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He is a force of history,
Harris declared in his column published Tuesday He is someone with an ability to perceive opportunities that most politicians do not and forge powerful, sustained connections with large swaths of people in ways that no contemporary can match,
the editor-in-chief stated, Trump has ... What he didn’t show in his first term, or on his improbable pathway to a second, was an ability to bring these conflicts to resolution, to unite the country on a new level of understanding. This would require Trump revealing a new understanding about himself and how to use the next four years."
he added however, writing They cannot push Trump to the margins, by treating him as a momentary anomaly or simply denouncing him as lawless and illegitimate,
Like influential predecessors, his arguments have shifted the terms of debate in ways that echo within both parties — in this case, on issues such as trade, China, and the role of big corporations, ... Like other large presidents, Trump has been a communications innovator and exploited technological shifts more effectively than rivals."
The past is never dead,
William Faulkner famously wrote This machine kills fascists.”
After all, it came from the mind of a man who railed against injustice and famously wrote upon his guitar National unity is now returning to America and confidence and pride is soaring like never before.”
When Trump summoned so much of the American past We will not forget our country,
President Donald Trump said We will pursue our Manifest Destiny into the stars,
America will reclaim its rightful place as the greatest, most powerful, most respected nation on Earth, inspiring the awe and admiration of the entire world,
The administrative burdens themselves are, in some sense, a deliberate test of deservingness,
Dr. Heather Hahn, an associate vice president at the nonpartisan think tank Urban Institute, explained of America’s social insurance programs All that red in the middle, where Trump won, what the map doesn’t show you is that I won the places that represent two-thirds of America’s gross domestic product. So I won the places that are optimistic, diverse, dynamic, moving forward.”
Calling up the 2016 electoral map, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton argued I don’t think hard-working Americans should be paying for all the social services for people who could make a broader contribution and instead are couch potatoes,
former Florida representative Matt Gaetz once argued in 2023 while lobbying against anti-poverty programs The golden age of America begins right now,
It'll save them a trillion dollars.
When the time came to sign an order withdrawing from the Paris Climate Accord, Trump whispered off camera From this moment on, ... America’s decline is over.”
Americans pushed thousands of miles through a rugged land of untamed wilderness,
We will strive together to make his dream a reality,
The spirit of the frontier, ... is written into our hearts.”