Tulsi Gabbard getting confirmed. Wow! Auditing the money that the US sent to Ukraine. Shutting down the slush funds of NGOs. Freezing foreign aid. Shutting off the funding for the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), the chief meddler in other countries' elections. What's next -- getting RFK Jr confirmed? Things have been happening. It is scary for me to move from a tightly leashed Hope to actual optimistic expectations. Perhaps professional cynics like me are cowards who use their cynicism to protect themselves from disappointment. Regardless of whether a person agrees with Trump or not, Trump 2.0 seems drastically more effective than Trump 1.0. Does this show that it can be beneficial for presidents to have non-consecutive terms? It makes sense that a four year hiatus for some deep thinking and reorganizing would have an effect. Consecutive terms make it too easy for failed advise...
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