The Covid years were tough, and now they’re finally ending. In two weeks, I’ll have a health book coming out that in part explains the story of why the lockdowns were so devastating. At the same time, Trump’s election gives hope to aggressively address the issues outlined in the pages.
Former President Donald Trump hit a grand slam Tuesday. Republicans finally reclaimed the Senate and the White House four years after America’s deadly lockdowns coincided with a year of political turmoil and ended in a riot at the Capitol. Trump’s legacy was almost diminished as an ex-president whose tenure was defined by cultural unrest and whose exit interrupted the smooth transfer of power.
On Election Night 2024, Fox News anchor Bret Baier characterized Trump’s comeback from the Capitol disaster as “probably the biggest political phoenix from the ashes that we have ever seen in the history of politics.”
Trump came back through all of it despite Democrats doing everything in their power to thwart his return — impeachment, bankruptcy campaigns, criminal convictions, and even two attempted assassinations — as one of the most triumphant figures in presidential history.
Not only would Trump survive the opposition campaigns, he would conquer the institutions that empowered them and reclaim moral authority over a divided nation. Trump ran as the flag-bearer for the widest multi-racial tent the Republican Party has seen in decades. He nearly doubled his share of the black vote, dominated with male voters, and won over more Hispanics, outperforming past
