By Ray Cardello for December 25, 2024, Season 30 / Post 38

Ever since that surreal vision of Donald Trump, surrounded by Secret Service agents, rising from the stage with blood dripping down his face, his fists pumping high above his head, and yelling fight, fight, fight, we have realized that there is divine intervention at play ensuring the reelection of Donald J. Trump as President of the United States. America has been given a special gift of a second chance to correct our course and get this grand experiment of a democratic republic back on track. And what better time than this holiday season to unpack and accept that second chance?

For nearly sixteen years, since Barack Obama took the oath of office, the Progressives have been pulling us to the left in a futile effort to change America into a Socialist version of itself, even though that experiment has failed miserably whenever and wherever it has been tried. These last four years, under the watch of Joe Biden, have proven to the American people that they have been sold a lie, that the plan of the Left for a more sustainable way of life for the planet and its people was just a muse for a life of control and restrictions under the watchful eye of the elite. Every demographic of America rejected the Left’s vision. It put their trust in Donald Trump, who had started to give Americans back their freedoms and prosperity, only to be corralled by the Left in 2020. They tried every trick in their bag to keep him out and destroy him. Still, he showed on that July afternoon, in a field in Butler, Pennsylvania, that he was a force far too strong for them to control and that he was back to finish the job he started when he came down the golden escalator of Trump Tower in 2015, and the MAGA Movement was born.

Reading the last two paragraphs seems like the script of a bad, made-for-TV movie, but it is real and what has brought us to this moment, this second chance, or redo for America. As we wake on this Christmas morning in 2024, Americans can feel the energy and the promise of a better future. We had that feeling taken away with COVID and Biden, and many of us feared it was gone forever, but the wind in our sails has returned. We no longer fear being recognized as a member of the MAGA Team, but it is now fashionable to be a Patriot and a proud American. We no longer have to fear being canceled for thinking America is the greatest country on Earth and an example for other countries and people to follow. We are exceptional and will never again let a Party try to pull us back into the pack of mediocrity. We are back where we belong. Again, we are America First, and it feels great.

The Left is in a frenzy trying to figure out what and where they went wrong. A frenzy is a good place for them as long as they stay out of the way and let us repair the damage they have left in their wake. They took a shot and almost pulled it off, but they could not contain that independent steak of Americans that had been suppressed for a short time. It is alive and stronger than ever, and we are ready to unleash a new era for this great country as we get behind Donald Trump as he unleashes our incredible potential and ingenuity and “Makes America Great Again.”

Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah to all.