Lonnie Ledford

Three shocking statistics: 1. One year ago, 85% of US job market growth was in government and sectors dependent on government spending like health and education. 2. In 2024, one third of GDP came from government spending, a record high excluding periods of war or crisis; this was financed by 6-7% budget deficits, another peacetime record. 3. Every G20 country has higher average tariff rates than the United States save two, and most countries hide the true costs in expensive barriers like quotas, price controls, labeling requirements, and testing rules.

BORDER 1.President Trump secured the border in unprecedented fashion. 2. President Trump signed the Laken Riley Act into law. 3. President Trump is deporting illegal immigrant killers, rapists, and drug dealers en masse. 4. President Trump is taking on the fentanyl crisis. 5. President Trump ended the Biden Administration’s abuse of the illegal immigrant “parole” scheme. 6. President Trump resumed construction of the border wall — adding to the more than 400 miles of border wall built during his first term. ECONOMY 7. President Trump’s tariffs are leveling the playing field for American workers. 8. President Trump has secured billions of dollars in new U.S.-based investments. 9. President Trump is bringing manufacturing back to America. 10. President Trump is making life more affordable for everyday Americans. 11. President Trump ended the war on cryptocurrency. 12. President Trump instructed the Secretary of the Treasury to stop production of the penny, which costs...

NATO is no longer an institution focused on global peace and stability. Instead, it is a massive drain on the American econ. omy and military which makes the world, and America, less secure and less stable. Designed to prevent another world war, it now seems intent on provoking one.  And without America—and especially America’s taxpayers—footing the bill to protect a continent with zero interest in protecting itself, NATO will simply wither on the vine, a perfect metaphor for the fecklessness of Europe over the last century. If the institution no longer serves our interests yet relies entirely on our treasury, then it is an institution that has outlived its usefulness.  It is long past time for America to leave NATO. This will have the dual benefit of freeing up resources better deployed to protecting America, and forcing Europe and its collection of hapless welfare states to pay for their own security and fully reap the harvest of their own choices for once.