For several years now, the Democratic Party and its allies in the media have been fomenting violence. Since they control the mainstream news cycle, they’ve been able to get away with their mischief—bigly. One must be a low-grade moron, a fanatical Democratic partisan, or a seeing- and hearing-impaired hermit not to notice what’s been transpiring. From 2020’s so-called Summer of Love, through the intimidation of Supreme Court justices who supposedly voted “against women” in the Dobbs decision of 2022, to the incitement to assassinate Donald Trump in 2024, to the recent torching of Tesla automobiles and dealerships, the Democrats have been as much steeped in violence as the Nazis and Communists were during the waning days of the Weimar Republic.

Senator Chuck Schumer’s threat of “reaping the whirlwind,” hurled on the steps of the Supreme Court at the justices who sided with reversing Roe v. Wade against the wishes of the Democratic Party, was no idle gesture. Those justices were targeted in their homes and menacingly demonstrated against, while Justice Kavanaugh was the object of an assassination plot by someone angered by his stand on abortion. If anyone is disappointed by how supposedly conservative justices have begun to vote with the left, the explanation might be that these vulnerable judges are understandably afraid that Democratic mobs and assailants may come after them and their families. Given their unsettling recent experiences, these judges have every reason to fear this.

Democratic operatives and their media allies are not looking in the mouths of the unhinged gift horses they’ve created. The Democrats learned, after the 2020 riots they helped abet, how much partisan violence they can get away with stirring up. While the staff of Kamala Harris and other prominent Democrats were bailing out the arsonists who burned Minneapolis during the George Floyd riots, enabling them to return to their criminal activities, the media provided cover for the party they slobber over. News interpreters went apoplectic attacking Trump’s policy of calling out the National Guard during those riots, and they focused their feigned anger on Kyle Rittenhouse, the young man in Kenosha, Wisconsin, who shot and killed assailants who were chasing him during another riot inspired by a police shooting.

This week, a bomb was thrown into the Tesla vehicle of a pregnant women in Vancouver. It seems the anti-Trump fanatics now targeting Musk are finding allies among our very woke neighbors to the North. One point about the violence spreading in Canada seems indisputable: those involved are most definitely not Conservatives. They and their compatriots engaged in similar activity here in the U.S. are quite likely enthusiasts of left-wing politics and, in many cases, are being paid for their efforts by George Soros’s NGOs or other front organizations. It is hard to imagine that those torching Tesla dealerships and leaving messages with the word “resist” are doing anything that doesn’t delight the U.S. Democratic Party leadership.

Paul Gottfried

In response to comments that Senator Rand Paul is a RINO because he doesn’t support tariffs: Rand Paul is correct that — in a world dominated by free market economies — tariffs are a tax, and are not justified in a global network of free markets. However, the reality is that most countries outside of America are totalitarian (China, Russia) or authoritarian socialist economies (Western Europe). Our American government — under Trump, a free country, once again — has no choice but to deal with these countries as the regimes they are.

I listened to Senator Paul in his speech to Republicans in South Carolina yesterday, and did not hear him acknowledge this point. However, he is in no way a RINO or a fraud. He acknowledges that President Trump is sincere, good for the country and right about the essentials. Unlike others on the libertarian side, Rand Paul has no illusions that the leftists, the Democrats and the Establishment are lunatics and deadly wrong about everything, and he acknowledged them as such. Trump’s economic strategies in his first term, including with regard to trade, were effective, and I noticed that Senator Paul acknowledged this, as well.

America has a LOT of enemies, certainly in its own government and in both parties. I don’t view Rand Paul as anything close to this. We should concentrate on the horrific spectacle of AOC as Speaker of the House in 2 years, or the Democratic nominee for President in 2028. We should concentrate on being ready to fight the next catastrophe leftists plan to manufacture for us, as they did COVID, lockdowns, ballot fraud and violence in 2020. Because this is war, and they (not people like Rand Paul) are the ones who will destroy our country, if we let them.

Michael J. Hurd, Daily Dose of Reason

Many politicians and policymakers predicted that Monday would be a “Black Monday.” While the equities market closed lower, the drops were at a lower pace than last week. In connecting the tariffs to the market’s volatility, part of the evenness of Monday’s trading came on the heels of news that numerous American trading partners agreed to negotiate with President Donald Trump and offered free trade deals to ratchet down his “reciprocal tariffs.”

Last Wednesday, which Trump dubbed “Liberation Day,” the president announced large-scale tariffs on nearly every country, declaring that the measures would help to end American trade deficits with foreign powers and bolster domestic production of goods. Thursday and Friday witnessed precipitous declines in the stock market, though the administration made clear it would hold the course.

Preliminary announcements from Trump himself and senior administration officials, moreover, suggested that many key trading partners were prepared to negotiate favorable trade agreements to eliminate or at least reduce the tariffs. 

Talking to us

“Countries from all over the World are talking to us. Tough but fair parameters are being set. Spoke to the Japanese Prime Minister this morning. He is sending a top team to negotiate!” Trump posted on Truth Social. “They have treated the U.S. very poorly on Trade. They don’t take our cars, but we take MILLIONS of theirs. Likewise Agriculture, and many other ‘things.’ It all has to change, but especially with CHINA!!!”

In the meantime, Trump urged Americans to avoid being a “PANICAN” and to have patience with the market as it adjusted to the economic rebalancing.

“The United States has a chance to do something that should have been done DECADES AGO. Don’t be Weak! Don’t be Stupid! Don’t be a PANICAN (A new party based on Weak and Stupid people!). Be Strong, Courageous, and Patient, and GREATNESS will be the result!” he posted.

Evidently, at least some investors took his advice as key indices defied predictions of a precipitous fall and instead dropped only by modest amounts. The DOW Jones closed down 0.91%, while the Nasdaq rose 0.10%, and the S&P 500 dropped 0.23%.

More than 50 countries have asked to parley 

Several Trump administration officials hit the airwaves over the weekend, shedding light on President Trump’s tariff strategy and indicating that negotiations are an important component of the plan. “So, the fact is, the countries are angry and retaliating and, by the way, coming to the table,” National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett said during an interview with ABC News on Sunday. 

He said that the tariffs imposed last week, so far, have spurred many countries to approach the administration to begin negotiations. “I got a report from the [U.S. Trade Representative] last night that more than 50 countries have reached out to the president to begin a negotiation,” Hassett said. 

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in an interview with NBC News on Sunday that the tariffs have allowed President Trump to create “maximum leverage for himself” in any trade negotiations. “More than 50 countries have approached the administration about lowering their non-tariff trade barriers, lowering their tariffs, stopping currency manipulation,” he said, echoing Hassett, but warned that talks could take time.

Some of the messaging out of the administration has been mixed, contributing to the confusion. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick suggested in an interview on Sunday that the tariffs were designed to do more than spur negotiations. 

“There is no postponing. They are definitely going to stay in place for days and weeks. That is sort of obvious. The president needs to reset global trade,” Lutnick told CBS News. “Everybody has a trade surplus and we have a trade deficit. We are paying away our future and our lives. Come- the countries of the world are ripping us off, and it’s got to end.” 

Neither the U.S. Trade Representative nor the White House responded to requests for comment about which countries have approached Trump to negotiate a deal, but several have announced proposals publicly or are preparing negotiating teams.  

Europe is always ready for a good deal”

Many nations initially balked at the prospect of dropping their tariffs or making other concessions in response to American tariffs, and immediately went into public outrage. At the same time, some early actors have offered generous agreements and may be poised to quickly conclude their trade disputes as Trump appears eager to strike deals. Lenient terms, moreover, may prompt other nations to follow suit in pursuing economic rapprochements with Washington.

After initially vowing to impose retaliatory tariffs of its own, the European Union has quickly reversed course and publicly floated a proposal on Monday to wipe away all tariff barriers with the United States. 

“We have offered zero-for-zero tariffs for industrial goods as we have successfully done with many other trading partners. Because Europe is always ready for a good deal. So we keep it on the table,” European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen said at a press conference. 

The EU currently tariffs several U.S. exports, including apparel, accessories, cotton and t-shirts at a 12% rate and vehicles at a 10% rate. Some Trump administration officials have also expressed frustration with EU value-added taxes (VAT) that increase the price of imported goods, but are not a traditional tariff.

Trump spoke with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Monday morning via video call. Trump’s own announcement indicated they had set the framework for a “tough, but fair” arrangement, though Ishiba stated that “Japan has been the biggest investor in the United States for five straight years and the tariff policies could hurt our Japanese companies’ investment capabilities.”

Ishiba has further agreed to send a negotiating team to the United States in order to resolve the trade dispute. The country currently faces the prospect of a 24% tariff on all of its goods. Ishiba further suggested that he would present an arrangement to the Trump White House that would involve the expansion of Japanese purchases of American liquefied natural gas (LNG), cars, and agricultural products, Bloomberg reported.

“When we negotiate with the US we want to present a package. That will take some time, but we will make it a success,” he said. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday confirmed he would lead the American negotiations and thanked the Japanese government for its “outreach and measured approach to this process.”

Israel, for its part, has moved to eliminate all of its tariffs on American goods, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meeting with Trump on Monday at the White House.

“I recognize the position of the United States,” Netanyahu said. “It says, you know, ‘we’re allowing other countries to put tariffs on us, but we don’t put tariffs on them.’ And, you know, I’m a free trade champion, and free trade has to be fair trade.”

“And I think that’s basically the position that you’ve put forward, Mr. President, we are going to eliminate the tariffs, and rapidly,” he vowed. “I ended up [with] the opportunity to speak to Secretary Lupin yesterday. We talked about how we could affect this quickly, and I hope to bring the solution very quickly. We’re not talking about intentions. We’re not talking about, you know, just words. We’re talking about results.”

Other key American trading partners, including Vietnam, Canada, and Argentina, have expressed interest in negotiating lowered tariffs or the elimination of trade barriers altogether, though the European, Japanese and Israeli proposals still appear to be further along.

China’s immediate reaction

The Chinese responded quickly to Trump’s tariffs by imposing their own 34% tariff on American imports in retaliation. Trump, however, has offered Beijing an exit strategy from the trade dispute by threatening to cut off all negotiations entirely should they fail to walk back the tariff. To back up his threat, he further warned of an additional 50% tariff on Chinese goods if they declined.

“[I]f China does not withdraw its 34% increase above their already long term trading abuses by tomorrow, April 8th, 2025, the United States will impose ADDITIONAL Tariffs on China of 50%, effective April 9th. Additionally, all talks with China concerning their requested meetings with us will be terminated!” he warned.

He reiterated his warning to Beijing during the Monday conference with Netanyahu, saying “I have great respect for China, but they can’t do this with just, we’re going to have one shot at this, and no other president is going to do this, what I’m doing, and I’ll tell you what, it’s an honor to do it, because we have been just destroyed, what they’ve done to our system.”

No pain, no gain

Trump’s efforts are not without drawbacks for the United States, especially in the short term. Major indices have plummeted in recent days and prompted many calls from supporters to ease off the more substantive tariffs. Nevertheless, the administration has signaled it will move forward and prominent supporters have pointed to the drops as necessary sacrifices to achieve long-term benefits.

“Is there going to be some short term pain? Yes, but that’s him pushing back against the elites,” Utah state Rep. Trevor Lee, R, said on the Just the News, No Noise television show. “That’s him pushing back against those who have these big corporate corporations heavily involved in the stock market.”

“And what this is going to do is not only help with the trade deficit, and quite frankly, the same tariffs he put on his first administration were kept on by the Biden administration, so they must have done something good there,” he added. “And long term, the stock market is going to rebound. It’s going to be fine. It’s not even lower than it’s been the last eight years. It’s still way up.”

During his press conference with Netanyahu, Trump addressed the tariff negotiations with the European Union and pointed to the need of constituent nations for American investment to keep their economies afloat. He particularly pointed to European need for American energy.

“The European Union has been very, very bad to us. They don’t take our cars like Japan, in that sense, they don’t take our agricultural product, they don’t take anything practically, and yet, they said millions of cars in a year, Mercedes Benz, Volkswagen, BMWs,” he told reporters.

“They’re sending millions and millions of cars into the US. But we don’t have a car that’s been sold to the European Union or other places. But let’s go for the European Union, and it’s not going to be that way,” he went on. “It’s got to be fair and reciprocal. It’s got to be fair. It’s not fair. We have a deficit with the European Union of $350 billion and it’s going to disappear fast,” Trump said. 

“And one of the reasons, and one of the ways that that can disappear easily and quickly, is they’re going to have to buy our energy from us, because they need it.”

JUST THE NEWS

The American Capitalist Party is planning to field candidates for two city council positions this year. The party is focusing on Colorado and Alabama, both of which are hosting local races later in the year; however, it has not disclosed which cities.

According to information in the party’s April newsletter, the national organization is working with both candidates, who were not named. The party stated that it is assisting them in establishing election finance committees and developing campaign strategies. It intends to release additional election announcements in the future. While the specific cities are not yet known, state election calendars show that many of Alabama’s city elections will take place in August, while Colorado is set to hold a consolidated election on November 4.

Additional organizing efforts mentioned by the party include plans to attend the Objectivist summer conference in Boston, Massachusetts, this July, along with a series of fundraising campaigns to help offset anticipated costs. The party’s chair and vice chair, Mark Pellegrino and Michael Liebowitz, also launched a new livestream this month. The program, titled “Capitalist Corner,” is hosted Monday through Friday at noon on Pellegrino’s YouTube account.

The American Capitalist Party formally launched during this year’s LibertyCon International in Washington, D.C. While the group had been in development for some time with an established platform, it did not formally organize until this past February.

On Monday, European Union leader Ursula von der Leyen has said that the European Union is ready to offer “zero-for-zero” tariffs in trade negotiations with the United States for industrial goods.

“We stand ready to negotiate with the United States. Indeed, we have offered zero-for-zero tariffs for industrial goods, as we have successfully done with many other trading partners, because Europe is always ready for a good deal,” von der Leyen said on Monday.

This comes as the 27-nation bloc has been in talks to get the US to lower tariffs against the EU. The countries are facing a 25 percent tariff on steel and aluminum imports to the United States that go towards making cars as well as reciprocal tariffs imposed by Trump on various countries. The US president has also implemented a widespread 10 percent tariff on nearly all imports to the US.

“We need to remain calm and respond in a way that de-escalates. The stock markets right now show what will happen if we escalate straightaway. But we will be prepared to take countermeasures if needed to get the Americans at the table,” Dutch Trade Minister Reinette Klever said on Monday, according to Reuters.

The meet-up took place in Luxembourg on Monday, where they discussed how Europe should react to the tariffs from the United States. Trump has previously said that the best way to get the tariffs from the US removed on the nations is for the EU countries to drop their own tariffs and trade barriers to the US, but some of the leaders are still floating ideas about retaliating to the US tariffs with more trade barriers.

French Trade Minister Laurent Saint-Martin said that everything should be on the table to retaliate to the tariffs, “We cannot exclude any options on goods or services and, however we approach it, open the box to the European tool which is very comprehensive and which can be extremely aggressive.”

Other leaders were wanting to be cautious in how they dealt with the US.

Thomas Stevenson, Human Events

Disappointment is part of life. How we handle disappointment can be a window into someone’s strength of character. It is a test that, in 2025, many on the Left are failing catastrophically.

I was certainly disappointed in January of 2020, when Joe Biden was sworn in as president. I was disappointed by the opening of the southern border, the idiotic spending, the resultant inflation, the COVID lockdowns, and the disastrous pullout from Afghanistan. Although many of us felt that the election was stolen and that Biden was clearly incompetent, most of us shrugged our shoulders and went back to work. We didn’t act out rage against liberal Biden supporters. We didn’t go around keying old Subaru Outbacks with Biden/Harris bumper stickers. We didn’t physically assault “pro-choice” demonstrators. I didn’t call anybody Hitler, nor constantly post anti-Biden memes. Neither did the vast majority of my conservative acquaintances.

Some on the Left may point out the events on January 6. The more we learn about this, however, the more it seems likely that the capital intrusion was orchestrated in part by the Democrats in Congress and their allies in the FBI. After all, the Left is much better at this sort of thing than we are.

Now, in 2025, the derangement of the Left is simply staggering. Let’s look at Elon Musk.  Remember back three to four years ago, when he would host the announcement of a new product, such as the Cybertruck, to pave the way for a “carbon zero” environment.  Only Steve Jobs, with his Apple product introductions, was more revered by the Left. The liberal elites and celebrities flaunted their expensive Tesla automobiles to virtue signal to the masses. 

Then, Musk bought Twitter and stopped censoring conservative thoughts. In less than 20 minutes, he was an icon no more, and the hate from the Left erupted like a thunderstorm in Kansas.

Then Musk committed the worst sin. He began campaigning for Donald Trump. Then began the Saul Alinsky-type attacks.

Now, the wealthiest businessman in the world is leading a team to improve governmental efficiency and purge incompetence and fraud. By some accounts, he has already saved the government $1 trillion. From the extreme reactions of the Left, you would think he was committing genocide, or worse yet, misgendering someone. 

Now, there would appear to be a worldwide phenomenon where liberals vandalize Tesla automobiles, which ironically, tend to be owned by other liberals. Dealers are harassed with protests. Cars are vandalized, and inventory is burned. Tesla’s stock value has been badly damaged. Any previous admiration for Elon Musk has been purged from the liberal worldview.

Question: Why, in the name of God, do people outside the U.S. care about any of this? How have they been recruited to this liberal crusade? Who is organizing this?

It is understandable why DOGE is a threat to the liberal elite. The actions against USAID are likely disrupting the NGO laundering of taxpayer money back into Democrat coffers. However, this is not likely the concern of your average crazy liberal protesting at a Tesla dealer. For most liberals, it would seem that Elon’s mortal sin is merely working with Trump. That is apparently enough for liberals to turn off NPR, and “storm the barricades” by attacking an automotive brand they previously revered.

For me, it is incredibly frightening the degree of emotional instability and psychotic obsession that is widespread throughout society. To me, it is reminiscent of how the actual Hitler convinced the German populace to tolerate, if not participate in, the persecution of Jews. It is difficult for me to comprehend how we can heal a society that includes such thoughtless, programmable, and violent citizens.

If this campaign to streamline government, balance our trade situation, and reduce our deficit is to succeed, we conservatives may have to become as aggressive as those on the Left.

Henry F Smith Jr. is a pulmonary and sleep physician who practices in Northeastern Pennsylvania. His blog is:  henrysmithscottage.com

It’s the seat of irony: the most popular Democrat in recent memory keeps destroying his party. The Democratic Party base adores Barack Obama, but he’s been the political grim reaper. How can a man who has political skills and the gift of oratory become a cancer to his party? That’s detailed in Amie Parnes and Jonathan Allen’s new book, which has become the focal point for news junkies, as it delves deep into the chaos that engulfed the Democratic Party regarding what to do with Joe Biden, his mental state, and the shambolic finish under Kamala Harris. Yet, the work also delves into how the 44th president of the United States inflicted Sherman’s March to the Sea-level destruction on his party as he left public life (via Fox News):

Former President Barack Obama sought to distance himself from the Democratic Party after leaving it in shambles following his departure from the White House, according to a new book.

The book, “Fight: Inside the Wildest Battle for the White House,” published by William Morrow and Company, claims that Obama was never a Democratic Party loyalist. Instead, the authors allege, Obama curried favor from a group of “Black professionals” for his campaigns, unlike former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, and former President Joe Biden.

Additionally, Obama’s creation of Organizing for Action — a nonprofit that launched in 2012 following Obama’s re-election to advance his legislative priorities — fractured the Democratic Party…

“Though Organizing for Action never realized his vision, it competed with the party for power and money,” the book said. “He left the Democratic Party far weaker than he found it. Or, as one Black party operative put it, ‘Obama destroyed that s—.’”

There needed to be a rebuilding after the Obama presidency. Again, it is ironic that a man who could carry substantial favor with white working-class voters could decimate his party. We discussed years ago how the Obama butcher’s bill for Democrats across the board was steep. The man whom Republicans couldn’t beat also ended up being the undoing of numerous Democratic Party operations nationwide. At the state level, it was a nightmare.

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Under President Obama, Democrats have lost 900+ state legislature seats, 12 governors, 69 House seats, 13 Senate seats. That’s some legacy.

~Nov 4, 2015

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Has it been rebuilt? Is the Democratic Party a viable national entity right now? No. They’re more than ever a coastal and urban-based party that cannot win national elections, and it’s getting worse daily. The party is in its worst shape in 50 years, dragged down by taking illiberal or otherwise bizarre positions on public policy issues. The two families who tried to stop the bleeding were the Clintons and the Bidens, who ensured that a neo-Trotskyite takeover couldn’t happen. It still could, however, given how insane this party has become.

Matt Vespa, Townhall.com

By Larry Elder

A 2018 Axios poll found that 61% of Democrats consider Republicans “racist/bigoted/sexist” versus 31% of Republicans who feel likewise about Democrats. One wonders whether “only” 61% of Democrats still think this way about Republicans.

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas), for example, appears to represent the preferred approach of many Democrats in “fighting back” and “standing up against” President Donald Trump and “MAGA Republicans.” Yes, President Joe Biden, at an August 2022 fundraiser, said: “What we’re seeing now is the beginning or the death knell of an extreme MAGA philosophy. It’s not just Trump, it’s the entire philosophy that underpins the – I’m going to say something, it’s like semi-fascism.”

And, when CNN’s Anderson Cooper asked 2024 candidate Vice President Kamala Harris whether she considers Trump “a fascist,” Harris said, “Yes, I do,” later adding, if elected again, Trump would be “a president who admires dictators and is a fascist.”

But Crockett, other elected Democrats and a slew of cable TV hosts, pundits and guests have long abandoned self-restraint by frequently and casually resorting to insults and profanity. Crockett said, “All I want to see happen on my birthday is for Elon (Musk) to be taken down.” About Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), she said, “It’s Ted Cruz. I mean, like this dude has to be knocked over the head, like hard, right? Like there is (sic) no niceties with him, like at all. Like you go clean off on him.”

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Then there is Crockett’s June 2024 verbal attack on Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.), who, like Crockett, is black. On the popular radio show hosted by Charlamagne tha God, she said: “The fact that (you’re) sitting around talking about life was better under Jim Crow, like, is this because you don’t understand history or literally it’s because you married a white woman? And so you think that that whitewashed you?”

The Donald’s “Jim Crow” comment pertained to the decline in the percentage of black children born to two married parents. Donalds merely pointed out that during Jim Crow, an era of virulent racism, the nuclear black family was more prevalent than now. Does Crockett consider Harris and Supreme Court Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson examples of “whitewashed” blacks because of the race of their spouses?

And just days ago, Crockett mocked Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, who, after an accident in his 20s, has been paralyzed from the waist down and uses a wheelchair. At a March Human Rights Campaign banquet in Los Angeles, Crockett evoked laughter when she said: “You all know we got Gov. Hot Wheels down there. Come on, now. And the only thing hot about him is that he is a hot-a– mess, honey.”

Crockett refuses to apologize. As of now, the Democratic Party leadership has said nothing. Neither former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, former President Joe Biden, former Vice President Kamala Harris nor former President Barack Obama issued a statement condemning Crockett’s cruelty.

But during the 2016 presidential campaign when Trump allegedly mocked a disabled reporter, he faced widespread condemnation. But Trump did no such thing. Trump “mocked” what he perceived as reporter Serge Kovaleski’s backpedaling from an article after Trump had referred to it. Kovaleski himself never accused Trump of “mocking him.” Yet NBC News in August 2016 published an article with this headline: “Donald Trump’s Worst Offense? Mocking Disabled Reporter, Poll Finds.” The subheadline read: “Likely voters balked most at Trump mocking a reporter’s disability. What does it say about how Americans think about disability?” The article quoted Tom Harkin, “a prominent voice on disability policy,” who said: “Democrats believe in working together and bringing people with disabilities in to develop policy. Donald Trump? He makes fun of people with disabilities. That’s a throwback to a half a century ago.”

Former President Bill Clinton, addressing the 2016 Democratic National Convention, said Hillary Clinton, Trump’s challenger, “never made fun of people with disabilities. She tried to empower them based on their ability.”

Crockett’s smears are just some short-list, rabid, vicious comments from the Trump-hating left as they scramble to find a message that resonates. What is their message on the economy, inflation, the borders and whether biological men should compete in sports against women? Simple: Trump, and his supporters, are “Nazis.”

Larry Elder is a bestselling author and nationally syndicated radio talk-show host. To find out more about Larry Elder, or become an “Elderado,” visit http://www.LarryElder.com. Follow Larry on Twitter @larryelder. Read more of Larry Elder’s articles here.

Every time this writer turns around, hundreds of millions — or even billions of dollars — in government contracts are being cancelled.

This seemingly daily occurrence is nothing short of gloriously beyond words, and “I’m Lovin’ It.”

Let’s hope it continues and takes hold!

With discernible frequency we may read of the judiciary blocking the cancellation of spending championed by our superheroes, President Donald Trump and Tesla Founder and CEO Elon Musk.

As a result of this, it’s hard to ascertain what’s really going on, or what portends for the outcome.

We can trust President Trump’s unwavering, unprecedented sincerity, and his willingness to do absolutely everything in his power to save America from conceivably hyperinflation, recession, and bankruptcy.

Unfortunately. this writer and his fellow Americans trust Republicans in Congress less than anyone. And we need Congress to back up these cuts!

After all, Congress, as per our Constitution, engages in all the spending.

Myself, and my fellow Americans can’t help but feel some in the GOP, on Capitol Hill, are frankly . . . cowardly. This more than applies to “careerist” Republican members of the U.S. House and Senate.

Our future is at stake, and it’s nerve-wracking for the average struggling American.

Let’s call it for what it is: Big Government is a cancer. And that malignancy has metastasized. As with any disease of such severity, strong measures — maybe even painful ones — must be marshalled to rout out what can only be described as a “left-wing infection.”

Make no mistake, we have an epic battle on our hands, the biggest since 1861 or 1941.

Yet President Trump and the MAGA movement continue to unflinchingly fight, at levels truly beautiful, and awe-inspiring.

Specifically, let’s recall this Trump administration success: Canada’s backing down in the conflict over trade.

Trump’s secret?

He understands that nations like Canada need the U.S. exponentially more than the U.S. needs Canada.

Truth be told, the U.S. doesn’t need Canada, or the notable beyond arrogance of former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

We don’t need any other country — at all.

This will become especially true once the United States opens the free market on American soil, for production again.

Even with all our taxation, regulation, and delusional psychopathy (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), etc.), the U.S. remains light-years ahead of everyone in every measure that matters.

Self-indulgent millionaires (think Ellen De Generes and Rosie O’Donnell, as two examples) will never define truly patriotic and hardworking of Americans; both celebrities can afford to leave America in a rainbow-preening frenzy of virtue-signaling.

However, for many others on the left, because they aren’t affluent, are reduced to screaming insults on Facebook and vandalizing Elon Musk dealerships.

America wins when it’s free, capitalist, legally gun-carrying, unapologetically assertive, and beautifully independent self is allowed to thrive.

The Trump MAGA movement gets this.

Left methodology is very simple to decipher.

It has been employed by autocrats as long as totalitarianism has existed.

Ponder these liberal assertions and actions:

Decide how you want to control others: socialized medicine, censorship, gun control, and hammering on social hot-buttons like race, sexuality, etc. to divide people from one another.

Accuse Trump of wanting to control others the way you really want to control others. Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin did exactly this, repeatedly.

Seize control from Trump (think Lawfare). Then proceed to do all the things you accused our president of doing, which are in actuality . . . things he never did.

Proceed to do all those things yourself.

The left seeks to repeat this cycle now, to give us another Biden regime (only worse).

We have to fight, and win this, as an ideological war.

We can’t underestimate, nor excuse the progressive liberalism, or half-hearted republicanism, because they still insiduously impact the media, schools, embrace the extant Deep State, as well as much of the corporate and entertainment world.

Interestingly, Bill Maher, recently observed, “You have to respect that; the guy did win. It’s more than half the country . . . you cannot like Trump, you can hate him, but you can’t hate everybody who voted for him. . . I don’t hate half the country and I don’t want to hate half the country.”

Maher’s attitude differs from most Democratic voters this writer has encountered.

Most in that camp outright loathe those who voted for Trump. Think: “Basket of Deplorables,” “Garbage!”

“Anti-Trumpers” seemingly vacillate between raw hatred of Trump voters and a childlike refusal to accept that anyone could have cast their vote for him.

Are “anti-Trumpers” “unhinged”?

You decide.

Viewing themselves as enlightened, objective, and well-informed, these poor bewildered CNN and MSNBC viewers are 100% the product of a media which entirely manufactures a false narrative about the characteristics of Trump positions and the many reasons people voted for him three times.

Democratic voters are so apoplectic about Trump, they seem not to have noticed how their own openly socialist and fascist candidates have taken on positions differing little from history’s most notorious dictatorships, reigns resulting in the deaths of millions.

No, our nation’s 47th commander in chief can’t save us from everything.

The battles heretofore alluded to and enumerated will continue.

We all must be prepared to defeat the left decisively.

Many liberals and half-hearted conservatives are anti-social, even bullies.

If those who voted for Trump stand up to them, they will melt away like the “Wicked Witch of the West” in L. Frank Baum’s the “Wizard of Oz.”

And not a moment too soon.

Michael J. Hurd, Daily Dose of Reason