Let’s All Simmer Down!
"Go placidly amidst the noise and haste."
—"The Desiderata" (1927)
MAGA Nation, a nearly indefatigable force, tens of millions strong, never wavered through fake scandals, stolen elections, lawfare, censorship, doxxing, and endless persecution to support their champion.
Theirs has been a just quest to restore the nation to a self-governed republic enshrined in our Founding documents.
No FBI intimidation of soccer Moms, limousine liberal-funded ANTIFA thugs, technology oligarch cancellers, illegal incarceration of entrapped patriots could stop the MAGA freight train that returned Donald J. Trump to the White House, on Nov. 5, 2024.
Inauguration night (Jan. 20. 2025) was, justifiably, an evening to breakout the bubbly and cheer.
We had dodged an Obama designed bullet by not electing "Autopen II."
Visions (and audio) of the "Kamala-cackles" at the pressers announcing more tax enslavement to come, were enough to open another bottle of champagne.
Those loving America, our Constitution, values, and liberty went to bed certain that our republic was repairable and would endure.
Our champion, now the 47th commander in chief, would never leave us or break faith with us; after all the movement had gone through so much.
Let the Season of Accountability Begin!
When you get right down to brass tacks, the nitty-gritty, and other things, MAGA types are a pretty rowdy bunch.
They'll pack a stadium with thousands listening outside if a Trump rally is called.
Trump’s words always connected to the patriot’s heart.
Prosperity, exit never-ending wars, clean up government, hold the corrupt accountable etc.
Although the president has executed his agenda in the first six months with blinding speed, the MAGA tribe wanted to see the deep state in shackles in orange jumpsuits in hours.
Of course justice in the United States doesn't work that way (and may it never!)
These things take time.
One can still sympathize with a nation of Americans with tractable experience that no one in the swamp, elected or otherwise, represents their equities.
MAGA settled in, elated at the executive orders flying out of the Oval Office.
DOGE and their immediate findings, including discovery of the most incompetent intelligence community fueled, (shall we say scam) yet, USAID, reassured the faithful that the champion was on the watch and moving to the vision he laid out so well on the campaign trail.
Truth be told, globally, President Trump went after the impossible; to pull our world back from
World War III and demilitarize American foreign policy.
And let's not forget, tariffs put a tourniquet on the unending economic plundering of U.S. jobs and prosperity.
Perhaps one of the most hopeful developments was then-new U.S. Atty. Gen. Pam Bondi announcing she had the Epstein files and was going to release them all.
Promises made, promises kept.
All was well.
Along the way the Trump faithful's impatience grew.
When would charges be filed on any of the criminals?
Aren't the DOGE USAID revelations enough to commence the indictments process?
Is Tina Peters (Colorado 2020 election whistle blower) still in jail?
Wait a minute!
Did Kash Patel and Dan Bongino just say that Epstein did, in fact, kill himself?
Steady! More to come . . . Simmer down MAGA nation!
And then the shot heard "'round-the MAGA" Ms. Bondi now says there are no Epstein files at all and that he was not engaged in human trafficking.
Are you kidding me?
This is an immovable redline to those who backed the president from the start.
Epstein represents far more to MAGA than some salacious headlines.
That President Trump rallied around his attorney general was of little surprise to anyone.
The hyper-sonics missile fired via a social media post on Truth Social came from POTUS himself and it hit MAGA nation right in the heart:
" . . . my PAST supporters have bought into this "bull****, . . . Let these weaklings come forward and do the Democrats work, don’t even think about talking of our incredible and unprecedented success, because I don’t want their support anymore!" (President Donald J. Trump, Truth Social).
The president’s frustration came through loud and clear.
The base is still reeling as of this writing.
What might not be getting through to President Trump is that his base fully acknowledges and appreciates the unprecedented success he has every day in the most dangerous and demanding circumstances any president has ever faced.
We the People, who love this country, will continue to support this president whether he wants it, or not.
There are no alternatives, and this period of time could well be existential for the Republic.
We can assume that President Trump and his team have knowledge which makes the Epstein twists and turns that we see, look logical.
However, what the average patriotic American sees is minors abused, our government potentially compromised, and intelligence services and global elites involved.
There's more than enough information that has come out to know this is no hoax, but we can sympathize with our leader who may be trying to warn us that this is far more dangerous than we had imagined.
Come back to your faithful Mr. President.
We are all in this war together. And to be certain, it is a war.
A simple "We'll get back to this and I appreciate all my supporters" is enough to keep the band together.
We must keep the band together.
God bless our president and this nation.
The views presented are those of the author and do not represent the views of the U.S. government, Department of Defense, or its components.
Brig Gen (ret) Blaine Holt is a former Deputy Representative to NATO, lifetime member on the Council on Foreign Relations, tech entrepreneur and Newsmax Contributor. Read Gen. Holt's reports — More Here.