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In the weeks before the 2016 Trump Electoral College victory, Donald Trump was polling between 35 and 40 percent.
He would average only about 41% approval over his tumultuous four-year tenure.
No one knows what lies ahead over the next four years. But for now, Trump already polls well over 50% approval.
His inauguration in a few weeks will likely not resemble Trump’s 2016 ceremony.
In the 2016-7 transition, Democratic-affiliated interests ran commercials urging electors to become “faithless,” and thus illegally to reject their states’ popular votes and instead elect the loser, Hillary Clinton.
Massive demonstrations met Trump on Inauguration Day.
In less than four months after assuming the presidency, Special Counsel Robert Mueller was appointed to investigate the hoax of Russian collusion.
That wasted 22-month, $40 million investigation found no collusion, but did derail the first two Trump years.
What followed the collusion ruse was a consistent effort to undermine the Trump presidency — two subsequent impeachments, the laptop “disinformation” hoax, the COVID-19 nationwide lockdown, and news suppression of any mention of the Chinese lab origin of the virus or questioning the closing of schools.
In the Trump administration’s last summer of 2020, 120 days of riot, arson, looting, assault, and murder followed, with the denouement of the January 6 turmoil.
In contrast, the 2024-5 Trump transition has all but assumed the presidency. Over 100 foreign leaders have elbowed each other to be invited to Mar-a-Lago or to phone in their congratulations to the newly elected Trump.
Remember that in 2016 the Left screamed “Logan Act” if a Trump transition appointee even talked with foreign officials.
So why is newly elected Trump a veritable cultural hero in 2024 in a fashion unimaginable eight years ago when the media had rendered him a near demon?
One, Trump is seen now as a welcome relief.
A departing and unpopular President Joe Biden leaves with about a 36% approval rating.
The prior Biden years are now seen as abnormal.
The Left’s cultural revolution championed fringe policies never quite seen before: destroying the border, welcoming in 12 million illegal aliens, nihilist critical race and legal theories, institutionalizing a third sex, and mandating woke/DEI quotas and indoctrination sessions.
Yet Biden had inherited from Trump a secure border, an economy rebounding after the COVID quarantines, 1.23% inflation, no wars abroad, and cheap energy.
Four years later, the outgoing Biden administration is widely unpopular. Almost every one of its policies polls before 50%.
In reaction, Trump promises not just to restore his first-term success, but to expand it.
Two, Trump personally remains transparent and energetic — eager to talk and meet anyone, anytime, and just about anywhere.
His energy offers a sharp contrast with the non-compos-mentis Biden. The change is welcomed by an electorate exhausted by the past four years of presidential stumbling, wandering, incoherence, mind-freezes, and angry, “get-off-my-grass” aged fragility.
Three, Trump is grudgingly admired, now even by some of his enemies who once sought but failed to destroy him.
He endured two impeachments, five civil and criminal court indictments, incessant lawfare, a 95% negative media coverage, attempts to remove him from states’ ballots, and two assassination attempts.
Yet all these unprecedented hostile efforts to end Trump may only have made him stronger — and more empathetic when seen as a target of increasingly fanatical enemies.
Four, Trump has expanded his MAGA base and permanently branded it as an ecumenical movement that welcomes shared class interests rather than the tired old tribal racial and ethnic chauvinism.
Trump also brought in disaffected Democrats, independents, and minorities in a way the Democrats could not with the evaporating “Never Trump” dead enders.
Trump’s veritable campaign menagerie of RFK, Jr., Tulsi Gabbard, Elon Musk, Joe Rogan, Dana White, and Kid Rock made it impossible for the Left to demonize MAGA Republicans as right-wing aristocrats or laissez-fair capitalists.
Fifth, the endorsements of the Biden-Harris legacy media, calcified Hollywood endorsers, blowhard university faculties, and tech barons proved vastly overrated.
It was trumped by more popular and dynamic Internet influencers, podcasters, bloggers, and maverick entrepreneurs.
Sixth and finally, Trump himself proved more experienced, and more measured and reflective than in 2016. His team too was more disciplined and street smart, led by savvy chief of staff Susan Wiles.
The past year has seen truly pivotal moments of Trump as an everyman — posing for a mugshot after being railroaded by a weaponized lawfare indictment, serving MacDonald’s drive-up customers, riding in a garbage truck cab, raising his fist and yelling “fight, fight, fight” — and after nearly have his head blown off by a would-be assassin.
Add all of these once unimaginables up, and the people trusted more — and liked better — the Trump reboot than grouchy Biden or inane and inauthentic Vice President Kamala Harris, as well as their shared extremist agendas.
The Deep State allowed Trump to win for a reason we will soon learn.
Sheep prosecuting wolves among a system of wolves will not work.
The Deep State will manipulate Trump, forcing him into a corner. Covid 19 will be a walk in the park compared to what the Deep State will do next.
Trump will need to use full Constitutional military action, if we even still have a Constitutional leaning military.
If we don’t see thousands of government traitors paraded in shackles arrested by the military and never seen from again then this will all be for nothing.
I think the article was talking about Negative Nancies like you. Guess what It’s not 2017 anymore and the Deep State is on the run.
Take a break. Merry Christmas
The deep state is a legitimate concern, but let’s no go off the deep end. Tin foil hats should be worn with caution.
CTripps makes a very valid point and pom pom waving serves no constructive purpose. The first Trump term, his fault or not, was mostly talk and little action to stop the deep state. The concern is very legitimate and we shall see if he uses every possible power available to him to clean up.
He himself stated that in 2016 he was unaware of the depth & breadth of the enemy in the swamp. Now he knows & will take no prisoners. He was far too trusting of the long time government bureaucracy upon whom he depended for guidance & followed their horriblselfcseevibg advice. Now he knows better & will not make the same mistake again.e advice,
Relying on the DOJ will not work, that is the point. The DOJ is completely subverted.
Trump already has three known Soros people in his administration, including the new Treasury Secretary.
Trump playing 4D chess is non sense. He already removed Gaitz and replaced him with – a Soros connected individual.
Not a good start.
Therein lies the problem. Every branch of the government has been subverted, including the military at the highest levels.
No special prosecutor and no number of indictments will succeed in putting away any of the subverted. Only a military level of massive arrests of traitors will work.
Immediately after Trump’s victory the Pentagon began having meetings of how to ‘deal’ with President Trump. Really? How they will deal with the Commander in Chief?
That is why we are in very precarious situation not knowing how far fractured the military has become or if it is completely subverted as are the remaining branches.
Those of you who work on military bases or have family who do know exactly what I am referring to.
I am hopeful as everyone else but I will not be surprised if Trump’s term will be a repeat of his first.
If the military makes massive arrests of traitors for treason, Trump can be given executive powers by making elimination of all traitors possible.
It would bypass the subverted DOJ, be kept out of the public view as the prosecution would all be military tribunals, and we would never hear from the likes of Obama, Hillary, Pelosi, etc.
This is the only way.
The Deep State didn’t “allow” Trump to win.
American Taxpayers took control and elected him,
in spite of all the negative “nabobs” and defeatists.
I remember 2016: “Trump will never be president.”
the deep state would never let him win elst he do a 2016 again and turn the tables *somehow* dont be so tupid to think the deep stateven thinks theyre at that point yet.
aka ufts.
Naaahhh, I think you’ve been paying too much attention to that ‘Q’ dude…and we all know what a distraction that proved to be…guess you didn’t know that was just a psyop designed to do just what it did…take away necessary voters from our side last time, because you all believed this “Q” was just going to swoop down and save the day…
Good grief; GTF over yourself. It’s a new day and a helluva great New Year – and era – to look forward to.
Election FRAUD did not prevail this time.
That’s the only thing that was different.
Why?
Maybe CTripps is correct.
But VDH is as superficial as he ever was.
I don’t want to be correct because if I am then this country is finished.
Look at the UK for what is coming.
i have great respect for the ideas of VDH, however I’m not persuaded that Trump is anything but one more amoral grifter.
the sad reality of america is that trump won his first term because the american people knew how vividly wicked HILLARY AND BILLARY were/are. now gamer lawyer billary is gaming for a biden pardon of hillary. who’d thought?!?!?
trump won his second term because of the destruction perpetrated by OBAMA- SOROS regime with meat puppets Kamala and JoJo fronting for them.
Trump will quickly drain the ‘swamp’ so he can fill it with his cronies and family.
Are we truly better off?
The 1% who rule this country don’t give a muck as to who resides in the white house so long as they obey and serve.
How many of you self-righteous complainers have stepped forward to serve?
So easy to sit back, scolding and fault-finding.
History is about those who step out and fight human greed, arrogance, and tyranny.
Not those who just belly ache.
Justin Swingle is no self righteous complainer. He made valid points based on facts from Trump’s first term.
Justin’s last sentence was spot on.
Trump will take his marching orders as they come and is why he already has 3 identified Soros-loyal people in the new administration. 3 that we know of so far.
Trump will throw us some pocket change to pacify the boot lickers but he will be manipulated as before taking us one huge step closer to the globalist end goals.
If we see massive arrests traitors in the federal government by the military then yes, Trump is the real deal.
Justin,
Remember Trump’s first term promises: Drain the swamp, lock Hillary up, bring back manufacturing. Nothing done. Sorry, cheap gas is not a recovery plan.
Now his recent campaign promises: Arrest everyone in the deep state, eliminate the department of education, eliminate the EPA, eliminate the IRA replacing the income tax with a national sales tax or a single flat-rate ‘fair tax’ for everyone, among other.s.
The promises evolved to grande new levels compared to his previous campaign.
Recognize the tactic and why it was used? Right out of the playbook.
Anyone?
The Reelection shows us that Many Americans no longer trusts the M.S. Media Bottom Feeders anymore
On the subject of faithless electors in 2016, it got so insane that a friend of mine, who served as the Elector for out congressional district, was getting about 1000 spam emails a day urging her not to vote for Trump. Who are these emails from? Bots? CIA operatives?
I just assumed that 2024 is what an American Presidential election looks like when Democrats aren’t allowed to cheat.