President Trump’s ‘Common-sense Revolution’

So much of what Donald Trump said to Congress last night really is a return to normal in America. In his 100-minute speech, he touted his administration’s achievements in its first six weeks in reversing a lot of lunacy imposed by his predecessor. The “common-sense revolution” includes actions like securing America’s border, stopping the illegal immigration flood, deporting foreign criminals, bolstering law enforcement, canceling diversity quotas, restoring merit-based hiring, removing “wokeness” from education, upholding free speech, upholding biological gender reality, banning child transgender surgery, barring men from women’s sports, and curbing wasteful government spending. These are things all Americans should cheer, and most do.

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But watching the Democrats in Congress stew, pout, boo, jeer and walk out was remarkable. As Trump said, “I realize, there’s nothing I can say to make them happy, stand, or smile or applaud. I could find a cure to the most devastating disease, or announce the answers to the greatest economy in history, or the stoppage of crime to the lowest levels ever. And these people—sitting right here—will not clap, stand or cheer for these achievements.” It is a stark reminder of how, as our feature story this morning says, “God Is Silencing Obama” and the radicalism he pushed that created such bitter affliction in America.

God is saving America through Trump. Last night’s speech underscored just how striking and swift the change has been. There are legitimate concerns, especially regarding this administration’s foreign policy. But in so many ways it is refreshing to have a president taking such bold action to break the choke hold those radicals had on America.

Germany’s stunning “U-turn” on military spending: The new governing coalition isn’t in place yet, but German lawmakers have agreed to a deal that will allow Germany to max out its credit card on military spending. If approved, it will be one of the nation’s biggest steps toward militarizing since it was allowed to have an army in 1955.

Former Chancellor Olaf Scholz spent his time in office promising big changes but only partially delivering. Now Friedrich Merz isn’t even chancellor and he’s pushing for radical transformation.

The deal between the right-wing Christian Democrats and left-wing Social Democrats would change the German constitution, eliminating all restrictions on military spending. The constitution restricts how much Germany can borrow, but this deal would exempt all military spending above 1 percent of GDP from that limit.

“What happened last night is without a doubt the biggest U-turn in Germany since 1969 when Germany started to revalue the D-Mark,” wrote EuroIntelligence. “And it has been made possible by Donald Trump. The sheer depth and the breadth of the coalition agreement goes beyond anything political observers, us included, imagined possible.”

There is a hurdle: Changing the constitution requires a two-thirds majority in parliament. That won’t be possible in the new parliament. Right now, though, Germany is in the gap of up to 30 days between the election and the new parliament taking its seats. This proposal could get the necessary support while the old parliament is still in place. (Though the Greens party will be reluctant and will exact a price for going along.)

Of course, having an outgoing parliament change the constitution is a glaring violation of democratic traditions. But Merz apparently doesn’t care. What does democracy matter when global crises so clearly demand action? The clock is ticking. The deal must be struck before the 30 days are up.

With this deal, Merz reportedly plans to supercharge German military spending. “The immense figures under discussion in Berlin would have been politically unthinkable a week ago, before the total loss of faith in U.S. friendship,” wrote the Telegraph’s Ambrose Evans-Pritchard. “If enacted on anything close to this scale, such a high-octane blast of military Keynesianism will entirely change the economic and geopolitical shape of the world.”

This is exactly what Herbert W. Armstrong warned for decades would happen. “Europeans want their own united military power!” he warned in August 1978. “They know that a political union of Europe would produce a third major world power, as strong as either the U.S. or the USSR—possibly stronger!” This is happening quickly before your eyes. Our Trends article “Why the Trumpet Watches Europe’s Push Toward a Unified Military” explains more.