Category: Election

by: Ryan Christie

Secretary of Humboldt County Republican Central Committee

As of this writing, it is 58 days till Donald Trump is scheduled by inaugurated as the 47^th President of the United States, and the rest of the world is already preparing for it. Joe Biden is a lame duck, and his presence at the G20 Summit in Brazil will likely be his last major engagement.

Already, the world is preparing for Trump’s return. Things will be different than in 2016; eight years ago, he was largely an outlier, largely scoffed at by the heads of most countries save Isreal, Japan, India, and Hungary.

But things have changed since, and a much more growing number of world leaders are eager to welcome him back to the international arena. He will likely be in similar company, with Italy’s Giorgia Meloni sharing his views on immigration, social policy, and the economy. Argentina’s Javier Milei, called the “Trump of the Pampas”, was the first foreign leader to meet with him following his victory. More conservative leadership changes are possible in the near future, specifically in Canada and Germany.

Elsewhere, China is floating potential concessions to avert a prolonged trade war, Taiwan is planning a massive American arms purchase, and Ukraine is floating a Trump-negotiated ceasefire, with added military support and business deals from Ukraine in the future.

The world is a much different place than it was in 2016. Accordingly, it seems that President Trump is molding his domestic and foreign policy to reflect that.

In the wee hours of November 6^th, 2024, Donald Trump pulled off the greatest political comeback in United States history. Through countless instances of lawfare, media attacks, not to mention TWO assassination attempts, Donald Trump has succeeded in defeating Kamala Harris to be the 47^th President of the United States.

By all accounts, the election was to be a close one, largely hinging on six battleground states: Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Georgia and Arizona. For months, pollsters pondered who would win what. As it turns out, Trump not only swept every swing state but also picked up the state of Nevada. By the end, Trump bested Kamala Harris in the electoral college 312 to 270, also being the first Republican candidate to win the popular vote since George Bush in 2004. In addition, Senate pickups in Montana, West Virginia and Pennsylvania will give Trump a much-needed Senate majority.

Trump is already picking his cabinet, and his choices are already off to a great start. A few examples: is pick for Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, a decorated veteran of both the Afghan and Iraq Wars, is a strong advocate of America’s veterans, of a muscular foreign policy and a realigning of priorities in the military away from left-wing social programs and purely into unit cohesion and strength. Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, is his nominee for Secretary of State; as Chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, he is a great pick for the role.

More will follow. But undoubtedly, America is in great hands under a second Trump administration.

By: Ryan Christie

It is hardly debatable that June 16^th, 2015, was a significant day in the history of American politics. On that day, Donald Trump came down an escalator at Trump Tower to announce his bid for the 2016 Presidential Election, which he went on to win against Hillary Clinton in a historic upset. The Democratic Party and its allies in the media simply could not handle this, and as a result they spent his entire term actively undermining him, with 24-hour mudslinging and two attempts at impeachment that went nowhere. 

Now we fast forward to spring 2023, Trump has been out of office for the past two years, and America is not in a good place. Crimes rates are rising; inflation, high fuel prices, and a looming recession are eroding the economy, and a sense of deep pessimism and fatigue abounds amongst the American people. Donald Trump announced his reelection bid for the 2024 Presidential Election on November 15^th, 2022.

Five months later, the former president was indicted by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg on charges related to alleged campaign finance irregularities years later. Make no mistake, this is an attempt to unduly influence the election and is unprecedented in politics. The weaponization of the legal system for sheer partisan machinations is extremely damaging to the country, not just for the legal system but for our social fabric.