In his first six months, President Donald Trump has made remarkable progress towards realigning our government in the proper direction regarding many national issues. While not always being clear and consistent in his messaging and techniques, he continues to demonstrate sound, fundamental instincts about what is best for America and its people. So far…the ends are justifying the means.
While
six months is a grossly inadequate amount of time in which to accomplish
fundamental changes in our government (OBBB
the exception), his efforts so far have touched many stones that needed
turning. Given his impressive track
record thus far and once again acknowledging that most issues are far from
settled, one has to wonder where he will move to next. In my last post, I nominated national
immigration reform as a worthy candidate for the next big effort. That opinion remains unchanged. But today, I will venture to focus instead on
one other issue…foreign policy.
An
argument can be made that there is no other policy area in which a sitting
president can have more dramatic effect than that of foreign affairs. Trump fully realizes this and exhibits both confidence
and comfort in wielding this awesome power and authority. The
elephant in the foreign policy room is China. More than any other foreign adversary…China
is openly hostile to our nation, its constitutional premises, and it is
unapologetically intent on displacing the United States of America as the
pre-imminent power on this planet. It is
rare for a hot spot to pop up
anywhere across the globe these days without some evidence of China’s
involvement.
Donald
Trump has done a great job of selecting competent people to serve in his
Administration; this being one of the brightest differences between his and the
previous Biden Administration. Of all
his good cabinet level choices, I don’t think there is one that comes close to
the quality of Marco Rubio serving as Secretary of State. But even with the impressive human and other
resources available to our State and Defense Departments, the planet earth is a
seemingly limitless territory riddled with every form of complication and conflict
imaginable. It goes without saying that dealing
with this dynamic is immensely challenging.
With Russia and Ukraine killing each other’s people; with the Middle
East ebbing and then flaming up on a daily basis; with European nations
struggling to wean themselves from U.S. domination in military and economic
affairs…it is no wonder that China likely takes comfort in hiding itself and
its intentions behind the cover of global chaos. All of the shiny objects can be quite distracting.
It
is encouraging to hear and see the operations of our President and his State
Department in regards to the China threat; it is clearly a primary concern in
their mind. It is equally important that
our Congress and our citizenry also support this Administration as they
calculate and implement a foreign policy that will effectively confront the
idealistic, economic, and military threats posed by China. Some of the actions taken to address these
concerns will likely have real costs to the American people. But…China is the greatest threat in the
foreign policy realm today.
The
Middle East conflict(s), as viewed through the Israel/Iran prism, appear to be
headed down a positive track. While a
surprisingly few appear willing to state the obvious fact that Hamas cannot be
trusted in any form of negotiation and must simply be eliminated, a possible
solution to Middle East turmoil appears to be taking shape. It is likely to include Israeli annexation of
Palestine with significant autonomy provisions for the Palestinian people, an
extension of the Abraham Accords to several of the Arab Middle Eastern nations
that have previously been cowed by the belligerence of Iran, and an unabashed
and iron-clad alliance between Israel and America.
https://israel-alma.org/op-ed-why-didnt-hezbollah-join-iran-in-the-war-against-israel-rising-lion/
https://www.thefp.com/p/how-qatar-bought-america-f28
The
SCOTUS is beginning, through fits and starts, to establish its identity as a
constitutional enforcer for our nation’s justice system. Keep up the good work. Never forget: For all of his very real
faults, Mitch McConnell is the reason Merrick Garland does not serve on the
SCOTUS today. Let’s give credit where
credit is due.
https://americanmind.org/salvo/casa-is-a-step-in-the-right-direction/
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/did-scotus-just-transform-americas-schools/
There
seems to be some movement towards a bipartisan approach to national immigration
reform. It cannot come too soon.
https://amgreatness.com/2025/07/05/what-an-america-first-guestworker-policy-could-look-like/
While
an “in your face” obsession with looking back at Obama/Biden Administration
corruption and the incompetence issues associated with Biden’s Administration
is not a productive use of a limited 4-year Trump Administration term, it is
nonetheless important and critical to find out where wrongs may have been
committed and might be prevented in the future.
Let’s just do it diligently…behind the scenes, off the screens, and in
the normal process of things.
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2025/07/the-cia-critiques-itself.php
Let
us continue with a “back to basics” approach to education…
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/restoring-civics-education/
Glenn
Youngkin is the quality of person that we need to run our government. We can only hope he is willing to pursue that
aim…
Food
security is national security. This
concept is lost in most of today’s national security discussions, but it is
essential to the subject…
At
some point, sooner rather than later, this subject must be addressed by our
government…
https://archive.ph/L2wTK#selection-487.129-487.145
Kim
Strassel is one of the premier journalists in America today. Her remarks here re: the OBBB are spot on…
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2025/07/gut-this.php
I
will never understand how charlatans of this nature mange to spend lifetimes in
the public spotlight while seemingly never being called out for the blatant
fraudsters that they are…
https://johnkassnews.com/the-remakable-rags-to-riches-story-of-stacy-abrams/
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