As we shortly method the 4th of July I need to contact upon the “feud” between President Donald J. Trump and Elon Musk. Greater than that, I need to clarify why I’ve lengthy believed each males personify the braveness, imaginative and prescient, and sacrifice of our Founding Fathers and why they — and our nation — are stronger and extra protected united than aside.
I do know a bit about our Founding Fathers as a result of I spent months “dwelling” within the 1776 timeframe. I did so as a result of just a few years in the past — precisely on the 4th of July — I listened to far-left activist after far-left activist calling for not solely the smearing of our Founding Fathers, however the cancellation of the 4th of July and the American flag.
Later that very same day, I known as my writer to say that I instantly wished to place out a e book not solely warning of this multi-pronged assault upon our Founding Fathers and the American Flag however define how Individuals may get engaged to guard those that created the best nation on the face of the earth. After one minute of dialog, my writer agreed and “The 56 – Liberty Classes from those that Risked All to Signal The Declaration of Independence” was born.
As a result of I did “dwell” in that 1776 timeframe for months it turned readily obvious to me what separated these fifty-six males and the remainder of our Founding Fathers from the elites of their time. Of the fifty-six, a quantity have been exceedingly rich. In at the moment’s world, many would have been the equal of billionaires. Again in 1776, the overwhelming majority of the rich within the Colonies both remained silent, or overtly turned “Loyalists” to the British Crown. Why? They didn’t need to rock the boat or danger their wealth and privilege.
Not our Founding Fathers. And most particularly not the 56 males who actually signed their very own demise warrants once they put their names to The Declaration of Independence. These males not solely requested themselves the 2 most vital questions of their lives, however the two questions which in the end created our nation: “If not me, who? If not now, when?”
Now, soar forward about 240 years to 2015, when then-iconic New York Metropolis businessman Trump paused to ask himself those self same two questions. He actually felt that the nation he liked was being destroyed from inside by ideologues, self-serving-politicians, and the “swamp” that managed them.
Like so lots of the elite and rich of 1776, Trump may have simply mentioned “I would like none of this and can keep on the sidelines constructing a world enterprise empire whereas letting others with means and talent attempt to save the nation I like.” However…he didn’t. He couldn’t.
He determined to leap into the 2016 election with each toes, and by doing so put all he had created at nice danger by way of relentless and harsh assaults from the Deep State, the far-left, and their handmaidens within the media. Greater than that, he willingly put his very life in danger and got here inside a 1/sixteenth of an inch of dropping it in Butler, Pennsylvania.
Subsequent, soar forward to October of 2022 when Elon Musk not solely purchased Twitter, however uncovered it as fairly presumably the most important censorship machine on the planet. A “machine” which was continually working to both assault Trump and his supporters — in addition to free speech on the whole — or censor any data which might validate their insurance policies and opinion.
Many on the left — together with in politics, the media, and academia — turned unhinged with hatred for Musk for not solely shopping for Twitter however exposing censorship and reenabling free-speech. A hate which grew one hundred-fold when, simply thirty minutes after Trump turned his forward at exactly the precise split-second and saved his personal life as a would-be murderer’s bullet tore by means of his ear and actually singed his hair, Musk supplied a full-throated endorsement of Trump for President. A hatred which then went ballistic when, after Trump gained, Musk turned the face of the “Division of Authorities Effectivity.”
Clearly, with every of these three selections Musk knew the far-left was going to return after him with a vengeance. And but, he nonetheless selected to ask himself these two questions: “If not me, who? If not now, when?” And by doing so, additionally put his enterprise empire and life at nice danger.
In contrast to the often-cowardly elites in 1776, President Trump and Elon Musk did rise up and danger all the pieces when so many others selected to cover within the shadows. And since they did, each have paid an incredible worth in so some ways.
And now, their relationship is not less than quickly on the outs. Even with that, they’ve one thing in widespread with our Founding Fathers. Quite a lot of our Founding Fathers had bitter disagreements sometimes. Most particularly Thomas Jefferson and John Adams.
Males who, like Trump and Musk, construct an extremely sturdy bond of friendship earlier than issues started to unravel and private accusations flew. A lot of it fairly ugly. A few of it false. However then, these two Founding Fathers — each U.S. Presidents with Jefferson succeeding Adams — discovered it in them for the great of the brand new nation they’d created to maneuver on and rekindle the friendship.
In some very actual methods, it’s no exaggeration to say that Trump and Musk are the fathers of the brand new Liberty motion within the U.S. and all over the world. Their braveness, imaginative and prescient, and sacrifice did assist to spawn it.
I think that Trump and Musk, like Jefferson and Adams earlier than them, will put apart their feud for the higher good of that new liberty motion. They’re much stronger collectively than aside. And so is our nation.
Douglas MacKinnon is a former White Home and Pentagon official and writer of the e book: The 56 – Liberty Classes from those that risked all to signal The Declaration of Independence. Comply with him @DougOfSkye.
