A lot of ink has already been spilt about Donald Trump’s landslide victory, so I won’t detain you very long. I also won’t bore you by trotting out all the obvious reasons to celebrate: he’s anti-woke, pro-free speech, wants to cut taxes, supports Israel, thinks Net Zero is bunkum and will stand up to China. True, he’s not as hawkish as I’d like on Ukraine and has protectionist tendencies. But you can’t have everything.
As for the hysterical claim that he’s a ‘fascist’, I’m with John Tierney, who wrote a good piece for City Journal a few days ago pointing out that the Biden-Harris administration has engaged in far more authoritarian behaviour than Trump did in 2016-20, prosecuting political opponents, strong-arming social media platforms to silence critics (under the guise of combatting mis- and disinformation) and imposing the greatest restrictions on liberty in America’s history (during the pandemic).
Some people in the Westminster bubble think Trump’s victory is bad news for Britain because he’ll impose tariffs on British imports, but I think that’s unlikely and, in any event, Kamala Harris, like her boss, is no friend of Britain’s. As Pimlico Journal pointed out:
[T]here is little sign that Kamala Harris would be much warmer to Britain. The more fundamental problem is that the Democratic Party, having desecrated much of what remains of ‘WASP’ America, are now turning to attacking Britain itself. Many politically moderate Britons, whether on the centre-left or the centre-right, were taken aback by the apparent hostility of the New York Times to the monarchy – and Britain more generally – after the death of Elizabeth II. They should get used to it, because there is no doubt that, for the Democratic Party, Britain is a symbol of the old, racist, imperialist America, without rather than within. I’m sure you’ve seen the anti-Britain (and often also anti-France) memes on X. These don’t come from nowhere: they are, by now, symbols of something that Britain will not be able to escape in its relations with any Democratic administration. Actual national self-interest on the part of the Americans will increasingly be ignored, as Britain has become part of the broader American culture war. For this reason alone, no intelligent Briton should ever support the Democrats, no matter how boorish they think Donald Trump is.
But to my mind, the biggest reason to celebrate is that Trump wants to take on America’s vast federal bureaucracy – what he calls ‘the Deep State’ and which we call ‘the Blob’. During the campaign, he distanced himself from Project 25, the Heritage Foundation’s blueprint for wresting control of the administrative state, but J.D. Vance has said he thinks Trump should make it a priority to replace 5,000 civil servants with MAGA loyalists and Trump intends to hire Elon Musk as his ‘efficiency tsar’, tasking him with ruthlessly cutting waste in government agencies in much the same way he fired 80% of Twitter’s workforce without damaging the product.
There’s a good economic argument for doing this since it’s these bureaucrats who are stifling innovation and putting insurmountable obstacles in the path of new businesses. The regulators, as is well documented, are captured by the sectors they’re supposed to be regulating, helping giant corporations preserve their monopolies and who are often rewarded with well-paying jobs by those same corporations when they leave office.
But the best argument for dismantling the Blob is that it has become the main instrument for enforcing woke ideology. The federal bureaucracy is marinated in equity, diversity and inclusion, climate alarmism, LGBTQ+ rights, Critical Race Theory, Gender Identity Theory… all the sacred cows of radical progressive ideology. These civil servants, along with their allies in the academy and the media, are responsible for imposing what is, in effect, a new public morality on American society – a belief system that a majority of Americans have little sympathy for, as the election results made clear. It’s this ideology that’s responsible for the erosion of their freedoms in every aspect of their lives, whether it’s workplace speech codes or restrictions on their use of fossil fuels. Trump rightly understands that if you want to vanquish these torquemadas it’s not enough to defeat your political enemies at the ballot box; you need to defeat the vast army of unelected officials as well. This is the real battle.
If he succeeds – and it’s a big if – he will be an inspiration for rebel leaders all over the world, including the United Kingdom.
Stopping the imposition of this new secular religion by stealth is the most important political battle of our time.
In Trump, we may have found our General Patton.
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Another triumph for the British State!
Is there no beginning to their wonderfulness?
gosh. what a surprise. doesn’t most any TV show, movie, or spy novels about prison life suggest this?
… extremist inmates are being taught by gang members how to launder money, navigate the dark web and acquire weapons potentially usable in terror plots
This is an example of how marvellously excellent our rulers are – after all, the authorities wouldn’t want to interfere with anyone’s “human right” to learn how to kill us. How exquisitely marvellous our rulers are.
I can’t believe there is nothing regarding this in the Round-Up. It’s an anniversary, but a very unpleasant one. This is the only person who survived 7/7 in his carriage;
“On July 7, 2005, Daniel “Dan” Biddle, then a 26-year-old construction project manager, became the most seriously injured survivor of the 7/7 London terrorist attacks.
“He was standing just inches from suicide bomber Mohammad Sidique Khan on a Circle Line Underground train near Edgware Road station when Khan detonated a bomb at 8:51 AM.
“The explosion was part of four coordinated suicide bombings that day, which killed 52 people and injured over 770 across London’s public transport system.Biddle was blown through the train doors into the tunnel, suffering catastrophic injuries.
“He lost both legs, his left eye, his spleen, and was deafened in one ear. He also sustained a collapsed lung, punctured organs (including his kidney, liver, and colon), burns, an open forehead wound, and sepsis.
“During the aftermath, he endured three cardiac arrests, with surgeons manually pumping his heart for nearly 15 minutes during the last one. He was saved by Adrian Heili, a former Austrian army medic, who applied makeshift tourniquets to stop Biddle’s bleeding and kept him conscious by talking about sports until paramedics arrived.
“Biddle spent eight weeks in a coma, 12 weeks in intensive care, and a year in hospital, undergoing over 70 operations.The blast left him with vivid memories of the explosion’s white flash, the silence that followed, and the horrific scenes of death and destruction around him.
“He has since battled complex post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), experiencing daily flashbacks, nightmares, and hallucinations of Khan’s face. In 2013, overwhelmed by survivor’s guilt and PTSD, Biddle attempted suicide three times but was supported by his then-girlfriend, now-wife, Gem, whom he met that year and married later.
“Despite his injuries, Biddle retrained as an access consultant, founded the National Diversity Employment and Advisory Service Ltd. in 2022 to support disabled and neurodivergent people into employment, and became a motivational speaker.
“He represented Team GB in sitting volleyball at the 2012 Paralympics and was appointed an MBE. He has also campaigned for a public inquiry into the 7/7 attacks, believing there were inadequacies in British security services, and published a book, Back From The Dead: The Untold Story of the 7/7 Bombings, to share his story.
“He now lives in Abergavenny, Wales, with Gem, continuing to advocate for disability equality and inclusion.”
An exceptional man.”
https://x.com/DaveAtherton20/status/1942141128414724245
This is hardly news, criminals learning new criminal skills in prison. I had just assumed that’s what has always gone on in prisons. I mean, we learn from our environment and the people around us, so…go figure.
In the El Salvador mega-prison, they wouldn’t have any time or opportunity to do that, nor would they have a chance to attack prison officers with boiling water or sharpened kitchen utensils. Here is an article showing what a dangerous, treasonous policy it is to allow them into the Armed Forces of the West:
Muslim soldiers are dismissed from the Army after sharing graphic helmet-cam videos of murdered victims after Hamas October 7 attacks | Daily Mail Online
As one commenter said, “Scratch the surface and underneath is a terrorist-in-waiting.”
Remember what the Bible says:
“NEVER LET THE ENEMY INTO THE CAMP.”
We can be proud that Great Britain will soon lead the world in crime, even if renewables don’t catch on