I’m just back from broadcasting at the White House to mark the Trump administration’s First 100 Days.
Dr. Marty Makary, the new head of the FDA, and Vani Hari, the Food Babe, were among our guests. They are important because, outside of issues like immigration, Americans are paying close attention to RFK Jr.’s push to make our food more healthful. Makary and Hari are key players for those plans. Both spoke extensively about the progress made in removing harmful dyes from our food and taking on Big Pharma. They illustrate Trump’s big tent, since he is a huge fast-food fan.
I also talked with Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer about Trump’s gains with union workers and working-class Americans. Trump’s proposals, like removing taxes on tips and overtime, resonate tremendously with this part of the Trump coalition.
When Tom Homan, the Trump Border Czar who has slowed illegal immigration from a stream to a trickle, entered my broadcast room, he was swarmed by grateful talk radio hosts. Homan has been relentless and achieved remarkable success in deporting thousands of criminals here illegally. He has also provoked the opposition to his enforcement of our immigration laws into possibly criminal actions.
During this past week, we saw a New Mexico judge (who hastily resigned) and his wife arrested for allegedly harboring a Venezuelan drug gang member. A Wisconsin judge was charged after she allegedly attempted to sneak an illegal immigrant who was charged with beating a woman out the back door of her courtroom to evade ICE agents.
Without a doubt, Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration has been his most successful policy. It has also been successful politically. Check out how Democrats have started to retreat from defending Kilmer Abrego Garcia, the illegal immigrant from El Salvador who they constantly referred to as a Maryland man. His baggage included deep connections with or membership with the notorious MS-13 gang, and his wife asking for protective orders against him.
As Americans learned about his background, the Democrats dropped Garcia as their poster boy for what they claim are Trump’s abuses of due process for people here illegally.
One area where President Trump is still facing challenges is with the progressive and unfair media narrative that he is not to be recognized like other presidents.
That narrative falsely claims that he is a budding Hitler or, at least, an authoritarian figure who should be isolated and shunned. Is this why Philadelphia Eagles Quarterback Jalen Hurts, wide receivers A.J. Brown and Devonta Smith, the retiring Brandon Graham, and multiple other Eagles claimed, “scheduling conflicts,’ skipping Trump’s White House celebration for their dominant Super Bowl win?
Is this why The Philadelphia Inquirer could run a column headlined “Will Saquon Barkley, Philadelphian and Eagle, Survive Getting Cozy with Donald Trump?” This headline was in response to Barkley playing golf with Trump days before the White House visit. How could Barkley, who arguably carried the Eagles to the championship and is seen as a model person, be shunned in Philadelphia? Well, Inquirer columnist Marcus Hayes wrote, “I scrolled on, knowing, inevitably, that Barkley’s choice to implicitly endorse and validate the person and presidency of a convicted felon whose overt associations with, and endorsements of, racism especially directed at Black people, could result in months, if not years, of Barkley being cast as the latest Kanye West or Mike Tyson or Antonio Brown …”
All this because Barkley played a round of golf with the president of the United States? Trump didn’t even gain any points from The Inquirer for endorsing the Tush Push. I salute the Eagles’ ownership for going to the White House and Barkley for respecting the office.
God only knows what the next hundred days will bring.