in World News Trump’s Painful but Necessary Scorched-Earth Approach Is Precisely What I Voted For
by Stephen Kruiser
This column isn’t about MAGA cheerleading for President Trump or any glass-half-full optimism about the way that things are going to turn out. Regular readers know that wouldn’t be consistent with my standard approach to things. I don’t worship politicians, and I weaned myself off of political prognostication after the 2022 midterms debacle.
In the last several days I’ve had conversations with people on both sides of the aisle who were shocked — SHOCKED, I TELL YOU! — that I’m not spazzing out over what’s happening with Trump’s Tariffpalooza. In situations like this, it’s just easier for me to write down my response(s) and simply refer people to the column the next time the conversation comes up.
Of course, I do it in an imperious and dismissive manner, usually referring to “my body of work” while holding my nose slightly in the air. I do have a brand to maintain, after all.
It was plain for all who had eyes to see during the Biden years that the country was being pushed off of several cliffs at once. Twenty-first century Democrats really like to hedge their bets when trying to carry out His High Holiness the Lightbringer Barack Obama’s commie dream of fundamentally transforming the United States of America. Within a very short amount of time, the Biden administration had the Republic dripping in so many existential crises that a NASA computer couldn’t tally them up.
Even in the age of vigorous presidential executive orders, the kind of damage that the Biden cabal did wasn’t going to be easy to undo. Democrats are quite skilled at placing constitutional time bombs all over the place. The goal is to use an overwhelming volume of sheer treachery to slow down or thwart any future politicians who want to roll back their “achievements.”