Steely Dan once sang about “reelin’ in the years,” and 2025 certainly fits into that category.  President Trump returned with a vengeance, literally, driving his detractors into fits of irrational rage.

 

Let me state this clearly: there is nothing wrong with opposing Donald Trump; that’s called freedom of expression.  But trying to hurt the President is another matter.

 

This historian already knows 2026 will be an extremely turbulent year in the USA. That’s because the anti-Trump forces have just one more shot at him. If Republicans hold the House and Senate next November, the President will actually acquire more power than he wields now. And the progressive left will be his main target.

 

Thus, liberal America, as well as its media allies, will attack Mr. Trump nonstop next year.  And if he is to prevail, the President must develop a better form of messaging, especially regarding the high cost of living.

 

The key to Trump’s future is a cogent explanation.  Why is he doing what he is doing?  I admire the President’s accessibility, especially after the cloistered Joe Biden.  But too often Mr. Trump distracts the nation with personal feuds and self-defeating invective.

 

A calmer, more verbally methodical Donald Trump would bolster him enormously because most of his policies are working, at least to some extent.

 

In preparation for the coming onslaught, the President should expect stepped-up vilification beginning in January. He should meet that stating calm facts. Stow the emotion.

 

For the warrior Trump, that’s very tough to do.  But there’s no other pathway.

 

See you this evening for the No Spin News.