Opinion
By Steve Nicklas, 12-23-24
There is a new sheriff in town in Donald J. Trump, with dedicated deputies surrounding him like local congressman Aaron Bean.
They intend to rid the town of Washington, D.C. of waste, fraud and corruption. With bullets of insight and weapons of innovation. With no bloodshed, only the cries of the bleeding-heart establishment.
Bean is helping Trump circle the wagons, speaking out in support of the incoming president. And getting the public behind their innovative efforts is imperative. The congenial Bean appeared on Maria Bartiromo’s show on Fox Business this week to promote Trump’s bold waste-burning program.
“I’m not calling him fat, but President Trump is an 800-pound gorilla,” Bean says. “If anybody can get it done, if there’s anybody I’m not going to bet against, it is Donald J. Trump.”
Bean and Marjorie Taylor Greene are co-chairs of a House subcommittee that will work directly with the new Department Of Government Efficiency, under the direction of superstar businessman Elon Musk. The DOGE initiative is both ground-breaking and earth-shattering, an upheaval of the polluted Washington swamp.
Musk along with tech titan Vivek Ramaswamy will root out the rampant fraud and wasteful spending endemic to the federal government. It’s an exciting time for fiscal conservatives inside the beltway.
In addition to the DOGE clean-up efforts, nominated attorney general Pam Bondi will bring justice for the injustice of the last four years. Bondi has long cried out for rectifying the wrongdoing of many government bureaucrats.
Rarely in our nation’s history has the U.S. justice department been weaponized like it has under Merrick Garland. “The investigators will be investigated,” says straight-shooting Bondi, the former Florida attorney general. “The prosecutors will be prosecuted – the bad ones.”
It’s clearly a new day. This is not retribution, or retaliation. It is simply fixing a broken justice system.
In addition, Trump is already rearranging the world order – and he’s not in office yet. Mexico and Canada are strengthening their borders to the U.S. China wants to work with Trump. Putin and Zelinsky are ready to resolve the Russia-Ukraine war. Assad’s evil regime in Syria has fallen. Iran and its terrorist networks are radio silent (other than when their pagers blow up).
Former homeland security official Jonathan Fahey explains the dynamics simply, succinctly. Fahey is a popular political commentator.
“We’ve had a weak and inept leader with weak and inept people around him and it hasn’t worked out very well – that’s under the Biden administration,” Fahey says. “Donald Trump is a strong leader with strong people around him, which shows strength and confidence.”
A new sheriff. A new start. A renewed America.
Steve Nicklas is a decorated financial advisor and an award-winning columnist on Amelia Island. He has written a book of his favorite columns, “All About Money.” He has done business/financial reports for radio stations around Jacksonville and has taught investing classes at Florida State College and at the Nassau County Council on Aging. He can be reached at 904-753-0236 or at [email protected].
