On Jan. 20, 2025, our country was blessed with the 60th Presidential Inauguration. President Trump won a resounding victory on Nov. 5, 2024 because voters were disillusioned.
I believe the primary reason was that Americans felt unsafe over liberal Biden-Harris law-and-order policies. For instance, America saw fentanyl overdoses kill 73,000 Americans in 2023. Also, the FBI’s revised 2023 report showed a 4.5% rise in violent crime. And high-profile crimes committed by illegal immigrants, such as Jose Ibarra ruthlessly murdering Laken Riley with a rock. I truly believe that Americans wanted a president who could keep them safe.
As President Trump eloquently stated, “The Golden Age of America begins right now.” He intends to keep America safe by designating cartels as foreign terrorist organizations and deploying troops to the Southern border. He intends to refocus military efforts to war rather than DEI social experiments. These are only some of the promises President Trump made and, more importantly, intends to deliver in order to protect our country.
It is almost unimaginable that we are in this position. On July 13, 2024, President Trump made a last second head turn causing a sniper’s bullet to strike his ear rather than his head while on stage. As a Greek Orthodox Christian, I am guided by the role God plays in people’s lives. President Trump also recognizes this.
Similarly, President Reagan wrote, “Whatever happens now I owe my life to God and will try to serve him in every way I can.” Presidents Reagan and Trump both barely survived an assassin’s bullet. Just as I believe that God saved President Reagan’s life to bring about the end of the Cold War, I also believe that God saved President Trump’s life to protect our great country. It is Morning in America again!
Sources:
74,000 Fentanyl overdoses in 2023: https://ow.ly/RyXG50UOCI4
Congressman Comer statement on 2023 FBI revised report: https://ow.ly/cpJP50UOCM3
Jose Ibarra convicted of murder of Laken Riley: https://ow.ly/qNL850UOCOw
Transcript of President Trump’s inauguration: https://ow.ly/ghar50UOCPN
Jonathan Panton, OPRF High School, class of 2017