If legislators always vote with the President, we have a king.
If legislators always vote with the prevailing wind, we have mob rule.
If legislators always vote with the Constitution, we have a Republic.
If Trump’s policies “work worldwide,” why do you have to point to Argentina instead of the United States?
And more importantly, why pretend Javier Milei is doing anything remotely similar to Trump?
Milei is cutting government power, dismantling central planning, slashing subsidies, shrinking the state, and openly attacking the idea that politicians should run the economy. His entire program is built around reducing political control over people’s lives.
Trump did the opposite.
He expanded government power.
He embraced tariffs, industrial policy, and economic nationalism.
He increased spending, deficits, and executive control.
He treated the economy as something to be managed, not freed.
Milei’s success comes from getting the state out of the way.
Trump’s agenda is about using the state more aggressively.
You can’t credit Trump for results produced by policies he did not support and did not implement. That’s brand loyalty.
If Milei proves anything, it’s that poverty falls when governments stop pretending they can plan prosperity.
That lesson cuts directly against central planning, protectionism, and strongman economic management, whether it comes from the left or the right.
So pick one.
Either Milei’s success comes from shrinking government, or Trump’s policies work.
You don’t get to claim both without abandoning coherence.
When the Twin Towers came down, JD Vance enlisted in the Marine Corps, gung-ho to exact justice on America’s enemies. Subsequently he came to believe the Forever Wars were a mistake. This is who I want by Trump’s side: an American patriot, with the courage to fight America’s wars but the wisdom to know when to avoid them. God bless JD, God bless Trump, and God bless the USA.