A Renewed Hope: A Patriotic Perspective on Post-Election America

By Carol Frazier, Ocean Pines, MD

As a Patriotic American, the night of November 5, 2024 and the days following were joyful and hopeful. I felt positive and excited about the future for the first time in years. My husband and I prayed together, thanking God for giving America a chance to turn the “Ship of State” back to the ideas and principles of the founding. I also understood that not everyone agreed with us, but I thank God enough did.

The last few months have seen many positive pro-America policies put into effect. Some of President Trump’s policies have had immediate positive effects and others we just need to wait and see. After four years of the Biden presidency (11 million illegal aliens and tons of fentanyl and other poisons flooding across our border; inflation completely out of control costing families like mine hundreds of additional dollars per month for gas and groceries and other essential goods, and the absolute horror of the Afghanistan withdrawal- I could go on and on) I am more than willing to give President Trump and his policies a chance. I have always thought that motivation is the key to life - “Why do we do what we do?” I trust President Trump’s “America First” motivations and I know that his policies are firmly rooted in that idea.

All that said, I simply do not understand the hatred and fear directed toward President Trump and his policies. President Biden’s policies starting on day one had immediate negative consequences for Americans like me. We “suffered in silence”, watching our nation being systematically undermined by our “leaders”. We saw decisions being made (who knows by whom?) and policies being put into place that in no way benefited America. We gritted our teeth and persevered in our daily lives and wondered when the American people were going to WAKE THE HECK UP.

Maybe we should have had “hands off my country” rallies.