When you start draining the swamp, the swamp creatures start looking for cover. Like him or hate him, we must admit that President Donald Trump is doing exactly what he told us he would do. I’m still shocked that some folks didn’t believe him.
We have never seen things move at such a pace. Democrats (leftists, liberals), I repeat myself, are struggling to keep up. They just cannot wrap their heads around the fact that government is being transformed. It is a beautiful thing, and I am loving it.
Under every previous administration, inspectors general in federal agencies identify waste, fraud, abuse and mismanagement. Somehow, the information is filed in the archives, and nothing ever gets done. My, oh my, how things have changed.
The Trump administration has managed it quite differently. Things are addressed as soon as they are identified. Before the opposition can mount a real attack, it has already been dealt with.
None of us are surprised that waste, fraud, abuse, mismanagement, etc., was identified. I think even political groupies like me were surprised at the depth of it. Under the Biden administration, the ridiculous use of taxpayer funds was blasted out to more craziness than we could ever imagine. If one was trying to destroy our country, this is exactly what one should do.
Democrats are responding in a comical way. They have the audacity to try to defend the indefensible. Imagine complaining that federal workers have to actually show up for work after four years. They have obviously learned nothing from the past election. I think they just cannot help themselves.
Hating Trump has never been a winning strategy. Democrats tried to make MAGA a dirty four-letter word. Instead, they made Trump seem cool, and now MAGA is one of the most recognized logos, and we wear it proudly.
Those on the left are such hypocrites. Remember when President Obama said, “I can do (whatever) … with a pen and a phone.” They cheered loudly. Now they are screaming foul and accusing Trump of violating the Constitution via executive orders.
Remember when Trump fast-tracked the COVID vaccine under “Operation Warp Speed”? The left claimed a danger to public health, “Trump created it. It was untested and not safe, and nobody should take it.” A few months later, when Biden entered the Oval Office, they demanded that we all take it forever. If not, we could not go to work or attend school. Citizens had to carry their vaccine cards to enter certain places. I am so happy Trump has put an end to that nonsense.
Trump has made illegal immigration a crime again. (By the way, my autocorrect changed “illegal immigrant” to “undocumented immigrant.” What’s up with that?) The border is finally secure, and illegal criminals are being deported instead of being given free housing in luxury hotels, free child care services, cars, cash, etc. The left has gone crazy, and some sanctuary cities are suing. These do-gooders care more about illegal criminals than they do about the safety of American citizens. The American people have had enough.
The expensive foreign aid is being reevaluated. Much of it has been uncovered as nothing more than slush funds for leaders. I heard someone say, “Foreign aid is when poor people in rich countries send money to rich people in poor countries.” That sums it up nicely. It rarely makes it to the intended target.
Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) is gone. Most corporations have already started to send it to the dust bin, and now the federal government is doing the same. Not too long ago, efforts were made to make everyone feel better about themselves. This program, along with Critical Race Theory (CRT), has done the opposite. It taught that if you were a member of a certain identified class, you were special. It was always at the expense of the “privileged class.” Even if that privileged class member was a dirt-poor child, if she or he were white. That is wrong. All of God’s children are special. He plays no favorites.
The left should realize that the election is over. They lost. Trump will be there for four years, and most Americans love what he is doing. They are more worried about saving the jobs of bureaucrats than saving American lives.
The path we have been on is unsustainable. We have a $36 trillion debt. Eventually, those bills must be paid. The problem is debt; the answer cannot be more debt.
Mr. President, we are not yet tired of winning. Give us more.
Joyce Krawiec represented Forsyth County and the 31st District in the North Carolina Senate from 2014 to 2024. She lives in Kernersville.
