President Donald J. Trump speaks to a joint session of Congress, March 4, 2025. Photo courtesy of the White House via Flickr.
In his speech on Tuesday, President Trump described the first 43 days of his administration as “swift and unrelenting action to usher in the greatest and most successful era in the history of our country.” Voters are pleased with the pace of change they are seeing. In The Wall Street Journal, Elizabeth Findell reports that Trump voters are happy with his performance so far. She writes:
BOWIE, Texas—Last week, 17-year-old Gauge Bass enlisted in the Air Force with his mother’s support. Both agreed that he wouldn’t have done so if President Trump hadn’t won the election.
“Trump is a more reliable source of direction for the country,” said his mother, Joy Story, a maintenance worker at an apartment complex who has struggled to support her two children.
Nearly nine in 10 voters here in Montague County, Texas, backed Trump in November, making it among the Trumpiest counties in the U.S., according to results tallied by the Associated Press. It is a place where voters are thrilled to see Trump delivering on campaign promises—no matter how disruptive they are to those in the nation’s capital, those on Wall Street or the broader set of voters who are nervous about Trump’s whirlwind return to Washington.
Here, voters are enthused to see deportations of immigrants in the country illegally and support the country paying a high price to use military aircraft for the deportations. The optics of the practice, which the U.S. has suspended, are a deterrent, they say. They have celebrated cuts to federal agencies. Local manufacturers are optimistic that tariffs will revive domestic industry, making price increases worth the pain.
Read more here.
If you’re willing to fight for Main Street America, click here to sign up for my free weekly email.
