For those who can’t understand why Donald Trump was twice elected president, including the Republicans and conservatives who continue to impugn him, we have the answer: Trump is the response to three (yes, three) terms of Barack Obama.
This country has never had a president like Trump. He doesn’t hold back, he can sometimes be crude, he sees no benefit in playing nice with people who want to destroy him (who also happen to overlap with Americans who want to take down their own country a notch or two because, in their perverted thinking, America was never great to begin with).
Love him, like him or hate him, Trump is a transformative president – he was called on to halt the road the Obama-fueled ruling class was taking the country down, to break the walls its members had built to insulate themselves from the consequences of their actions, to prosper financially at others’ expense.
The open border. Joe Biden invited millions of unvetted migrants into this country to swing the electorate to the Democrats, establish a permanent majority, satisfy some perverted obsession with multiculturalism, and antagonize native-born Americans and new citizens who migrated the proper way. A majority of Americans had had enough and turned over border security to Trump.
The administrative state. More than half of Americans had become tired of their votes not counting. The real power and authority in Washington were the unelected bureaucrats who were carrying out the Democratic Party’s agenda. Trump has shown not just a willingness but an appetite for reining in this unaccountable, inflexible force that Democratic administrations built.
DEI. The diversity, equity, and inclusion nags are nothing more than quota peddlers. Americans who have been punished by DEI tenets and offended by its divisiveness elected a man who has made it a point to eliminate this blight on our society that has been nurtured by the left.
Anti-white. “The entire premise of the left’s George Floyd-era argument was, in fact, ‘white people bad,'” Christopher Rufo tweeted. Voters of all races were fed up with whites being smeared for no other reason than their skin color. So they ditched the Obama race-baiters of the Democratic Party and put Trump back in office.
War on men. Western nations have been feminizing males for more than two decades by marginalizing and ridiculing boys, young men, and true adult males. When asked to name a masculine leader in the Democratic Party outside of Barack Obama – who is more effeminate than the left will publicly acknowledge – men from 18 to 29 struggled to identify anyone. A vote for Trump was a vote against the feminization of males.
War on women. Americans are repelled by a radical campaign to pass off men as women, especially when those men are beating and injuring girls and women in sports, violating their privacy in restrooms and locker rooms, and stealing their opportunities. Trump is turning back this wretched foolishness.
Redistricting. Both parties have a history of gerrymandering their representation in the U.S. House. But the most aggressive gerrymandering is done by Democrats, who have fixed it so that eight states have no Republican representation in the House, and in others (Illinois and California) they are virtually shut out. Trump is asking some red states to even the score.
Education. The Education Department has done nothing but spend money that it seized from others and strengthen the anti-student, anti-parent teachers’ unions. It’s sacrosanct among Democrats and progressives, more important than classical, meaning useful, schooling. So Trump, with the backing of his party, is shutting it down.
Deference to terrorists. Trump destroyed Iranian mullahs’ ability to develop nuclear weapons, which should have been done decades ago, and has taken a hard line against Hamas, the darlings of the left.
Media propaganda. The administration has defunded PBS and NPR, both of which used taxpayers’ dollars to promote leftist ideologies while vilifying and muting the opposition.
Lawlessness. The Democratic Party tolerated and then encouraged crime, then said it isn’t really so bad after all, and the American people have grown weary of it. Trump’s response has been to deploy the National Guard in cities where the Democrats have allowed criminals to run wild.
There are other points we could cover here – energy and environment; anti-Americanism and anti-Westernism; racial discrimination and wokeness that have poisoned our universities; the smugness of our elites; intentionally stoked racial tensions – but like our readers, we have only so much time in a day.
We feel we made our point, though. Voting for Donald Trump was the counterrevolution to Barack Obama’s effort to remake America, built on the appalling ideology of radicals Bill Ayers, Saul Alinsky, and Jeremiah Wright – not to mention Obama’s Marxist mentor, Frank Marshall Davis, who turned Obama into an America-hating, Soviet-adoring teen.
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1. JD Vance: The Europeans Are Going To Have To Take The Lion's Share Of The Burden - Fox News
"No matter what form this takes, the Europeans are going to have to take the lion's share of the burden. It's their continent, it's their security, and the President has been very clear they're going to have to step up."
2. NATO Leaders Must 'Not Be Naive' About Any Potential Ukraine Deployment, Head Of German Soldiers' Union Says - Guardian
European NATO leaders must not be naive when discussing a Ukraine peace force but face up to the reality that they would need to deploy tens of thousands of troops to the country for the long term, the head of Germany’s soldiers’ union said.
3. Russia Launches ‘Massive’ Attack On Ukraine, Hitting American Electronics Manufacturer - Washington Examiner
Russia continued its brutal attacks against Ukraine on Thursday, launching what Ukrainian officials called a “massive combined air strike” on multiple areas throughout the country.
Russia launched 574 drones and 40 missiles into Ukraine on Thursday, ABC News reported. Most of the drones and missiles were intercepted and destroyed. Yet, several were able to hit targets in Ukraine, one of which was an American electronics manufacturer, according to Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha.
4. Russia’s Nuclear Chief Cites ‘Colossal Threats,’ Calls For Major Nuclear Shield Update - Washington Times
There are “colossal threats” facing Russia that necessitate a major upgrade of the country’s nuclear shield, Moscow’s nuclear chief said Thursday.
NATO is weighing a deployment of ground troops to eastern Ukraine to enforce any ceasefire deal with Russia, which the Kremlin could view as a threat to its security. And the Trump administration is moving ahead with its Golden Dome missile shield, a cutting-edge project that aims to put in place space-based interceptors and other capabilities to stop potential missile attacks by China, Russia, or other adversaries.
5. Ukraine Becoming The ‘Silicon Valley’ Of Defense As Startups Develop Long-Range Drones And Missiles - PBS
Even as U.S. President Donald Trump presses for an end to the 3 1/2-year war — and dangles the prospect of U.S. support for NATO-like security guarantees — Ukrainian defense officials say their country is determined to become more self-sufficient in deterring Russia.
“I think the best drones, or among the best, are Ukrainian drones,” said Claude Chenuil, a former French military official who now works for a trade group that focuses on defense. “When the war in Ukraine ends, they will flood the market.”
6. Ukrainian Held In Italy Over Nord Stream Gas Pipelines Blast Mystery - BBC
German prosecutors say a Ukrainian man has been arrested in Italy on suspicion of blowing up the Nord Stream gas pipelines under the Baltic Sea, several months after the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
The man, identified only as Serhii K, was arrested in the province of Rimini and was part of a group who planted explosives under the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 pipelines from Russia to Germany, federal prosecutors say.
7. China Explores Yuan-Backed Stablecoins To Expand Global Currency Reach - Dallas Express
China is poised to approve a plan to allow yuan-backed stablecoins, a significant policy shift aimed at boosting the global use of its currency.
The move, which reverses China’s 2021 ban on cryptocurrency trading and mining, reflects Beijing’s ambition to elevate the yuan’s international presence amid U.S. dollar dominance.
8. Massive Increase In Taiwan Defense Spending- TIPP Insights
Taiwan plans to boost military expenditure by 22.9% to $31.27bn in 2026, bringing it to 3.32% of GDP, after calls by the Trump administration to spend more on its own defense.
9. North Korea Has A Secret ICBM Base Near China: U.S. Think Tank - UPI
North Korea has constructed a secret military base near the Chinese border to hold intercontinental ballistic missiles that pose a "potential nuclear threat" to the United States, a report by the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies said.
Beyond Parallel, a Korea-focused project of CSIS, revealed the Sinpung-dong Missile Operating Base in North Pyongan Province on Wednesday, based on an analysis of commercial satellite imagery. The North has never declared its existence.
10. World's Oldest Living Person Celebrates 116th Birthday - ABC News
Ethel Caterham, who was born Aug. 21, 1909, was recognized in April by Guinness World Records as the oldest person living, following the death of Brazilian nun Inah Canabarro Lucas at 116 on April 30, 2025.
Caterham is also credited for being the oldest woman living and the oldest person in the United Kingdom.
