This site, Northeast Reader, has been in existence since 2016, coinciding closely with the beginning of Donald Trump’s first term as President. I was not a fan back then, but rather, a skeptic that occasionally found things I agreed with. Later, I began to see his appeal and aptitude, yet still backed off full support. It was later in his first term that I concluded that Donald Trump is right, that the solid wall of haters that meant harm to him were wrong, to the point that their unhinged attacks against him even validated who Trump was really for, the everyday little American; and since that time, my support has remained solid. This doesn’t mean I’m a blind follower. I disagree occasionally. For many issues, I don’t have the bandwidth or resources or time to have a meaningful opinion on a matter, but I now trust that his position falls within parameters of where he and the country should go. There are many points of style that I find unappealing but view these as a function of his age vs. mine, and cultural background which is vastly different. Many of Trump’s detractors go crazy over this stuff; I plainly ignore it. Major on the majors and minor on the minors. While it is November, ten months into his second term, it’s really about the end of his true first year of governing. It’s a crucial point in his current term and even his legacy. The next year determines what he can do during his final two in office, substantially lock in his revolution or watch it get pounded and possibly lost. This is my personal perspective, not just a dry analysis.
November 2025 finds a lot of people naysaying Trump just now. We just learned that a lot of these influencer detractors on X are foreign based trolls. This makes sense as the poll numbers for his base are still solid. Nevertheless, everyone needs to understand that because Trump is a winner, even on a muti-generational scale, that attracts a lot of false love that dares not be exposed for its deceptive nature. The establishment bides its time, waiting for the time to spring and take back the party that Trump ‘stole’ for the ‘deplorables’. This includes a lot of bonified conservatives, elected and public figures that have all checked the right boxes for decades. Even they think they can tweak and improve on MAGA over what Donald Trump envisions. These voices are about done with whispering, now they chatter. In 2026 they’ll be in the streets and by 2028, they hope to again rule.
Donald Trump has done more in ten months than most modern Presidents have done in their entire term. His administration touts the slogan, ‘promises made, promises kept’ and its accurate to an extent but also incomplete, as would be obvious to any reasonable person and yet there are the beginnings of a trend wherein Trump is being held to a standard skewed higher by his own historic successes. He did more so far, so we want even more starting yesterday. One could call that unfair but there is nothing fair in politics nor certainly in the whims of the public. The most objective overview I’m gradually seeing at this interval is this: Culminating in the Biden years, we knew we were under full assault from the hordes of hell on behalf of globalism, world socialism or communism, wokeism, open borders, and much more. We weren’t just under assault, the invasion was essentially done. America had already been sold for thirty pieces of silver and a few of those denari ended up in the bank accounts of the Biden family. It was supposed to be over and yet Trump was given a path to snatch back that victory. That’s his place in history, one last chance for America, but it’s not at all secure. It’s a chance, not a guarantee and if Bob and Betty want to also sell off that chance for twenty cents a pound on their Thanksgiving turkey item then we’re doomed. If America First goes away, good luck on finding any turkey after 2028. Of course, I speak figuratively, or maybe more.
One of the areas that Trump has excelled at is a wildly historic success in bringing peace to various world conflicts all around the globe. This isn’t just do-gooderism for its own sake, the USA reaps benefits that are significant in the long run and for underpinning alliances that we’ll need in the years ahead. In the present here and now, it doesn’t mean a damn thing to Bob and Betty. It’s great that Trump can pull all these rabbits out of a hat, use his bully pulpit and world class deal making to score in our best interest abroad, so why can’t he do that at home? Gas is down, a little, but we expected more. Food prices stopped climbing so quickly, but they’re still very high, only a few have gone down and some are still going up. Housing is still off the charts with no relief in sight save a few local areas. Refinancing is still out of the question. These are all fair questions that need something more than marginal improvement. I’m delighted that Trump is rounding up the illegals and that blue tears are being shed across the land. I’m very happy that the military is being refocused and that transing is being shamed out of existence; keep it all going. But here are the pieces that I hope Trump addresses in year two of his administration:
Economy: Frankly, I don’t need a $2,000 tariff bonus check. If it comes, I’ll find a good use for it but what I really want is to see homes become affordable again. I have a couple adult kids that may not ever have an option of home ownership in a reasonable timespan. $2,000 wouldn’t even pay for their incidental cost incurred during house hunting. Housing needs a nationwide marketplace shock in its underlying fundamentals, even if that means some gradual controlled deflation. What should never have gone up like it did must come down.
We’re still being gouged at the grocery store, a long long time after ‘supply chain’ and covid and a dozen other excuses have expired. Of course we don’t want a command economy, but maybe some constructive brow beating of food company executives would be appropriate. Bring down prices now or else xyz. We all know a lot of them are just profiteering at this point. Sure, they want less regulation and government interference but don’t trust them to just pass along the savings. Make some contingent deals. I’d never encourage fast-food but I know it’s a primary staple for a lot of poor people. Maybe since Trump loves McDonalds, he could volun-tell McDonalds to bring back a true value meal price across the board in the US, just a couple items, even if they keep sticking it to everyone on their main menu.
Jobs have certainly improved but neglect the structural problems at your own risk; the pool of college degreed young people seeking jobs being cut off by AI, and the huge pool of ‘legal’ cheap imported labor taking our skilled jobs. I’m not talking theater or women’s studies majors, I’m talking STEM and tech. While I’m a huge fan of trade work as a path to a stable living, it’s a bit glib to tell bachelor degreed kids to learn construction, just like it was misguided to tell laid off construction workers that they too could code. Get real. Don’t just play hardball on collecting late student loans, start to play real hardball with colleges that jack up prices well above the already flagrant inflation rate. Tax Club-Med like schools back into reality.
Don’t just toss Obamacare, make healthcare affordable again. Make it so that basic diagnostics and illness care, x-rays, and especially children’s health and wellness, is affordable even if it’s out of pocket. Reduce the compulsory vaccine regiment to its essentials. Make basic obstetrics and its associated costs realistic again. Bringing a kid into the world should never bankrupt the parents. Mandate statutory limitations on medical malpractice claims pushing routine medical cost structures into the stratosphere while rewarding career litigants and punishing everyone else.
Prosecution: I and a lot of others are pissed that a year has done by and what cases needed to be brought against deep state conspirators, lawfare enterprises against you (DJT), and unconstitutional harassment of conservatives, Republicans, Christians, et al, have barely gotten off the ground. I, we, those of similar impatience, have tried to be understanding of the legal system, the nuances of lawyerly tricks like standing, statute of limitations, jurisdiction, etc., but action doesn’t appear to be happening. Patel and Bondi have committed documented cases of stonewalling and delay and there is certainly more out of sight to the public. Every major disclosure leaves unanswered questions, and purposely omitted details. Who is being tried for J6 malfeasance? The pipe bomb saga? Russiagate? Wray, Fauci, Brennan, Clapper, Comer, Milley, Epps, the whole unelected senior staff that absconded with the ‘Biden presidency’ in his full mental absence? What about Joe Biden himself committing years of treasonous acts against America, and Hillary, and the biggest fish, Barack Obama?
Trump has less than a year to make something happen here because 2026 may bring a thousand more complications, a great many of them from ambitious ‘friends’ willing to sell out for their own crack at coming into power in 2028. Donald, you don’t really have three more years, much less four or eight beyond that with JD. I hope you do; I certainly think you could, but nothing is guaranteed. You do realize that if certain people leverage their way into power and the mood of the country turns sour, that you will be their prize direct for prison just as they intentioned for you leading up to the 2024 election and unfortunately, there are plenty of corrupt judges ready and waiting that make up a pipeline, ready and willing to neglect all constitutional guardrails.
If they can do that to you, what do you think they have planned for millions of your supporters? Don’t leave it to chance, don’t doubt when your enemies cry ‘politization’. Your Achilles heal in your first term was choosing a cabinet full of deep staters and you paid the price for it. Don’t make the same mistake again, clean house now, something is still rotten at the DOJ.
Succession: Technically, this isn’t an operational problem that needs to be fixed, and yet, it needs to be visible now. Trump has, is and should be viewed in retrospect as the most effective President of his generation but that comes with a big contingency. A legacy won’t defend itself given that the leftist hordes along with hundreds of millions of would-be illegal immigrant invaders are at the gate, even if they presently have to wait for another crack in the wall. Vance appears to have the toughness needed to defend and build that legacy but waiting to make that endorsement carries risks. JD should be a fully vested and participating successor before he reaches the Oval office. He should be freed to go well beyond Vice Presidential projects asap. He should have his own pile of skulls moving forward.
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