- This is cool too, I’d do it as a side job for little to no pay if they give me an office to do my FT (I work remote) job, ill just pop out if there is an active shooter. Many others would likely feel the same. Toss in a badge so we can hassle free own fully autos and some range access and a bunch of us will probably pay you to hire us!

Department of Government Efficiency

“Very simply, this meant that if Congress provided more funding than was needed to run the government, the President could refuse to waste the extra funds, and instead return the money to the general treasury and maybe even lower your taxes…” — Donald Trump Agenda47

Trump goes on to state he will challenge the impoundment control act to ‘squeeze the bloated federal bureaucracy’. Trump states he will order federal agencies to report areas where they can make cuts. Notably he excludes defense, Medicare & social security. He states impoundment can be used to “starve the warmongers” who “love killing”.

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is to be led by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy. Vivek was my pick for President this election cycle, his policies were consistently in line with my own beliefs on most, if not all major policies. He was against further supporting israel (he framed it as a very ‘pro-Israel’ stance). Most relevant, he was the only one that actually had a PLAN to cut the size of government. While campaigning he asserted that his target was 75% and that 50% could be done in the first year[29]. Musk is a successful businessman & has experience making drastic cuts (see his takeover of Twitter).

Trump’s video gave some contradictory information, he asserts defense will not be cut, but that he will ‘starve the warmongers’. To do that, you need to cut defense spending. Start with the carrier! DOGE can do a lot of good just with the domestic side of the house, but for real beneficial change to America and to really ‘Smash the Racket’ we need cuts in “defense” spending. It is a scary topic when people see this brought up but know that we can defend our nation for MUCH cheaper if we stop fighting wars all over the world on behalf of foreign nations. I cover this more here.

update: Vivek & Musk published this regarding DOGE

Bitcoin

“Republicans will end Democrats’ unlawful and unAmerican Crypto crackdown and oppose the creation of a Central Bank Digital Currency. We will defend the right to mine Bitcoin, and ensure every American has the right to self-custody of their Digital Assets, and transact free from Government Surveillance and Control.” — RNC Platform [30]

The above is the only time Bitcoin is mentioned in the RNC platform. It covers many of the promises he made during Trump’s speech at the at the Bitcoin 2024 conference. He has also committed to “support” nuclear energy production [31] which would be a huge boon to the bitcoin mining industry, along with benefiting other industries and individuals.

Trump also pledged to establish a Bitcoin advisory council. There are plenty of industry leaders available here in the states to help establish ‘transparent regulatory guidance’ created by people that want to see ‘your industry thrive’. I think speculating won’t add too much value. I could have sworn I saw a tweet from Jason P. Lowery though…

Perhaps the most ‘buzz’ creating promise was that of Creation of a Strategic Bitcoin reserve using the Bitcoin the government has already seized, 213,246 Bitcoin [32] . While this is a great ‘starting point’ Senator Lummis’ “Bitcoin Act of 2024” lays out a clearer vision of how this could take place. In her bill [33] she calls for purchasing up to 200,000 bitcoin per year for 5 years to get a total of 1 million bitcoin. For some context, MARA owns ~25,000 Bitcoin, China owns 190,000 Bitcoin[32] and Micro Strategy owns ~252,200 Bitcoin and plans to purchase an additional 42 Billion dollars worth [34]. It is estimated that ‘Satoshi’ owns up to 1.1 million [35].

I wrote in ‘Americas Waning Power’ how we are destroying ourselves with money-printing induced inflation, debt and (many) other ways. I argued there how Bitcoin is a clear alternative to many including the BRICS nations. It has become clear that America must prepare itself for a world where the dollar is NOT the reserve currency. A Bitcoin reserve serves as a ‘fallback plan’ even if those setting it up don’t want to ever need to use it.

Use this link to easily reach out to your representatives and let them know that you want THEM to support senator Lummis’ bill. I sincerely believe this is a net good for America, regardless of any political differences we may have. You simply put in your info and it sends a ‘letter’ on your behalf.

Note: Late in the writing of this article, news broke that Trump is in talks to purchase an exchange (where you can buy/sell bitcoin). I think this is the strongest signal yet that he does intend to move forward with the SBR. Likely trying to capitalize off of his fans purchasing Bitcoin and potentially distributing USGOV purchases across ‘all US exchanges’ or something similar.

Learn about Bitcoin

If looking to learn more about Bitcoin Saifedean Ammous’ “The Bitcoin Standard” is a great starting point. I also highly recommend Nik Bhatia’s “Layered Money”. Saylor.org offers a specialization made by the two writers above & other leaders in the field.

Bitcoin Veterans is a fantastic resource with written material, a weekly podcast & a daily (M-F, 10AM EST) X space where you can join the conversation (I frequently am there speaking as well!).

The 1st Amendment

Trump announces plan to ‘shatter left wing censorship regime’ [36]. I like a LOT of this. The 7 year ‘cooling off period’ to end the revolving door between intel and big tech is great. The only caution flag that I want to wave is related to ‘terrorism’, he includes the ability to take down illegal content “promoting terrorism”. I’m sure many of you have noticed, our government basically uses the ‘terrorist’ label for any nation we plan to bomb. This could be used to censor any anti-war speech. We have seen how our government views our own veterans as a ‘terrorist threat’ [37]. The fact is the government cannot be trusted to make this decision. If it were only direct calls to violence, I think it’d be ok, but anything more than that gives our government, that deserves NO trust, too much power. He does mention a ‘court order’ requirement to take down content, but I think if anything, we should have at least a LITTLE doubt in the fairness of our judicial system at this point.

While that video was great, other clips show Trump repeatedly attacking the first amendment. He vows to cancel visas for anyone protesting israel & to ban anyone who isn’t pro-israel from the country[38]. This is a blatant attack on the right to free speech. Trump is misinformed or outright lies about the levels of support for israel in the US and exaggerates or fabricates ‘anti-semitism’ in the United States. Our right to free speech includes the right to criticize our own government and it CERTAINLY means we can say anything we want about israel and the evil it brings to the world.

2nd Amendment

"Unfortunately, Donald Trump had bad advisers making him bad on the Second Amendment, and that is my issue." — Kyle Rittenhouse

Kyle Rittenhouse rightfully stated that Trump was bad on the 2nd amendment. When Trump took office the first time, he had the house and senate yet passed no favorable legislation. In fact, Trump was quoted in support of un-Constitutional red flag laws ‘Take the guns first, go through due process second”[39]. Additionally, Trump pushed through another un-Constitutional ban against bump stocks, luckily that has been overturned by the Supreme court [40]. In terms of the 2nd Amendment, the only area Trump ‘did good’ seems to be his Supreme (and lower) Court picks, as evidenced by the bump stock outcome.

Personally, I believe Trump owes the American people a lot. He apparently made assurances to re-earn Rittenhouse’s vote. Trump should enact concealed carry reciprocity so that law abiding citizens do not have to fear prosecution for exercising their rights across state lines [41]. Luckily for him, America’s best Congressman, Thomas Massie has already supplied the bill for him. The next thing should be repealing the NFA, which also has a bill in congress already.

If Trump manages to pass reciprocity, repeal the NFA, and appoint pro-gun Judges he would be remembered as the most pro-2A president since the ones who wrote it.

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Republican Representative

Hello,

Thomas Massie (R-KY) has introduced the National Constitutional Carry act that will help protect the rights of your constituents. This will ensure that law abiding citizens do not have to fear prosecution for merely crossing state lines while exercising their second Amendment rights. Additionally, Eric Burlison (R-MO) proposed ‘Repeal the NFA Act’ which similarly protects American’s second Amendment rights from an overzealous and often Constitution breaching federal agency. As you are a Republican the expectation from those who re-elected you would be that you would adamantly support this bill and do all you can to get it passed.

https://massie.house.gov/uploadedfiles/national_constitutional_carry_act.pdf

https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/450

Democrat Representative

Thomas Massie (R-KY) has introduced the National Constitutional Carry act that will help protect the rights of your constituents. Additionally, Eric Burlison (R-MO) proposed ‘Repeal the NFA Act’ which similarly protects American’s second Amendment rights from an overzealous and often Constitution breaching federal agency. During these uncertain and scary times, I think it is more important than ever that we secure our second amendment rights . I ask that you would adamantly support this bill and do all you can to get it passed. Thank you for helping us stay safe & securing liberty

https://massie.house.gov/uploadedfiles/national_constitutional_carry_act.pdf

https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/450

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Cabinet & Other Key Positions

What seemed like a good sign and an early win for the anti-war movement has fallen apart quicker than I can write this article. As the nation celebrated Trump ‘pre-firing’ Mike Pompeo & Nikki Haley, they were soon hit in the face with a wave of terrible appointments. There is a lot to write about here and each time I think I’m done another gets released, so instead of bolting that onto our expectations of Trump, I will write an additional article on his cabinet. In short, it looks like he sold the foreign policy positions for $100 million to Miriam Adelson. All have been pro-israel war hawks which does not bode well for the peace we were promised. Domestically, its not GREAT but there are some good ones with potential. The details will be in a subsequent article.

Conclusion

Trump promised a LOT of big things, a lot of it I am a fan of too, but I want to see results, talk is cheap! We saw stark differences between 2016 candidate Trump and what we got as President. I truly hope it was due to ignorance and inexperience and we get something better this time around. I think that we will know pretty early on what kind of administration this is going to be. If he starts off slow I doubt anything will really happen, he will get bogged down in the bureaucracy he was elected to destroy.

As mentioned, Trumps cabinet is full of ‘israel first’ “Americans” that will sacrifice our interests for israel. We cannot fix this nation if we are dragged into more wars on behalf of a genocidal ethno-state. The blowback for our continued blind support will not be isolated to non-state actors. Nations can take actions, not necessarily violent ones, to undermine our power and influence around the world. The growing BRICS movement and China directly laying out clear ‘red-lines’ are examples of this shift.

IF, and this is a big if, Trump’s domestic appointees & actions actually fix what is wrong with this country, or some of it even, it will severely hamper the war machine’s ability to wage unending war. While a smaller, more efficient government will make America MUCH stronger, it will also clear away the ‘fog of war’ that the ‘deep state’ hides behind. The convoluted and false narratives pushed for ‘why we need war’ with some random nation will have nothing to hide behind. It will become more obvious how detrimental these actions are to the American people.

While I am sure I don’t have to tell the ‘left’ to hold Trump accountable, I do want to remind the ‘right’ and the Libertarians (or other independents/3rd party) to hold Trump accountable. Due to his promises of peace & small government he was given the House & Senate along with the Presidency. If he doesn’t QUICKLY start doing what he promised then voters must hold the Republican party accountable in the mid term elections. The only way to show that voters are serious in their demands is to punish the parties at the ballot box if they break their promise.

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