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Who is Susie Wiles, Trump’s Chief of Staff? And Jared Kushner returns to Trump’s inner circle!

Susie Wiles is a seasoned GOP strategist with a strong reputation within the party. 

This week, President-elect Donald Trump made headlines not only by securing a second term as a former president but also by appointing Susie Wiles as his chief of staff, marking a historic milestone as she becomes the first woman to hold this prestigious position in U.S. history.

Wiles has proven her capabilities by revitalizing Trump’s campaign operations following the 2020 election loss, playing a crucial role in his successful bid for both the Electoral College and the national popular vote in 2024—an accomplishment that has been elusive for Republican candidates over the past two decades.

In a statement announcing her appointment, Trump praised Wiles, stating, “Susie Wiles just helped me achieve one of the greatest political victories in American history, and was an integral part of both my 2016 and 2020 successful campaigns.”

He continued, “Susie is tough, smart, and innovative, and she is universally admired and respected. She will continue to work tirelessly to Make America Great Again. It is a well-deserved honor to have Susie as the first-ever female Chief of Staff in United States history. I have no doubt that she will make our country proud.”

Jared Kushner returns to Trump’s inner circle

Meanwhile, Trump’s transition team is currently vetting candidates for key national security positions.

Jared Kushner has returned to closely assist his father-in-law Donald Trump in building the new administration, reports Israel Hayom.

During Trump’s previous term, Kushner served as a senior adviser and emerged as a pivotal figure in securing Israel’s security, most notably orchestrating the Abraham Accords, which established historic diplomatic relations between Israel and several Arab states including the UAE, Bahrain, Sudan, and Morocco.

However, it’s not clear if Kushner will take a prominent role in Trump’s next administration, with the Financial Times reporting he will not return to the White House but could serve in an outside advisory capacity on Middle East policy.

Sources familiar with the matter indicate Kushner may leverage his established relationships with senior officials in the Gulf states and Israel to advance the administration’s diplomatic goals, particularly in expanding the Abraham Accords to include Saudi Arabia.

Since leaving Washington, Kushner has focused on private ventures, establishing Affinity Partners, a $3 billion investment fund backed largely by Gulf sovereign wealth funds.

It has drawn scrutiny from Senate Finance Committee chairman Ron Wyden, who questioned whether Kushner’s financial ties represent a compensation scheme designed in part to skirt federal disclosure requirements.

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VIDEO: After 40 Years it’s Morning in America — Again! — Prouder, Stronger, Better!

I remember Ronald Reagan’s 1984 ad titled “It’s Morning Again in America.”

In 1984 President Reagan’s campaign aired a television commercial titled “Prouder, Stronger, Better.” The commercial is often remembered for the notable phrase, “It’s morning again in America.”

TRANSCRIPT

It’s morning again in America. Today more men and women will go to work than ever before in our country’s history. With interest rates at about half the record highs of 1980, nearly two thousand families today will buy new homes, more than at any time in the past four years. This afternoon 6,500 young men and women will be married, and with inflation at less than half of what it was just four years ago, they can look forward with confidence to the future. It’s morning again in America, and under the leadership of President Reagan, our country is prouder and stronger and better. Why would we ever want to return to where we were less than four short years ago?

QUESTIONS

After watching the Ronald Reagan video, it is time for all Americans to ask themselves the following questions:

  1. What does the statement, “It’s morning again in America” mean in the context of the 2024 presidential election to you?
  2. What evidence have President-Elect Donald J. Trump and Vice-President Elect J. D. Vance presented to support the contention that “It’s morning again in America” after their election?
  3. How did President-Elect Donald J. Trump’s policies as POTUS 45 and his stated policies now as POTUS 47 mirror the messages of Reagan’s ad?
  4. Do you think Reagan’s ad is an accurate portrayal of the United States today? If you believe it is, why do you think so? If you believe it is not, what is missing from this portrayal?
  5. Do you think that, like Reagan, Donald J. Trump’s messaging was effective in persuading Americans to vote to re-elect him in 2024?
  6. What do you think the Reagan’s ad says about President-Elect Donald J. Trump and Vice-President J.D. Vance’s vision for America?

Let’s look at how President-Elect Donald J. Trump and Vice-President J.D. Vance plan to make Americans prouder, stronger and better.

Prouder

President Trump’s campaign featured the song “I’m Proud to be an American” by Lee Greenwood, also known as “God Bless the U.S.A.

Read Mr. Greenwood’s words and you decide if President-Elect Donald J. Trump and Vice-President J.D. Vance are proud to be Americans and are God loving Christians.

Perhaps these lyrics from Mr. Greenwood’s song best portray what inspired Americans to overwhelming vote for Donald J. Trump and J.D. Vance?

If tomorrow all the things were goneI worked for all my lifeAnd I had to start againWith just my children and my wife

I thank my lucky starsTo be living here today‘Cause the flag still stands for freedomAnd they can’t take that away

And I’m proud to be an AmericanWhere at least I know I’m freeAnd I won’t forget the men who diedWho gave that right to meAnd I’d gladly stand up next to youAnd defend Her still today‘Cause there ain’t no doubt
I love this land

God Bless the U.S.A.

WATCH: This alone puts Donald J. Trump in company with the greatest U.S. presidents since Lincoln.

Stronger

Since the November 5th, 2024 election of Donald J. Trump the following have happened.

  1. Hamas wants an immediate end to the war
  2. Trump Gives Hamas until Inauguration Day to return the hostages
  3. The Houthis surrender just hours after Trump wins Presidency saying, “Our operation in the international waters were for defensive purposes only, and we announce an immediate ceasefire.”
  4. The EU said it will buy its oil from America not Russia.
  5. Qatar has told all Hamas officials in the country: You are no longer welcome here. Leave the country immediately.
  6. Iran’s currency has crashed
  7. Donald Trump and Elon Musk informed Zelenskyy that the war is over and urged him to prepare for negotiations. They also stated that no additional funds or weapons will be sent to Ukraine.
  8. Trump lawfare is disappearing (here and here)
  9. The stock market is soaring
  10. Interest rates are down
  11. The migrant caravan that was bound for our southern border has BROKEN UP now that Trump has won.
  12. China is optimistic and talking peaceful co-existence
  13. Federal Judge strikes down Biden regime’s citizenship for illegals
  14. Trump supports Israeli attack on Iran oil fields

America and the world are now on the path to being stronger.

Better

President Trump is making plans to make America better. Here are a few examples in his own words.

President Trump wants only two genders, Male (XY) and Female (XX), be officially recognized

TRUMP: “If I win, the American People will be the rulers of this country again.”

Trump asks RFK, Jr. to reorganize the CDC, NIH, FDA and parts of the USDA

To be a good American President, you have to actually love Americans!

President Trump announces a 250th Birthday Party for America from Memorial Day 2025 to July 4, 2026

Neither President-Elect Donald J. Trump nor Vice President-Elect J.D. Vance pandered to the American people. Rather they told them the truth.

As Reagan asked in his video, “Why would we ever want to return to where we were less than four short years ago?”

May God continue to bless America and the state of Israel.

©2024 Dr. Richard M. Swier, LTC U.S. Army (Ret.) All rights reserved.

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Why did Americans vote for ‘the Felon’?

2016 was the year of “Make America Great Again.” 2024 will be the year of “I’m Voting for The Convicted Felon.” In a nation of catchy slogans, this one seems to strike a chord. Donald Trump has been indicted on multiple counts and he is a convicted felon. Yet he has been elected as the 47th President of the United States.

How can one explain this? Perhaps the insights of a renowned Marxist historian can be of help. In 1969, Eric Hobsbawm published his seminal book Bandits. Its main thesis is that bandits are not merely outlaws but often emerge as figures of resistance. Hobsbawm presents banditry as a form of social protest, reflecting the struggles of marginalized groups in society.

The book also positions bandits within a broader historical narrative, suggesting that their actions can be viewed as symptomatic of the larger socio-political changes occurring in their respective societies. Hobsbawm emphasizes that bandits are “some kinds of robbers, namely those that are not regarded as simple criminals by public opinion… [they] are considered by their people as heroes, as champions, avengers, fighters for justice, perhaps even leaders of liberation, and in any case as men to be admired, helped and supported.”

For many decades, the Left has embraced the sympathy for bandits. In the perennial struggle between the haves and the have-nots, the Left has frequently seen banditry as a romanticized struggle for social justice and wealth redistribution, and it is for that very reason that college freshmen still sport T-shirts with images of Che Guevara or get “Thug Life” tattoos as Tupac Shakur proudly displayed them.

But the times, they are a-changing. In the United States, the Left is no longer upholding the cause of the disenfranchised. The Left is now dominated by wealthy elites who uphold seemingly progressive values but actually demean everyone else. The Left is not particularly concerned about the top 1 percent preserving massive wealth, provided that this 1 percent has plenty of people of colour and enough rainbow flags are waved on Pride Day.

Yet, the disillusionment with the Left is not merely about the economy; it is much more about the culture. In a system where you can be accused of being racist, homophobe or misogynist on the grounds of minute— and sometimes even non-existent— gestures, Americans are fed up. They are mad as hell, and they are not taking it anymore. But instead of announcing that they will kill themselves—as in Network, the film that popularized the mad-as-hell rant— Americans have rallied behind a felon to push back against that morally corrupt system.

Most Americans are not deceiving themselves; they recognize that Trump has engaged in actions that are deeply immoral—and potentially illegal. The 47th President is a convicted felon, but not of the Gandhi or Martin Luther King Jr type. Most Americans are fully aware that in his felon condition, Trump resembles more mafiosi such as Pablo Escobar or El Chapo.

But in Latin American countries, at some point those bandits had popular appeal, largely because they managed to expose the hypocrisy of the systems they opposed. In an American context, one of the remarkable cinematic qualities of The Godfather saga is its portrayal of Vito and Michael Corleone as possessing a higher moral ground when contrasted with the corrupt police officers and senators they encounter.

Trump is a deeply flawed man, but he has managed to preserve an air of authenticity in a system that is increasingly rotten by its cult of fakeness, not least in Kamala Harris’ constant change of accent in a desperate attempt to pander to ethnic minorities. Much like the Corleones, Trump may not embody the highest moral virtues, but he has succeeded in revealing the hypocrisy of the elites.

For many years, the American Left claimed to be rebels against the system. With time, they actually became sellouts. Joseph Heath and Andrew Potter famously explained this transformation in their book The Rebel Sell“the overwhelming majority of what gets called radical, revolutionary, subversive or transgressive is nothing of the sort … This is the rebel sell. It’s a sell that has been used not only to sell ordinary commercial goods, but also to sell a myth about the way that our culture works.”

The Left ceased to be the bandits; they have become the establishment. They have seized control of universities, the media, Hollywood and corporations. They still want to portray themselves as transgressive, but few Americans are buying their narrative.

Quite the opposite, Americans have rallied behind a demagogue who for his own narcissistic motives, has become the new bandit. They know he has broken some laws, but they become very upset when they learn that Trump’s adversaries are not indicted when they break those very same laws. This felon vows to protect those who are constantly harassed by the hypocritical representatives of the establishment. Inevitably, a large number of people are thrilled by this prospect.

The overwhelming majority of bandits meet a tragic end, and over time, their romantic allure fades. People ultimately recognize that being perpetually opposed to the system is unsustainable and that banditry is, at its core, a destructive phenomenon. As Trump begins his second term in office, it is essential for him to grasp this reality. His banditry has propelled him back to the Oval Office, yet he must confront the truth that to leave a lasting positive legacy in history, he must transcend his outlaw persona.

He has the opportunity to fulfill the promise of exposing the system’s corruption and hypocrisy, but he must also commit to his institutional responsibilities. Only time will reveal whether he can rise to meet that standard.


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AUTHOR

Gabriel Andrade is a university professor originally from Venezuela. He writes about politics, philosophy, history, religion, and psychology.

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