Former President Donald Trump has warned multiple times over the past four years that the threat of terrorism is real and growing. In October 2023, hundreds of people on the Terrorism Watch List (officially designated the Terrorist Screening Dataset) were arrested at the border, while potentially thousands were intentionally arrested by Biden. The Harris administration, President Trump, rightfully so, after pointing out that millions of illegal immigrants entered our country asked“What happened to our country?”
In September 2024, Representative August Pflueger (R-Texas), Chairman of the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement, and Intelligence, said“The Biden-Harris administration has intentionally left us vulnerable,” the congressman then rightly noted. “Experts estimate that nearly 2 million people have evaded arrest by CBP.” [U.S. Customs and Border Protection] “…If we know that nearly 2 million people are considered ‘fugitives,’ how many of them are on terrorist watch lists?”
How many people really? Thousands is a realistic guess.
Have those in charge of defending our country against terrorism, like Israel in October 2023, taken their eye off the ball to engage in petty, self-destructive and potentially illegal partisan politics? There's one person who certainly believes that to be true, and that's President-elect Trump.
After the horrific terrorist attack in New Orleans, President Trump positiontEdited Truth Social: “The Department of Justice, the FBI, and Democratic state and local prosecutors are not doing their jobs. They are incompetent, corrupt, and outside the ranks of the violent scum that pervades every aspect of our government and the nation itself.” Instead of focusing on protecting the American people from within, the Democratic Party has spent every waking moment illegally attacking my political opponents. We should be ashamed of ourselves for allowing it…only force and strong leadership can stop it. See you on January 20th. Let's make America great again!”
Biden and Harris When it comes to the Justice Department, FBI, CIA, and the rest of the “deep state,” Trump is absolutely right. Over the years, some of these organizations have systematically acquired weapons to deny Trump the presidency through “laws,” armed raids on his Florida home, misinformation, harassment, and more. It seems so.
Once President Trump's nominees for the FBI, CIA, Department of Defense, and Directors of National Intelligence take office, it will be very illuminating to know exactly how much man-hours, resources, and millions of taxpayer dollars were diverted from this mission. It's going to happen. Defend your homeland and people to defeat Trump.
In recent years, many on the left have been obsessed with pronouns, redistributing wealth, defunding the police, freeing criminals, climate change, and destroying fossil fuels while vilifying President Trump.
Terrorism and the mass murder of Americans were not on their list of things to worry about or think about. Mr. Trump won such a decisive victory in November because many once-loyal Democratic voters were convinced that the party, Mr. Biden, and Ms. Harris were concerned about real quality-of-life issues such as crime and inflation. This is because we have come to the conclusion that we are promoting these problems non-stop while ignoring them. , mass illegal immigration, failing schools, failing cities, unemployment, rising health care costs, rents and new home prices, and, yes, terrorism and the specter of World War III.
As soon as the war broke out in Ukraine, President Trump began warning that the Ukraine war could easily trigger a nuclear attack. inside radio interview In September 2022, he was asked by host John Catsimatidis about what keeps him up at night.
The former president responded, “I think, more than anything, we could be heading into World War III, and that could be all of the horrible things that happened in Ukraine.” As the Biden-Harris White House transferred hundreds of billions of dollars in cash and weapons systems to Ukraine, a small but growing number of media outlets trivialized or ignored the fears. Americans and countless non-Americans abroad are taking aim at this fear. Trump's voice. Whether it's that theme or any other theme that directly relates to quality of life.
During Christmas week, President Trump hinted at that reality on Truth Social. “Around the world it's called the Trump effect, because we're already bringing back jobs, opportunity, security, and common sense to America even before he took office.”!…As I stand before you today, I can proudly proclaim that America's golden age has arrived!…My administration will live by the motto 'Promises Made, Promises Keeped.' ”
A growing number of people support President Trump, believing that the “Trump effect” can directly address the increased risk of terrorism and global war.
The terrorist attack in New Orleans is a stark and ongoing reminder that the United States will always be a target for those seeking to eradicate our way of life. Our sovereign borders, national security, and personal security have undoubtedly deteriorated over the past four years. One of the main reasons, as President Trump has pointed out, is that parts of the national security state appear to be choosing partisanship and irrational hatred over duty.
The “Trump effect” will seek to reverse the self-destructive trend of the next major terrorist before it descends on unprotected American cities.
Douglas McKinnon He is a former White House and Department of Defense official.
