Man, are we going to pine for Trump

OPINION:

Man, are we going to pine for Donald Trump.

Come Jan. 20, 2029, he’ll leave the White House and pull a Nixon:

“As I leave you I want you to know — just think how much you’re going to be missing. You won’t have Trump to kick around anymore, because ladies and gentlemen, this is my last press conference.”

What will we be missing? His candor, force, humor and dominance make him like no other figure in political history.

On just lefty’s side, there goes 90% of what fills the shows at MSDNC, as Mr. Trump rightly calls it. From Joyless Reid to Al Charlatan, the network kicks him around ad nauseam. After he fades into Florida for good, Democrats will be stuck riffing on regular Republicans. Zzzzzzz.

No more whining about Mr. Trump’s nation-saving wall, drilling for oil dominance, securing elections, settling the Ukraine war, upholding gun rights, restoring free speech, cracking down on NATO’s delinquency, keeping men out of women’s sports, putting the broke back in Iran.

That is exactly why his MAGA faithful will cry as he leaves stage right after fulfilling his “make America great again” promises. His fans know they’ll never see his like again. Because of his showmanship, yes, but mostly after these five feats for the ages:

1. The Trump Wall: Finally it was finished, as was the flood of illegal aliens threatening to ruin America. Even Ann Coulter cheered this steel structure that she said the president didn’t have the spine to build.

This was Mr. Trump’s signature issue from the day he descended the Trump Tower escalator on June 16, 2015, and said: “When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best. They’re not sending you. They’re sending people that have lots of problems, and they’re bringing those problems [to] us. They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.”

That paragraph galvanized fans who couldn’t believe they had a leader who told it like it was. And it made the left hate Mr. Trump with freakish fervor. How dare he rip the tide of people on the verge of destroying the country.

Mr. Trump simply stood tall at the border. And saved America.

2. Peace: Mr. Trump said the Ukraine and Mideast wars never would have ignited if he had won in 2020. Out of office, he could only watch as Russia rolled and Hamas slaughtered.

Yet just as he guaranteed, he pulled a titanic art of the deal upon winning on Nov. 5, 2024. The Putin-Zelenskyy Pact ended the killing.

And when Mr. Trump plugged Iran’s oil flow, it was time to turn out the lights, the party’s over for the terrorists. His Abraham Accords were back in high gear, with good times for Israel.

Nobel Peace Prize, anyone?

3. Prosperity: Tax cuts galore. Mr. Trump made his 2017 chops permanent. He also came through for waiters, DoorDash deliverers and Uber drivers by ceasing taxes on tips.

That partially boosted growth. Even deeper were his “drill, baby, drill” dictum and gutting the Green New Scam. With oil back in business, energy costs crashed along with grocery prices and mortgage rates. Americans could afford bacon and homes again.

Thanks to his common sense, Mr. Trump didn’t turn into President Herbert Hoover, he of Depression repute. No, Mr. Trump outdid President Ronald Reagan. Americans worked in record numbers. They weren’t submerged by inflation. Morning in America? More like Bright Noon.

4. Vote victory: After the 2020 presidential race, Mr. Trump ripped the rig while pushing for fair elections. Namely, all paper, voter ID and a stop to endless vote counting, which came from indiscriminate mail-in and stuffed ballots.

He clinched victory in 2024 despite the Democrats’ deceit, then solidified proper voting rules. The republic is stronger for it.

5. Freedom. Mr. Trump said he would free the Jan. 6 defendants, and he did. This righted the outrageous wrong of sending outspoken patriots to the dungeons. What had they done? Protested the result of the 2020 election. What did Democrats produce? Another scam consistent with the impeachment and climate cons. Pretend the Capitol demonstration was a riot, blame the president, kill Ashli Babbitt and brainwash millions into the fairy tale that five cops were killed.

Mr. Trump said the heck with that noise. He pardoned everyone. Now Jan. 6 is a celebration of liberty, not a dirge for fake news.

So it will be in little over four years. Trump Time will suddenly turn to past tense — with grand memories forever. Let’s hope one day his face adorns Mount Rushmore, underscored by his funniest line after blasting an enemy’s blot: “Other than that, he’s wonderful.”

• Bucky Fox is an author and editor in Florida.