A New President in Town

by Daniel Gardner, Special to the Gazette

During his first run for president, Donald Trump promised to build a wall to keep immigrants from crossing our southern border illegally. This time around

President Trump vowed a massive deportation operation of millions of immigrants who had entered illegally.

Last week Jessica Vaughan of Fox News wrote, “

President Trump promised Americans that he would launch the largest deportation operation in American history, and that operation has begun. Last week, officers of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) took to the streets over 2 busy days, arresting more than 1,000 aliens, mostly criminals, who are now on the path to removal.”

Critics still scoff at

President Trump’s promises and bold actions. Since the historic ride down the escalator with Melania in 2015, critics have mocked his promises as well as his bold moves after arriving in the White House. His first four years were rocky at best as the establishment threw everything it had at him.

For 9 years the establishment impeached him and prosecuted many key members of his administration. Sadly much of the media and other mudslingers perpetuated the lies against

President Trump from one choreographed comedy to another, even after all the charges fell flat.

A team of Fox News journalists contributed to a January 26 news article titled, “Colombian leader quickly caves after Trump threats, offers presidential plane for deportation flights.”

President Trump’s domestic pundits and prognosticators still have clearly not read the memo that presidents and leaders of other nations have been heeding since the election.

The article reports the aftermath of Trump’s brief skirmish with Colombian President Gustavo Petro this way: “The White House confirmed on Sunday that Colombia’s president had caved “to all of

President Trump’s terms, including the unrestricted acceptance of all illegal aliens from Colombia returned from the United States, including on U.S. military aircraft, without limitation or delay.”

Then, at the end of last week the Wall Street Journal wrote a story about Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro trying to out-deal the man who wrote “Art of the Deal.” “The government of Venezuela will take back tens of thousands of migrants,

President Trump said Saturday, removing a major obstacle to his plans for mass deportations. The deal was negotiated with Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro by Trump adviser Richard Grenell, who made a rare visit by a U.S. official to the capital, Caracas, on Friday. Grenell returned to the U.S. Friday evening with six Americans who had been detained in Venezuelan prisons.”

President Trump posted on his Truth Social site, “It is so good to have the Venezuela Hostages back home, and, very important to note, that Venezuela has agreed to receive, back into their Country, all Venezuela illegal aliens who were encamped in the U.S.” The President added, “Venezuela would take back members of the Tren de Aragua, a violent gang that has recently come to the U.S., and that Venezuela would provide transport for its citizens to return.”

Apparently, it’s much easier to return immigrants to their home countries than to build a wall to keep them out of America. It’s also less expensive when immigrants’ home countries agree to pay for their return. Americans have a new president in the White House and the world is taking notice. What role will the establishment play? (SEE STOSSEL,