I’ll start by stating that all in all, I think The Donald is doing a more than average job during his second foray into the Presidency. Lets put aside for the time being recent événement with Venuzuela & Greenland which have bubbled up in the early days of 2026……….. there are things that I could choose to take exception with — not cutting as much spending as anticipated, dangerous ideas involving stablecoins in the Treasury Market, & the apparent difficulty in bringing a full & unredacted Epstein client list to market, but, in the round he’s getting the big things right. Just look – ye mighty Puffinati – at the Democrat opposition – & despair. Every box of groupthink ticked, mired in a miasma of identity politics & race hustling, pandering to failed academic postmodern ideologies, no progress made since their crushing defeat of November 2024. Think I’m being too harsh ? Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett stated three months ago that just because somebody commits a crime, it doesn’t make them a criminal. Then there was Senator Hirono’s line of questioning to FBI Director Kash Patel , where she expressed horror that FBI agents — supposed to be the “tip of the spear” in fighting terrorism — were required to do pull-ups. Watch – if you can – the people who appear one after the other on MSNBC to claim that arresting criminals is somehow racist. And in case you’re wondering how Kacklin’ Kamala is doing after receiving the electoral beating of the century in the presidential election, she has also resurfaced, eager to prove that she appears to still have an affinity for both word salads and red wine. Yes, I look at these examples and scores of other ones. I watch all of this and think to myself, “Things could have been way, way worse.”
One of the main arguments against President Trump so far during his term has been that he has been acting with a heavy hand. This was the critique with DOGE, it was the critique with his appointees, it was the critique with tariffs, it’s been the critique with him speaking out about Comey’s indictment, and it has definitely been the critique with how he is handling illegal immigration. But seriously, the country had fallen off track so far in the four years prior to this term that any pushback from the above idiocy was going to feel heavy-handed. How exactly is Trump supposed to respond to Joe Biden’s head of nuclear waste being a bald man wearing lipstick in a dress, stealing luggage from women at airports? Is Trump supposed to say, “This is completely normal behaviour!” or “Great job, can we keep him on for another term ?” How was Trump supposed to look at millions of illegals being allowed to cross the border with zero repercussion—many of whom are unvetted criminals—and respond? Is he supposed to throw Mayorkas a testimonial dinner for repeatedly lying in front of Congress with a smirk while knowingly keeping the country’s borders open? And how exactly is Trump supposed to tackle the problem of crime in major cities and drugs and homelessness ravaging Washington, D.C.? Is he supposed to kick back in his chair and act as though everything’s fine?
You can – quite rightly – point out the number of his companies’ bankruptcies in the past, but the point I’m getting to is that Trump is a “get-shit-done” kind of person, even if it is with a heavy hand, adopting the TechBros mantra of “Move fast & break things”. If Trump wakes up at 6 a.m. and goes to bed at midnight every day and only spends 2 of those 18 hours making swift, decisive decisions about getting things done while spending the rest watching Fox News and battling with the press, his days will likely still be 100 times more productive than Joe “6 Handicap” Biden’s or Kamala “Unburdened From What Has Been” Harris’ would be.
Yes, Trump’s decisions may not always be perfect, but that is superseded by his ability to take swift corrective actions at a time when the nation desperately needed it most. Was his formula for figuring out tariffs for other countries nuanced and carefully done? Absolutely not. But did it get the attention of the world and send a broader message that the United States is actively reevaluating its trade deficit? It sure as hell did. Is Immigration and Customs coming down with a heavy hand on illegal immigration? Yes, they are. But is that sending a message to future illegal immigrants and ones that are still here? Yes it is. And is Trump’s decisive action to battle crime in inner cities with a heavy hand sending a message about his expectations for law and order? You’re damn right it is. The message is “the bullshit stops today” — and it’s a message inner cities have needed to hear since the “Summer of Love/Mostly Peaceful” riots of 2020. After all, one only needs to do a precursory Google search online to find that many of the policy positions Trump has put in place are ones that Democrats would have approved of in the ’90s or early 2000s. There are countless clips surfacing of Biden, Hillary & Obama talking about how illegal immigrants don’t belong in the country — and how we need a secure border. It seemed pretty simple for them to understand a decade or two ago, but perhaps this was before the party had engineered a plan to try and use said immigrants to tip the scales of elections…………….
At the end of the day, what matters most is not whether President Trump has been flawless during the commencement of his second term in office, but whether he has been effective in steering the country back toward stability, sovereignty, and common sense. The answer to that, in my opinion, is yes. His willingness to confront uncomfortable truths—whether about immigration, crime, or foreign dependence — shows a level of courage that has been missing in Washington for decades. The heavy-handedness that critics point to is not the sign of recklessness, fascism, white supremacy, colonialism, Project 2025, climate change or whatever progressive talking points claim this week, but instead it’s the natural outcome of a leader who refuses to accept decline as the new normal. Criticism will always come, especially from political opponents and the media, but leadership is not about pleasing everyone—it’s about setting a course and holding firm when the inevitable resistance comes. Trump’s approach may ruffle feathers, but it’s also forcing conversations that need to happen. It’s not enough to nod along politely while the country crumbles under bad policy like the cabal that controlled President Autopen did for four years; someone has to make bold choices and demand accountability, even when it isn’t popular. Looking at the big picture, Trump’s demonstrates that he is not only capable of making those choices but also committed to doing so consistently. The fact that his policies echo what Democrats themselves once supported highlights just how far the opposition has drifted from reality. While they chase Frankfurtian academic theories and ideological purity tests, Trump is focused on practical outcomes that directly impact Americans’ everyday lives.
Hope you’re taking notes, Nigel………
© DJM 2026
