On the most difficult day, I woke to the news that my only son was killed in Afghanistan. He was due home in just 2 weeks. I already had his birthday present, planned to go to a baseball game like old times, cook his favorite foods, joke and tease and make up for lost time, but in the blink of an eye, we lost him. The denial and shock were crippling.
My first rational thought was, “Who will remember him when I’m gone”? He was just 21 with no children, and the notion that he might be forgotten brought an anxiety that I can’t articulate. Our family was grief-stricken and we learned in one moment what Memorial Day is truly about.
Jake was a Christian, a comedian, an athlete, a huge dog lover, an artist and the best son and friend.
I genuinely hope you all enjoy your long weekend, and if you don’t have a hero to remember, please remember mine. This is all we can do for him now.
If prompted to do so, please share him with the world. It would be a gift.
PFC Jacob H Wykstra
KIA May 28, 2014
Maruf, Afghanistan
He is forever loved and missed ♥️🇺🇸
It’s an incredible honor to take the oath of office as the 50th Vice President of the United States. I look forward to working alongside President Trump to serve the American people. Let's Make America Great Again!
THANK YOU!
To my beautiful wife for making it possible to do this.
To President Donald J. Trump, for giving me such an opportunity to serve our country at this level.
And to the American people, for their trust. I will never stop fighting for ALL of you.
As the sun rises on America, we’re all waking up to one of the most significant days in our country’s history. Certainly in our collective lifetimes. Both sides of the political divide feel quite confidently that the fate of the free world is hanging in the balance. I would argue that all of our fears, and therefore all of our opinions, come down to where we’re deriving our information from. And that can be summed up, albeit in very general terms, by whether or not you still trust the legacy media.
My friends on the Left, by and large, still do. My friends on the Right, by and large, do not. And while I’ve considered myself a moderate Libertarian most of my adult life, I have found myself in the latter category. It’s not that I believe every person working for the legacy media is a bad or untrustworthy person, but rather that the industry as a whole has been corrupted with agenda, bias, and special interest that has absolutely compromised what used to be neutral, unbiased, straight forward journalism.
And this is one of the main reasons I have found myself, for the first time, supporting @realDonaldTrump for President. Story upon story that is blasted on legacy media, attempting to paint Trump in a certain negative light, is easily debunked by simply going on the internet, in places like here on @X, and watching the various misleading videos in their full context. Trump is not a perfect man. I have discussed my issues with him at length in previous posts. But the lengths to which the legacy media is knowingly complicit in spreading falsehoods about him, while offering little to no effort in holding the current administration, and specifically Kamala Harris, to account, is indicative of the deep corruption within our government and their collusion with the media.
But beyond that, Trump has surrounded himself with a cadre of incredible human beings, like @RobertKennedyJr@TulsiGabbard@JDVance@VivekGRamaswamy@elonmusk and now @RonPaul who will collectively offer this country the first, true opportunity to root out the corruption that has had a strange hold on our country for far too long, and usher in what I believe will be one of the greatest and most prosperous eras, for ALL people, that this nation has ever seen.
All that said, this is just my humble opinion. I could be absolutely wrong. So while encourage you all to vote today, I implore you to dive as deep as you can into all of the information that is readily available to you. Here on X, or elsewhere. A vote is powerful. But a truly informed vote is world changing. Sending every one of you and your families, left, right, and center, all the love and light. May God continue to bless you, and may God continue to bless America. 🙏