Op-ed by Summer Lane | Photo: Alamy
“In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot.”
These words, penned poignantly by the famed American author Mark Twain, paint a picture of a historically engrained truth: it is easy to be a patriot when times are good and much harder when times are tough.
In 2021, the nation reeled with shock as Joe Biden stepped into the Oval Office, and for good reason. Despite the ramifications of the Covid pandemic, the economy was returning to life under President Donald Trump’s leadership, the southern border was dutifully secured, and the American military was more respected than ever.
Joe Biden has since led the nation into a dark, endless tunnel of despair and failure. In the interim between Trump’s departure from the White House and his current position as the Republican presidential nominee in 2024, there have been plenty of fair-weather patriots who straddled a thin line between abandoning the president’s campaign or even actively working against it.
Now, with Trump cemented firmly as the clear winner of the Republican nomination and a very likely winner in the 2024 November general election, it has become easy for everyone to jump back on board the powerful movement that vaulted America to new heights during his administration in the White House.
“Winning isn’t everything, but it’s the only thing,” said famed football coach Vince Lombardi.
It’s true – Americans love a winner, and they love a fighter even more. Some people have never wavered in their support for Trump, and who can blame them? Trump is a tough guy, and he’s not afraid to punch back. It is a true testament to the president’s resilience amidst a tumultuous litany of legal battles in multiple venues that he has not only managed to run a presidential campaign, but propelled it to even greater heights.
In the past week alone, Trump raised around $65 million, with $50.5 million of that fundraising haul coming in during a single-evening event, eclipsing the previous Democrat record of $26 million.
Republicans or conservative talking heads who criticize the president at this point are no more than a mere distraction as the president holds the dominant position in general election polls, and let’s face it: Anyone who doubted that Trump would ever win the Republican nomination and square off against Joe Biden in November was simply unwilling to think big.
In his 2007 how-to book, Think Big and Kick Ass In Business and Life, Trump advised, “There is one thing that I teach over and over again: if you want to be successful in business and in life, never, ever, give up. Never quit. You can never be successful if you give up.”
If nothing else, Trump is successful because he never quits. He is a winner, born and bred to fight, negotiate, and play the game of life by using God-given gut instinct coupled with decades of real-world experience.
This year, the stakes are high for America. The futures are divergent: Joe Biden’s failing America, rife with chaos, collapse, and war, or Trump’s America, which casts a vision of economic success, peace through strength, and law and order.
This is not a time for fair-weather patriots or timid men to take the reins of leadership in this movement to restore American liberty. Rather, it is a time for red-blooded, lion-hearted, and steadfast American warriors to come alongside Trump and the Republican Party and do the hard work to bring this country back to success.
Trump is a winner because he never takes his eye off the prize and because he believes in the possibilities and the dreamy future of making America great again. In November, Americans must choose to dream alongside the 45th president, cast aside the destructive policies of Joe Biden’s corrupt administration, and choose Trump rather than devolving tyranny that would usher in the demise of precious freedom.
