Lindsay Skinner

NC State'11 ❤️ #RedandWhiteforLife

[Konstantin Kisin @KonstantinKisin]

For my British and European friends who are "shocked" and "surprised", here are 10 reasons you didn't see this coming.

Read this short post and then read the replies from our American friends who will confirm what I'm saying.

1. Americans love their country and want it to be the best in the world. America is a nation of people who conquered a continent. They love strength. They love winning. Any leader who appeals to that has an automatic advantage.

2. Unlike Europeans, Americans have not accepted managed decline. They don't have Net Zero here, they believe in producing their own energy and making it as cheap as possible because they know that their prosperity depends on it.

3. Prices for most basic goods in the US have increased rapidly and are sky high. What the official statistics say about inflation and the reality of people's lives are not the same.

4. Unlike you, Americans do not believe in socialism. They believe in meritocracy. They don't care about the super rich being super rich because they know that they live in a country where being super rich is available to anyone with the talent and drive to make it. They don't resent success, they celebrate it.

5. Americans are the most pro-immigration people in the world. Read that again. Seriously, read it again. Americans love an immigrant success story. They want more talented immigrants to come to America. But they refuse to accept people coming illegally. They believe in having a border.

6. Americans are sensitive about racial issues and their country's imperfect history. They believe that those who are disadvantaged by the circumstances of their birth should be given the opportunity to succeed. What they reject, however, is the idea that in order to address the errors of the past new errors must be made. DEI is racist. They know it and they reject it precisely because they are not racist.

7. Americans are the most philosemitic nation on earth. October 7 and the pro-Hamas left's reaction shocked them to their very core because, among other things, they remember what 9/11 was like and they know jihad when they see it.

8. Americans are extremely practical people. They care about what works, not what sounds good. In Europe, we produce great writers and intellectuals. In America they produce (and attract) great engineers, businessmen and investors. Because of this, they care less about Trump's rhetoric than you do and more about his policies than you do.

9. Americans are deeply optimistic people. They hate negativity. The woke view of American history as a series of evils for which they must eternally apologise is utterly abhorrent to them. They believe in moving forward together, not endlessly obsessing about the past.

10. America is a country whose founding story is one of resistance to government overreach. They loathe unnecessary restrictions, regulations and control. They understand that freedom comes with the price of self-reliance and they pay it gladly.

[NC State University @NCState]

The Primetime Show Challenge winner is @NCStateCALS! That's $1,000 in bonus funds for the #CALSPack. 🎉

[NC State University @NCState]

Thank you for giving us a window into your world, @DanielJFindley! Your Window into the Wolfpack entry (alllllll the way from India) has won $1,000 for @NCStateCCEE. 🐺🎉 #GivingPack

[Lindsay Skinner @LindzSkin]

@NCState Soph has been backing the Pack since ➡️2009 😎 From bid days to basketball games her support never wavers 😜🐺🎉❤️ #GivingPack @NCStateAASAP

[Lindsay Skinner @LindzSkin]

@Tampax This is perverse on so many levels. Stop sexualizing a menstruation product. It’s affirming miseducation/ignorance and contributing to a culture of speaking about women’s bodies with a tone of possessiveness. #stop

[Lindsay Skinner @LindzSkin]

@Ticketmaster No you really just owe us credits for the insane fees you charged!

[Lindsay Skinner @LindzSkin]

@TMFanSupport @Ticketmaster Is this getting fixed? I have not refreshed but it has not changed in 20 mins.

[NC State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences @NCStateCALS]

We "Think and Do" because of YOU! You answered the call by #GivingPack on @NCState's Day of Giving. 1,163 Gifts totaling over $3,267,420 helps us continue to shape the future of ag & life sciences in our communities, nation, and world. A BIG THANK YOU from all of us at CALS!🎉🐺

[NC State University @NCState]

Wow. Today has been extraordinary, to say the least. 14,272 gifts totaling more than $58.1 million — that's a new record.

Thank you from Chancellor Woodson for #GivingPack today and showing up for our students. We love you, Pack.

[NC State Academic and Student Affairs @NCStateDASA]

@LindzSkin Thank you for #GivingPack to @NCStateDASA and for being a great alum! 🐺

[NC State University @NCState]

@LindzSkin Your gift shapes the future of the Wolfpack. Thank you for #GivingPack to @NCStateCALS, @NCStateDASA and @NCStateAlumni!

[NC State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences @NCStateCALS]

Alumni, now is the time for you to help us spread the word about @NCState Day of Giving. Share this photo to social media and let us know why you're #GivingPack. Tag us, two of your friends and use #GivingPack! https://t.co/b9fC7JzADY

[Lindsay Skinner @LindzSkin]

Soph says this Wolf at @NCState is #Goals 💯 She is a proud #PackPet and #GivingPack to @NCStateCALS today! 🎉

[The Wolfpacker @TheWolfpacker]

Final statistics of NC State's monumental 90-84 victory over No. 2-ranked Arizona. NCSU could now be ranked next week.

[NC State Alumni @NCStateAlumni]

Big news, alumni! The @NCState Memorial Bell Tower is finally getting its bells. Thanks to the generosity of alum Bill Henry and his wife, Frances, the 115-foot monument will be fully completed with a 54-bell carillon: https://t.co/swxucBXVZh #CampaignNCState

[The Tonight Show @FallonTonight]

Jimmy announces the show's $1 million donation to @JJWatt's hurricane relief fund, and invites a Houston choir to sing "Lean on Me."

[Joe Ovies @joeovies]

Mr. Wuf’s tweet was legendary. Let us not forget it now that it’s been deleted.

[Lindsay Skinner @LindzSkin]

@AskTSA My friend is flying to Sweden tmw, will she have any trouble getting her vitamins through? 🤗