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Re: The Trump Effect: Military Recruiting Edition¹

“One recruiting factor not mentioned is confidence in leadership. Mr. Biden destroyed that trust with his disastrous Afghanistan pullout. He wasted the enormous investment in blood, equipment, and time our military had made there on our behalf, and demonstrated not just incompetence but misplaced priorities. President Trump, by contrast, had shown by his rapid takedown of ISIS in Syria that he knows how a commander-in-chief should support the forces under him. His sure actions inspire confidence.” —Minnesota

Re: The Dems Haven’t Learned a Thing²

“These Democrats will probably never figure out what happened in this election. The Kool-Aid they’re drinking has completely stopped. They still don’t understand that the voting public doesn’t want their rhetoric anymore. Americans want genuine results, and that’s what Trump is going to give them. A great number of them want exactly what Trump is doing, but they won’t publicly admit it to the other members of their party. That is, if they’ve stayed with the party, which a huge number of them haven’t.” —New Hampshire

Re: Thursday: Below the Fold³

“I’m glad Bondi’s ‘Weaponization Working Group’ will be looking into the malicious prosecutions performed against conservatives under the Biden administration’s two-tiered system of ‘justice.’ I sincerely hope that it will result in not just reforms but actual charges of prosecutorial and judicial misconduct where appropriate. But I also hope she’ll be investigating examples of malicious NON-prosecution over the past four years, such as the decision not to investigate arson at churches and pregnancy support centers in the wake of the Dobbs decision, or not prosecuting those who illegally protested at SCOTUS justices’ homes when the decision was leaked (or those who leaked it, for that matter).” —Georgia

Re Setting the Record(s) Straight on Women’s Sports⁴

“Congrats to the president for his restoration of Title IX protections for women. I’m sure Biden’s ridiculously Orwellian redefinition of ‘woman’ didn’t originate from his own addled mind but was simply a paper stuck in front of him by staffers as a sop to the ‘woke’ crowd. Still, can you imagine Biden ever signing anything surrounded by that many teenage girls? He would have hyperventilated and passed out from all the hair-sniffing before he ever reached the table.” —Georgia

Re: Karoline Leavitt: For Such a Time as This⁵

“Where did they get this girl? No wonder the leftist women hate her. She is not only beautiful but obviously has a very high intellect. She rattles off factual data based on extreme knowledge of any subject. Now, only if she didn’t talk so fast…” —Pennsylvania

Re: Zelensky Dunno Where $100 Billion Went⁶

“The money may not all have gone directly to Ukraine. Money to pay the salaries of its government workers would be cash sent directly to Ukraine. Money to pay for weapons from allied nations could have gone to those nations. There must have been so many streams of aid that Ukraine did not get all of it directly and could not account for it. Some of the personnel and sites in Ukraine with records could have been destroyed. Aid from the U.S. could have been diverted by those who were supposed to provide it.” —New York

“It should have become clear what Biden’s chief purpose was in his support of Ukraine. Here’s the playbook: 1) Do millions of dollars of backroom deals in a corrupt country, where paper trails get easily lost, and funnel that through your corrupt son to enrichen your family and your cronies. 2) Capitalize on the crisis of a war, calling in favors from long-ago associations, to funnel billions to a country famous for corruption, and when its president suggests billions are unaccounted for … well, hey, it’s Ukraine, baby. No wonder the money is missing (just don’t look in Biden and company’s bank accounts for it). Maybe DOGE can get to the bottom of it. We’ll see, I guess.” —Oklahoma

Re: Art of the Deal: Gaza Plaza Beach-o-Rama Edition⁷

“President Trump’s Gaza Plaza Beach-o-Rama has achieved its intention. International attention is now focused on Gaza. Besides the lefties and MSM going berserk, it has brought attention to the real issue of Gaza. The two-state solution is a pipe dream, and no Arab or Muslim country wants the unsettling influence of the Palestinians in their country. It’s a starting point for meaningful negotiations, which may lead to a resolution.” —California