Author:  R. Alan Harrop, Ph.D.  

All politicians make promises while on the campaign trail. Some of them reflect their true beliefs, while some are made to increase voter support. Various presidents have been guilty of the same hypocrisy. Because of the campaign promises candidates make that they have no intention or ability to fulfil, the power of the people to control the government and ultimately their freedom is undermined. This coming election in November is crucial to the continuation of the policies enacted by President Trump. The Democrats have already promised to undo many, if not all, of the positive actions of the Trump administration through overrides of his executive orders and by curtailing his power by bringing spurious impeachment charges as they did in his first term.

 It is time that we examine the actions the Trump administration has taken to “make America great again.” The people who voted for Trump in 2024 must understand what he has done to fulfill his promises and return America to the principles and policies that not only reflect our founding principles but made this country successful. Conservative voters need this information so that they are motivated to get out and vote in numbers that ensure the effectiveness of the Trump administration for the next two years. This, and subsequent articles, are intended to summarize the important positive actions that President Trump has taken to implement the policies he promised to the American people.

In politics, there are people we can classify as revolutionists because their goal is to change the way America is governed. For example, President Barack Obama stated on many occasions that his goal was to fundamentally transform America. Communist New York City Mayor Mamdani has set about accomplishing the same thing. President Donald Trump is actually a counter-revolutionary since his objective is to return this country to its founding principles and policies and then maintain those policies. It is important to remember the distinction between revolutionary and counter-revolutionary since we are clearly facing the greatest internal threat of communism in our history.

 Let us start off with border security and see how President Trump is doing. No country can long survive with large numbers of immigrants, both legal and illegal, who do not share the essential principles and beliefs of the host country. History has repeatedly shown this to be true. What is happening currently in many European countries is further proof. Marxists do not believe in the idea of independent countries/nations and are seeking global governance with no effective borders. This has always been the goal of communism. President Trump has a different view and has taken steps to implement his policies. First, he put a stop to the Biden administration’s restrictions on ICE agents to perform their duties. They are now once again not only able to stop illegal immigrants from entering this country, but are arresting and deporting them at high rates. As a result, there have been over 700,000 deportations and over 1,300,000 self-deportations. Instead of seeing caravans of illegals swamping our southern border, the tide has turned and many are choosing to leave on their own. The word is out to the world that we no longer have open borders. The Biden administration lied about their ability to close the border and said they could do nothing without changes in the laws.

 Second, the Trump administration has taken action to terminate the temporary protected status granted to over 300,000 Haitians allowed into this country by the Biden administration. This action by the Trump administration was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court by a 6-3 majority opinion.

Third, President Biden not only stopped the construction of the southern border wall, he sold off the material already purchased for its completion for pennies on the dollar. President Trump re-started the construction of the border wall which when completed will extend across the entire 1,954 miles between our country and Mexico.

Fourth, President Trump has taken action to stop “tourists” and other temporary visitors from having babies who, as a result of being born on U.S. soil, are granted immediate citizenship. His effort has been made more difficult by the ridiculous Supreme Court ruling allowing this practice to continue. Congress needs to step up to the plate and support President Trump’s efforts to curtail this so-called birthright citizenship which is being exploited by China. This amendment to the Constitution was intended to ensure that children of slaves after the Civil War were granted citizenship. The Amendment was never intended to allow anyone visiting in this country to have children granted citizenship if they are born here.

 There are many other actions that the Trump administration has taken to secure our borders as he promised. He has fulfilled his campaign pledge. The election in November will determine whether these actions favored by the voters who elected President Trump will be retained permanently. We must get out the vote!