Trump, His New MAGA Critics, and the “Art of the Possible”

The New American ^ | May 24, 2025 | Selwyn Duke

[E. Pluribus Unum]

When Grandma Sarah was saved from Comanchero thugs by the eponymous main character in the film The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976), she wasn’t entirely happy. “This Mr. Wales is a cold-blooded killer,” she told the Indian Lone Watie, who’d been abducted with her. “He’s from Missouri, where they’re all known to be killers of innocent men, women, and children.”

“Would you rather be riding with Comancheros, Granny?” Lone Watie responded, waxing rhetorical.

“No, I wouldn’t,” Grandma Sarah confessed, seemingly having to almost pry open her own mouth to utter the words.

Ah, prejudice and expectations. Wales wasn’t the savior Granny wanted; he also wasn’t the savior she feared. But he was the only savior she was going to get — and he got the job done.

This comes to mind when pondering recent MAGA criticism of President Donald Trump over his perceived failures. You’ve likely heard the complaints. Maybe you’ve even leveled some. Where are the pre-dawn raids on the homes of swamp creatures such as James Comey (as happened with Roger Stone)? What’s Attorney General Pam Bondi doing? Is she just another Establishment plant? What of the FBI’s Kash Patel and Dan Bongino and the Jeffrey Epstein conclusion? Have “they” gotten to these guys? While I doubt this, there’s a better question:

What has gotten to the critics? What spirit, that is.

“Don’t Use a Hatchet to Remove a Fly From a Friend’s Forehead” — Chinese Proverb

Of course, it goes without saying that no one should follow a mere mortal blindly. Know, too, that I don’t get close to all of what I desire from Trump or any president. How could I, being best characterized as Mayberry meets the Middle Ages?

And criticism of even a cherished leader can be warranted. To...

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections
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[rktman]

I hear tell there’s 15 of ‘em whining.

[Bruce Campbells Chin]

It would be nice if had a truly objective assessment of what Trump has - and has not - actually accomplished. Most of the stuff I've seen is either unreasonably critical, or simply fawning.

A whole lot of what Trump has supposedly accomplished is based on Executive Orders and executive actions that have no sticking power at all. We know that because Biden's own executive orders were mostly wiped away very easily by Trump.

On the other hand, some of the structural things Trump has accomplished, especially legal victories, are very substantial, but don't really get talked about much.

[sauropod]

Bkmk

[AFreeBird]

Wow 15? That’s a lot isn’t it? 🙄