Tom Homan, a good and decent man, was put in a difficult—and frankly embarrassing—position when he was forced to draw down federal forces in the Twin Cities. He just held a press conference explaining the drawdown.
I liked the job Bovino was doing. Alongside “No Kings!” and the rest of it, “ICE Out!” is part of a color revolution. The mob—and the operatives who organize it—are bankrolled by NGOs funded by transnational financiers and the Chinese Communist Party. (See “The Whole System is Guilty!”)
I want Trump to nationalize the Minnesota National Guard, send federal troops into Minneapolis and Saint Paul, roll up the mob, and arrest the operatives (see Send in the Troops; The New Confederates and the Return of States’ Rights). I want the federal government to identify these funding networks and prosecute them.
We need to smash this threat to American sovereignty. Maybe there’s a master strategy here. But perceived weakness emboldens the forces seeking to knock America out of its position as world hegemon.
That’s bad for us—and bad for the world.
I noted this during Trump’s first term, and again in several recent essays: Trump appears too hesitant to do what previous presidents have done—federalize the Guard and deploy troops into cities and states where mayors and governors are in rebellion against the laws of the Union—because he doesn’t want to validate the false accusation that he’s an authoritarian.
They’re going to call him an authoritarian anyway. Worse, they’ve already branded him a fascist. So what does he have to lose by exercising his lawful federal authority to bring rebellious states and cities to heel, and to pursue the enemies of America and Western freedom? If he does this, I can almost guarantee his poll numbers will rise. They’ve already jumped five points in the most accurate poll—Rasmussen—buoyed by an expanding economy following his restoration of the American System.
I don’t understand why Trump officials don’t begin every press conference with images of violence against law enforcement officers. This would build public support for decisive executive action to quell the ongoing insurrection. There is no shortage of such images. Why are Republicans allowing progressives to win the propaganda war? The battle for men’s minds is central to the defense of any nation.
We cannot sustain this level of tolerance for sedition in the United States. There should be zero tolerance for rebellion against the Republic.
The national government is the supreme law of the land. Article VI, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution states:
“This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding.”
The authority of the Executive is not in dispute (see Posse Comitatus and the Ghosts of Redemption; Our Constitution and the Federal Authority to Quell Rebellion; Concerning the Powers of the US Constitution—And Those Defying Them).
There comes a point when the patience of saints becomes pathological. Didn’t Trump just release a major policy document warning of civilizational erasure? Why isn’t he acting on it? Are his words hollow? Where is the man of action we were promised?
The same applies to the toleration of the Islamization of the West. Why are we allowing Muslims to establish de facto autonomous towns and cities in the United States? Americans know about Dearborn, Michigan, and the Twin Cities in Minnesota. But when I tell them about what’s happening in Texas, they’re stunned. Trump knows. The last people on earth who should practice suicidal empathy are those charged with defending the nation.
We have to put our foot down. Sometimes boots are necessary—especially when the Republic is threatened from within. At that point, decisive action becomes an imperative.
Steve Bannon, host of War Room and a stealth advisor to the President, often places Trump in the same league as George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. But if Trump is to belong in their company, he must do what they did. Both used military force to confront states and cities defying the U.S. Constitution—the Whiskey Rebellion and the Civil War. It’s Trump’s turn to be a man of action. (See A Man of Action Must Act to Be Such a Man.)
Rank-and-file progressives riot whenever they’re out of power. Democrats don’t believe in democracy. They hate what America stands for. They want technocratic control guided by corporate-state ideology (see The Real Threat to Liberty Isn’t Trump—It’s Technocratic Rule).
Technocracy negates not only democracy but liberty itself. COVID-19 demonstrated this clearly. States locked down their own citizens, acting in concert with other countries across the global North. American progressives wanted vaccine passports and mandatory masking—ritualized obedience enforced by the state.
There must be consequences for tyranny. Action exposes the dystopian future Democrats have planned for America.
Trump supporters rationalize the President’s actions as four-dimensional chess. Perhaps this is meant to protect the midterm elections—or, more immediately, to secure funding for DHS. Maybe the goal is to make it safe for Senators to pass the SAVE Act. However, I remain convinced that the best way to shore up popular support for this presidency is to do what previous presidents have done: exercise federal authority with clarity and force. We shall see.
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