{"id":435,"date":"2026-05-30T18:09:58","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T18:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\/?p=435"},"modified":"2026-05-30T18:09:58","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T18:09:58","slug":"trumps-detractors-are-missing-the-point","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/interstatelogisticshubs.com\/?p=435","title":{"rendered":"Trump’s detractors are missing the point"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Every one of the 118 candidates Donald Trump endorsed won. \u00a0Every. Single. Candidate. And some, like Ken Paxton, won in a landslide. I\u2019ve been following politics for more than half a century; I can\u2019t recall anything like it.<\/p>

Read more The State vs. Private Enterprise<\/a><\/p>\n

They just don\u2019t get it. Pundits, Republican and Democrat alike, think it\u2019s all Trump. They think he\u2019s all-powerful, the king of MAGA. He rules the Republican Party, and none may stand against him. They couldn\u2019t be more wrong.<\/p>\n

Democrats are too damaged by Trump Derangement Syndrome. RINOs think they\u2019re the one, true faith. Some other Republicans get caught up in their egos and their precious principles, so they cross the aisle to help the Democrats pass gun control. That\u2019s largely what wiped out John Cornyn\u2014voting for gun control in Texas. Even so, Trump might have withheld the endorsement he gave Ken Paxton, or perhaps endorsed Cornyn, but Republicans earned, yet again, their \u201cstupid party\u201d brand:<\/p>\n

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Thom Tillis decided he was a \u201cprincipled\u201d Republican, and stood up for the uniparty:<\/p>\n

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Bill Cassidy voted with Democrats to impeach Trump. Trump didn\u2019t forget. Neither did Louisiana voters. And Thomas Massie also got principled and got on the Democrat antisemitic bandwagon. That didn\u2019t work out well for him either:<\/p>\n

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To fully understand what\u2019s going on, it\u2019s important to know the fundamental differences between Democrats and Republicans. Democrats need a savior, a politician who will make them feel good, smart, and morally superior. A politician who will provide for their needs and smite their enemies. A superhuman being capable of brushing aside trifles like the Constitution and the rule of law to secure Communist\/Islamist policies.<\/p>\n

Republicans are inherently wary of politicians, just as they were in 2015 when Trump announced his candidacy. They are, however, willing to be pleasantly surprised. They\u2019re not looking for saviors or good feelz. They\u2019re looking for a leader who will uphold the Constitution and enforce the rule of law. They\u2019re looking for the values embodied in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. They want politicians to keep their promises, employ common sense, and above all, produce\u2014do what they elected them to do.<\/p>\n

MAGA isn\u2019t a state of being or way of living. It\u2019s a political philosophy only in that it finds American greatness in the intentions of the Founders, in the Declaration and Constitution, in secure borders and national security. It doesn\u2019t mandate a monolithic mindset but does serve as a guideline by which other political philosophies and policies may be judged. If they don\u2019t put America first, last, and always, if they don\u2019t build and support America, they\u2019re wrong.<\/p>\n

Ultimately, MAGA is Americans asking:\u00a0why the hell would any American president not put America first?<\/p>

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Trump doesn\u2019t rule from above; he does what Americans from the bottom want and elected him to do. When Democrats express love for a politician, that\u2019s a very different thing from when Republicans say they \u201clove\u201d Donald Trump. To Republicans, he\u2019s no savior. He\u2019s not \u201cthe One,\u201d or \u201cthe Lightbringer.\u201d He\u2019s a flawed human being, just like them, but he\u2019s also a man who knows things, builds things, and loves America and Americans. Even dogs and cats know who really loves them, and so do Normal Americans. Trump speaks plainly and backs up those words with action in America\u2019s favor. He is also a fighter who fights for America and Americans, just as they do.<\/p>\n

Shot in the ear, missing assassination by mere inches, bleeding profusely, Trump stood up and yelled: \u201cFight, fight, fight.\u201d Normal Americans respected and expected that and couldn\u2019t think of any other politician who would have done it. In his 1992 movie Leap of Faith,\u00a0Steve Martin plays a manipulative evangelist, but finding a miracle, he said: \u201cYou don\u2019t mess with the genuine article.\u201d Donald Trump, for all his flaws, is the genuine article, not a miracle, but the right man at the right time.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Normal Americans\u2014largely but not entirely Republicans, respect that, and so they support, even \u201clove\u201d Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s endorsements didn\u2019t succeed because Donald Trump made them, but because he represents Normal Americans. They examined the people Trump endorsed and particularly the politicians he didn\u2019t and agreed with his reasons, because they were their reasons too. Trump wants what they want, what they elected him to do. They want the SAVE Act by at least an 80\/20 margin, exceedingly rare in contemporary American politics, and they sent a message by removing politicians who didn\u2019t.<\/p>\n

Donald Trump doesn\u2019t rule; he leads. Normal Americans give him his marching orders and gladly follow.<\/p>\n

Become a subscriber and get our weekly Friday newsletter with unique content from our editors.\u00a0These essays alone are worth\u00a0<\/em>the cost of the subscription.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Mike McDaniel is a USAF veteran, classically trained musician, Japanese and European fencer, life-long athlete, firearm instructor, retired police officer, and high school and college English teacher. He is a published author and blogger. His home blog is<\/em>\u00a0Stately McDaniel Manor.<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>

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