Choosing Sides

Now that the Trump administration’s blitzkrieg has slowed down to hand-to-hand combat with Democrats, now might be a good time to briefly recap why this libertarian supported Trump and continues to do so.

In American politics, for better or worse, there are two sides. Currently, one side is captured by anti-human globalist forces that want to bankrupt the United States and strip the country of its manufacturing and creative capacity. The other side is not.

Put more briefly, one side would kill me if they saw me as being in their way. The other side would not.

I’m not so naive to think that if Trump’s allied elites such as Elon Musk, Marc Andreesen, and Peter Thiel could not be similarly ruthless against me and my family if they saw us somehow as a threat. However, I simply have seen no evidence that that is the case in any way. If anything, as Pete Quiñones said before the most recent election, at worst they are indifferent to us or our plans.

Given the existential crisis the Western civilization is currently facing, I’ll take it.

Trump needed to act, and still needs to act, quickly to keep a clearly recalcitrant global and Democratic establishment on its heels. With Musk’s and others’ help, he has made tremendous progress slashing federal employee payrolls and expenses. He appears to make good progress on reorienting taxation from internal taxation (i.e., income taxes) to external taxation (i.e., tariffs), thereby encouraging manufacturing to resume within the country. Finally, he appears to be properly reorienting the US’s foreign policy from one a global superpower would deploy to one that recognizes that there are other powers (e.g., Russia, China, and “Europe”) that seek to protect their respective spheres of influence. He has made as much progress as he has primarily because he has a much more competent and energized supporting and organizing the implementation of his policies.

What Trump is trying to achieve is very complex, and the risks that his policies will not succeed are manifold.

First, Democrats will continue to throw mud into Trump’s gears. They may be bankrupt among several dimensions, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t afraid to utilize their power to prevent Trump’s agenda from succeeding. The Democrats’ primary tool is through the judiciary, where leftist judges across the country stay perfectly legal executive orders.

Second, the broader Republican party isn’t wholly aligned with Trump’s agenda. Far too many of them see themselves as Democratic-lite instead of America First supporters. This shouldn’t be a surprise, as far too many Republicans have survived politically by acting like the Washington Generals to the Harlem Globetrotters of post-World War II politics, the Democrats. What these Republicans fail to recognize is that this era is over. The sooner the GOP recognizes the new political reality, the better it will be for the party and the country.

Finally, Trump is in a bind as far as how he can communicate about his policies. On the one hand, if Trump and his team clearly explained what he intends to do, more Americans could support him. On the other hand, Democrats would quickly use his plans against him and prevent him from implementing his policies every step of the way. So it is no surprise that Trump has been reluctant to clearly articulate his game plan. However, that comes at the cost of increased confusion among supporters and enemies alike.

No wonder Trump “weaves.”

While I don’t support every decision Trump his made, I support the general direction of his actions. Americans finally have an opportunity to reduce the negative impact the federal government has on our lives. Right now domestic politics feels chaotic. But if the chaos is a cost of reducing the government’s involvement in our lives, it will be very much worth the price.