Competence Over Chaos
Kevin McCullough
Sunday’s 60 Minutes interview with President Trump was footnoted by an interesting observation. As Norah O’Donnell wrapped up her 90-minute sit-down, she asked the president—now nearly a year into his new term—what he hoped to accomplish over the next three years. His answer was simple and revealing: “More of the same.”
That’s not a shrug. It’s confidence.
After arguably the most productive nine months of governance in American history, Trump doesn’t need to reinvent the wheel. The economy is roaring back, border crossings have plummeted, manufacturing jobs are returning, and foreign adversaries are—for the first time in years—thinking twice before testing America’s resolve. When pressed on whether he’s considered a third term, he said, “I’ve been too busy to think about that.” You almost believe him. He’s been too busy doing the job.
And when O’Donnell probed about potential successors—JD Vance? Marco Rubio?—he smiled and said he liked both very much, but that “it’s not the time to name names. The bench is strong.” A quiet flex from a man whose administration is functioning like a team, not a circus. Considering the interview began with O’Donnell’s questions about the government shutdown—a spectacle wholly engineered by the Democrats—the contrast could not have been sharper.
For clarity’s sake: Republicans have voted to open the government 18 times. Democrats have voted to keep it closed 18 times. Chaos is their brand.
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