Our focus this week is on Donald Trump’s inauguration as the 47th President of the US.
Trump’s bold plans
I am starting with a great piece on the ‘Master Craftsman’ once demonized as Orange Man titled ‘Coming to Grips with Trump’, a spot-on article by Peter Fenwick in Quadrant:
‘Donald Trump is no longer the Apprentice. He is now the Master Craftsman. He takes the helm as President for the second time with the benefit of the previous four years’ experience. His team is better prepared, better aligned to his vision, and more qualified than many critics would care to acknowledge. The time has come to set aside entrenched prejudices and give credit where it is due. Trump’s bold plans for America deserve our attention. His team is about to embark on a political revolution – a reshaping of America’s political landscape. This revolution is not without risk. Undoubtedly, some initiatives will falter. But there is the potential to reinvigorate American society. Moreover, what unfolds in the US may set a precedent for the rest of the world.’ That’s just the opening of a comprehensive analysis which you can read in full in this article.
Over a week ago Clayton Morris of Redacted predicted the avalanche of executive orders that Trump began signing yesterday.
The main takes from Trump’s amazingly energetic rally speech on Sunday evening, reported live by one of the few genuinely right-of-centre MSM outlets in the US, the New York Post, are outlined in this live update, including the pardoning and release of January 6 ‘hostages,’ the end of DEI, rebuilding LA, and of course the border orders. (Not included in this NYP list were his actor envoy appointments – Jon Voight, Sylvester Stallone, and Mel Gibson – to take on and reform woke Hollywood as reported on Sky News Australia last week.)
TikTok
But as he prepares to take office, Trump’s saving TikTok announcement (he has promised to extend the period before the law’s prohibitions take effect) could still prove controversial and divide the MAGA movement. Ted Cruz warns in this analysis: ‘Their [Chinese] kids are studying calculus and our kids are being told to chew Tide pods.’ He has a point. But Trump, like Farage, has claimed he reached young voters this way . . .
J6 ‘hostage’ release
This tweet on X gives a taste of the support for and organization going into the J6 hostage release.
Democrat incompetence
Steve Turley reveals the extent of Democrat incompetence in his video.
Biden’s pardons, hypocrisy and Democrat corruption
Ann Coulter nails it in her tweet.
From the UK on the last two Democrat Presidents
Daniel Jupp writes on Biden and Obama and how we are likely to remember them in his Substack post.
The naivety of former leaders on both sides of the Atlantic
Mahyar Tousi reveals that Liz Truss went to a Mujahedin conference that was, he says, in support of Jihadists. So did John Bercow, Mike Pompeo, and Mike Pence. Tousi breaks down the history of the Mujahedin, their bought-and-paid-for influence on Western politicians, and who paid it.
Left-behind Britain goes from bad to worse
Richard J Murphy claims that the Bank of England is crashing the economy.
Michael Heaver warns that the UK is heading for an IMF bailout.
Finally, the Israeli hostage release
First, terrifying images that show this grim conflict is by no means over.
Hostage Doron Steinbrecher at the handover in Gaza. To the last moment Hamas surrounded and tormented the captives.
And a really thought-provoking essay on Israel’s historic hostage dilemma by Matti Friedman in The Free Press.
