It’s hard to believe that President Trump was re-elected roughly a year ago, and that he has been back in office almost nine months.  Trump didn’t waste anytime upon taking office, putting ICE to work right away on deporting illegal aliens and deploying the National Guard to crack down on crime-ridden cities.  He flooded Washington with executive orders, which, while potentially fleeting, have made it difficult for activist judges to keep up with the flurry of changes.  He (sort of) started a trade war with most of the war, which, if not exactly consistent, shook up international markets and put the world on notice that the free ride at America’s expense is over.

I’m largely satisfied with Trump’s progress so far.  My major concerns are that he has been too inconsistent on tariffs; too slow on swamp drainage (although the massive layoffs during the government shutdown, as well as the DOGE-payouts, were huge); and too cozy with certain lobbies.  As to the first, I figure he is using tariffs more as a foreign policy cudgel and/or carrot than as a consistent policy towards repatriating American manufacturing.  To the second, I think we’re facing a “root-and-branch” situation that requires a radical, near-total replacement of official Washington.  For the third, even there Trump is showing signs of shaking off his dogged devotion to his donors of dubious dual loyalties.

Those quibbles aside, things are demonstrably better than they were one year ago.  The Democrats are something of a national laughingstock.  Major corporations are shifting into alignment with elements of Trumpism.  The rampant Leftism of the culture has become more muted.  I have no illusions that these changes are permanent, but they suggest that the powers-that-be are cowed.

All of that said, I’m eager to see what happens next—and to prepare for Vance’s presidency.

With that, here is 7 November 2024’s “TBT: Trumparion Rising“:

Holy crap—America is back, baby!  The garbage took out the trash—and re-elected Donald Trump to another (non-consecutive) four-year term.

What a ride.  All through Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, I felt like I was living in a dream—a replay of 2016, but even better.

2016 had a raw sense of excitement and uncertainty about it.  Everyone in MAGA World was having fun because we really didn’t think Trump would pull it off against the globalist oligarchs and the Clinton Machine (some people did see his potential even then—God Bless them!—and knew that The Teflon Don would slay the Wicked Witch of Davos).

2024 also had that raw excitement, but it was seasoned with experience.  We knew Trump.  And we knew Biden/Harris.  The choice was clear, and easy.  Trump is bringing with him national renewal and, I pray, revival.

The men carried home this election, I think.  No disrespect to the ladies for their role, but this was the most masculine election in modern American history.  Men finally said, “enough!,” got off the couch, and voted.  Seeing as the other side totally hates us, it was a no-brainer.  Any man that voted for Kamala Harris is gay, a eunuch, or a cuckold—period.  Eh, maybe some well-meaning, befuddled Boomer “Cons” voted that way to defend “conservative” “principles,” but they’re metaphorically castrated, if not physically so.  Good riddance to David French and his simpering, effete ilk.

I’ve been hearing a lot of commentators refer to Trump as a “world-historic” figure.  I’d never thought of it so explicitly, but it’s true:  he is The Man for This Hour.  I sincerely believe he has been ordained by God to lead an American renewal.  There’s no other explanation for how he survived that assassination attempt.

God Bless America!

With that, here is 22 November 2022’s “Trumparion Rising“:

It’s official:  God-Emperor Donaldus Magnus is running for President in 2024.  It’s a Thanksgiving Miracle!

We all knew this announcement was coming, but making it official seals the deal and ends any lingering speculation.

Here’s another announcement of far less significance or magnitude, but one of importance to yours portly:  The Portly Politico officially and formally endorses President Donald J. Trump in the Republican primaries and for President of the United States.

I was disillusioned by the recent midterm election results, and see in them grave signs of the continued rigging of election results in a number of key States.  I also interpret them to be a critique of the Republican Party, which has waffled on the MAGA agenda and is actively anti-Trump.

Critics might point to those races as Trump’s fading star and influence, but that’s a misread of the situation.  There’s no way the Arizona gubernatorial and Senate races were fairly counted.  That State has failed roundly to clean up its voter rolls and its voting practices, and we’re all paying the price for their sloppiness.

By contrast, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is a rising star, and electrified his State to carry him to a massive victory, winning with 1.5 million votes after clinching the governship four years ago by a margin of around 30,000.  That is truly remarkable, and DeSantis has a promising future in national politics, no doubt.  I admire his wonkery and his tenacity—two qualities that are rarely combined in one person—and his willingness to fight the culture war, which is the real battleground in our long, cold civil war.

But DeSantis’s victories in Florida does not mean that Trump is a political has-been.  DeSantis’s policies have attracted flocks of like-minded Americans to Florida, padding out his political support in the State.  He’s also worked diligently to clean up Florida’s election laws and processes, making electoral malfeasance like ballot harvesting far more difficult in the Sunshine State.

DeSantis running for president in 2024 is a classic divide-and-conquer strategy.  All the wrong people are plumping for DeSantis.  That’s unfortunate for him, but he should resist the siren song of Establishment, Inc. neocons and bide his time.  2028 is his time to shine.  This current moment is Trump’s.

Of course, I can understand why DeSantis might want to get in now.  Fortune favors the bold, and he is in the limelight now.  Four years is a long time in politics, and some charismatic flavor-of-the-month might pop up in the interim to challenge him as heir apparent to Trump.

But in the interest of the nation, DeSantis should cede this election to Trump.

I do not think Trump is a perfect candidate by any stretch, but his supporters (myself included) need vindication.  They want Trump back in office, in part because they love him and his policies, but also because he was robbed in 2020.  That feeling is intensely strong among his supporters, just as Andrew Jackson’s supporters believed John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay stole the 1824 election.

The Republican Party as an institution is doomed unless it gets behind Trump, fully and completely.  Right now, they’re praying hard for DeSantis to muck up the proceedings.  That would rend the GOP asunder, giving further fuel to the Democrats.

Regardless of what DeSantis or others decide, Trump will walk away with the Republican nomination swingin’.

MAGA MAGA MAGA!

—TPP