Not M.A.G.A., But M.A.S.A.
This essay in comprised of reflections on the Inauguration of our forty seventh President. There are MANY MANY things to say, but let’s start with these:
President Trump (45 & 47) is, literally, an “open book.” He wears his “heart on his sleeve.” He hides nothing. But America has come to love him for exactly what he is. We all know his faults: vanity, narcissism, a childish streak with name calling, petty fights and injudicious commentary. None the less America has come to love him despite these faults. And his devotees have a fierce loyalty to him. During the early 2024 Presidential campaign, his followers made it quite clear that they would not switch to ANY other candidate for ANY reason, thereby forcing a reluctant Republican Party to keep him as the nominee (good decision, obviously, in retrospect). His rallies are standing room only events with true love for the man on constant display. His recent inaugural celebration at the Capitol One Arena saw tens of thousands of us wait 3, 4 and 5 hours in the bitter bitter cold for the chance to attend.
Trump’s propensity to lead is in his DNA. In a different age he might have been a ruler or even a king. This personality trait might be exemplified by the following (totally made up) example:
J.D. Vance: “Mr. Trump, all polling shows that 99% of Americans disagree with your recent decision”
Trump: “So?”
How different is this from, for example, the Clintons who consulted opinion polls before any decision, just to figure out which way the political wind was blowing.
President Trump is the St. George to the leftist dragon. Although the media hides it, and many Americans are not even aware of it, leftist activists have gained a stranglehold on America. They totally dominate the media (without the internet, America would, even now, be a leftist police state), academia, many local and state governments and a sizable portion of the judiciary (9th Circuit Court, for example). They even have made inroads into the military with fools like Mark Miley running things. The omnipresent (so called) “woke” ideology, for example, derives directly from cultural Marxism. Trump, along with Texas Governor Gregg Abbot and Florida”s Ron DeSantis, and others, are the vanguard that will vanquish this terrible monster.
President Trump has a quiver of unshakable core values:
Free speech
Religious freedom
Meritocracy
Free Market economy
Racial equality
Accountability
Peace through strength
America first
Energy independence
Next, in my opinion, his message, now, is even broader than just the 2016 Make America Great Again or M.A.G.A. In addition to that he also intends to: M.A.S.A., or Make America SANE again. We’ve been so barraged with craziness from the left for the past four years, and, to a lesser degree for the past several decades, that many of us don’t even recognize it as crazy! Well, Trump recognized the INSANITY. Here’s a partial list:
1: Fetishizing alternative “genders.”
A: Men in women’s lavatories.
B: Girls forced to compete with trans
boys in sports.
C: war on normal PRONOUNS!
2: Censorship! Free
speech is a CORE American
value! As Elon Musk has said:
“They don’t want to ban ‘hate
speech,’they want to ban speech
they hate.”
3: Allowing entrance into our country
of MILLIONS of unvetted aliens, some
of whom are criminals, mentally
deranged, rapists and
even murderers. And some of
which are from gangs that are
currently terrorizing many
American cities.
4: Elevating “diversity, equity and
inclusion” factors over merit in
hiring, advancement and quotas.
5: Sexualizing young children.
6: Giving BILLIONS of dollars to Iran,
an enemy state that sponsors
terrorism AIMED AT US, and chants
“Death to America” on a regular
basis, and is near nuclear weapons
capability.
7: Cashless bail where criminals are
released immediately after arrest
resulting in getting criminals back
on the streets in no time with
some perpetrators having multiple
arrests in a single day.
8: Promoting violent anti semitism. In
just a few generations America went
from “Peace and Love” of my
generation to “Kill The
Jews”!
9: Aiding and abetting sexual abuse of
CHILDREN. A recent vote in Congress
saw 145 Democrats voting AGAINST
the deportation of foreign
PEDOPHILES! (House Bill HR 130)
Who, in God’s name, would vote
against such a bill?
I think the reader will agree that the policies listed above are not merely misguided or wrongheaded; they are INSANE.
President Trump believes, as do I, that God spared his life in Butler, Pennsylvania, so that he would lead America away from the terrible path it was on under the Biden/Harris administration and leftist activists, and to bring America out of the depths to which it had fallen. We all need to stand behind President Trump to Make America SANE Again.
To quote Paul Simon:
On a ship they called the Mayflower
On a ship that sailed the moon
We come together in this dark hour
To sing an American tune.
So, ladies and gentlemen, let us all come together and sing:
My country ’tis this wee
Sweet land of liberty
Of thee I sing.
Land where our fathers died
Land of the pilgrim’s pride
From every mountainside
Let freedom ring!