Op-ed by Summer Lane | Photo: Alamy
President Donald Trump’s second term kicked off with lightning speed in January, and the administration hasn’t slowed down for a moment, resulting in what may very well be the most efficient and goal-oriented presidency ever seen.
Between implementing tariffs and holding the line with foreign leaders, President Trump has fulfilled countless campaign promises and set America on the right track to reclaiming sovereignty, efficiency, and global dominance.
The path to this America First agenda has been fraught with blood, sweat, and tears, but now, in 2025, citizens can see the benefits of the battle for liberty that played out between 2020 to 2024. Trump’s reclamation of the Oval Office was not just a personal win for him, but a win for the nation over an increasingly dark shadow that fell over the country when Joe Biden was in office.
Now, the light is shining on America again, and the wins just keep coming.
Winning on trade and manufacturing
President Trump has taken swift action to hold Canada, Mexico, and China accountable for their part in facilitating the horrific drug crisis that has killed countless Americans, levying tariffs on all three countries in a bid to pressure them to take action to stop this scourge.
He wrote in February, “A large percentage of these Drugs, much of them in the form of Fentanyl, are made in, and supplied by, China. More than 100,000 people died last year due to the distribution of these dangerous and highly addictive POISONS. Millions of people have died over the last two decades.”
His actions against offending countries have been stern but fair, and it’s been a relief to see a president taking the fentanyl crisis seriously.
He also kicked off his anticipated reciprocal tariffs on April 2, celebrating the occasion with a sweeping event at the White House Rose Garden. “The United States can no longer continue with a policy of unilateral economic surrender… We have to take care of our people, and we’re going to take care of our people first,” he declared boldly.
In anticipation of these new trade policies, producers and manufacturers worldwide have feverishly pledged to bring their industries to the domestic United States, illustrating the impressive leverage of American bargaining power.
Since taking office, President Trump says he has secured more than $6 trillion in U.S. investments from companies like Hyundai, SoftBank, Apple, Meta, and other huge companies. This massive number comes after working just two months in the White House – and it is a testament to the fact that America can be smart and powerful when the right leaders are in charge.
These investments will result in thousands of new American jobs and transform the U.S. into the world’s penultimate manufacturing superpower – and American businesses are already taking action to make this dream a reality.
On Thursday, Ford announced a new initiative, “From America, For America,” which will offer special prices on vehicles for Americans in an exclusive “handshake deal” that can only be described as a direct reaction to the current administration’s strong America First policies.
“We call it Ford Motor Company: From America, For America, and it means that starting April 3, we’ll offer employee pricing to everyone. Consumers will pay what we pay,” the company said in a statement.
The prologue to the American Golden Age is here to stay.
Law and order
If the economy was the cornerstone of President Trump’s 2024 campaign, then illegal immigration was the parallel issue that launched him to victory last November. With unfettered chaos at the border and millions of unvetted illegal entrants pouring into the U.S., Americans clearly wanted a change in leadership.
A majority of Americans indicated their strong support for deportation in November 2024, just after the election concluded, RSBN reported. The Trump administration wasted no time in getting to work to deport illegal aliens and enforce law and order nationwide on January 20.
Since launching a nationwide deportation operation, Trump’s administration has deported more than 37,000 illegals in his first full month of office alone, per RSBN. Additionally, U.S. Customs and Border Protection revealed that in February, Border Patrol apprehended just over 8,300 illegals at the southwest border. This is the lowest number in recorded history.
Incredibly, that number dropped to just over 7,100 in March, according to Border Czar Tom Homan, who said he hadn’t seen these kinds of numbers since the 1980s.
“I cannot recall a single month since then that the numbers have been that low. It is a far cry from the more than 11,000 a day that we saw for a time period under Biden,” he wrote on X.
Trump also took swift action on January 20 to designate devastating drug cartels and other various groups as foreign terrorist organizations, including Tren de Aragua and MS-13. Retribution has been unflinching, as many violent offenders have been literally flown out of the country and taken to foreign prison facilities in places like El Salvador or repatriated into their countries of origin like Venezuela and Colombia.
The Trump administration has moved with dizzying speed on the issue of immigration and law and order in America, and their efforts should be applauded.
While there are indeed many other big wins for the administration, these economic victories and Trump’s efforts to restore law, order, and community safety to America are perhaps the most telling. These steps have set the country up for success rather than failure, and while challenges may arise along the way, Americans can be sure that they have a leader who will rise to meet each one with common sense and good intentions.