Boom! Boom! Trump was sickened by the millions of illegal migrants coming across the border and appalled by the billions going to nations around the world in ‘’development’’ aid – often ‘’developing’’ dictator’s bank accounts.
Instead of sucking his teeth and saying to his aides that something must be done, he actually did something. And it was a ‘’something’’ that uniquely didn’t mean handing over money the government didn’t possess to voters who weren’t entitled to it.
It was tough, it was threatening (the opposite of conventional liberal thinking) and it was a total… triumph.
I do hope Farage will follow suit when he’s Prime Minister in 2029. Come out fighting just as Thatcher did and just as Trump is doing. The silent majority will always be on your side.
Donald Trump's tariffs have been a triumph.
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Trump’s first step was to tell the Mexican government he was going to impose 25% tariffs on their goods into the United States unless they stopped the millions of illegal migrants crossing the border. The number are incredible.
From 2019 to 2024 11.9million have crossed over. Biden had done nothing. Literally within 24 hours of the Trump’s threat being made the Mexican president had said they were going to draft 10,000 soldiers to the border to push back migrants.
What an incredible result.
Something similar has happened in Canada where Trudeau promised to toughen up security on the border and crack down on the supply of the drug fentanyl. The leaders of both countries might not have enjoyed being pushed about so publicly (it’s the opposite of politics) but were I American I would be delighted I was no longer being taken for a mug.
Just look how angry we are at the tens of thousands of illegal migrants making their way into our country. Imagine if that were millions.
There has been no hanging around from Donald Trump as Elon Musk as they aim to clean up government inefficiency in the US.
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Perhaps even more astonishing was the way that Elon Musk – having got the nod from Trump- literally closed USAID, the country’s development agency which distributes the thick end of $40billion every year to 130 countries.
The agency has over 10,000 employees and they were told out of the blue by email yesterday not to come into the office and to stay home until their future was decided. Trump believes there has been wholesale fraud at USAID.
What I like about the Trump-Musk action is that there was not a lot of sitting around talking. They just did it. Boom.
The same with DEI. From Day One Trump said DEI was to be dismantled in all Federal government departments.
That would be great thing to happen in the UK. I have just seen extraordinary details of how our money is being spent by West Yorkshire police on DEI.
If you are head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at West Yorkshire you will be paid £91,536. And you will have a staff of eighteen, including a positive action Inspector at £94,272, a positive action sergeant at £79,716 and six people called Positive Action Ambassadors.
What on earth is a Positive Action Ambassador? And why are they worth £59,844? Those questions need to be asked. I suspect they would be asked by a Trump and hopefully when Farage is in Downing Street.
Under Trump those DEI roles will no longer exist. Why do we have them here and why haven’t I heard councillors in West Yorkshire raising these questions?
Nigel Farage is Britain's answer to Donald Trump.
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With luck Reform and Tory politicians will learn from Trump that making a noise works. Certainly keeping quiet has done nothing for our country except allowing tens of thousands of illegals take up valuable housing and thereby pushing up rents.
Who is our Trump? I hope it’s Farage, disappointingly it’s not Badenoch. She will be gone by the late summer. And I think she already recognises she is not the answer.
Certainly the Right needs a Tory leader who can do a deal with Farage. That’s a pre-requisite. There is no way the Tories can win alone. They have to have an accommodation with Reform.
In a stunning YouGov poll which put Reform at 25% just ahead of Labour at 24% with Tories back in 22% the survey revealed that 43% of Tories wanted some kind of merger with Farage.
Badenoch has been very snappy at Reform. Time for her to go.
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