Washington Letter: Happy Birthday, President Trump! – David Stringer, Publisher

Prescott eNews wishes to join everyone in our hometown of Prescott, the State of Arizona, the United States of America  and the whole wide world in wishing President Donald Trump a happy 79^th birthday. For the sake of the peace and well being of the world,  let us pray there are many more Trump birthdays to come.

I first met Donald Trump in the fall of 2015 as an Arizona delegate to the National Federation of Republican Assembly’s national convention in Nashville, Tennessee. Trump had just  announced for the presidency. No primaries had been held.  I liked Ted Cruz and some of the others. But I liked Donald Trump the best. It was clear he was not a conventional politician. He was a cut above.  He was a man of destiny.

I had an aisle seat near the podium the day he spoke in Nashville. As he strode past me with his security detail, I was struck by how much more vital and youthful he looked in person than on TV.  His hair really is golden. He glowed. He spoke for nearly an hour without notes. He talked about the things that really mattered—immigration, crime, fake media, woke schools, and  the appalling decline of our country during the Obama years. At that time it was politically incorrect for a politician to talk in anything but  platitudes about issues touching on race. Trump talked openly about America’s changing demographics and the sell out of the white working class.

Trump couldn’t fix it all in his first term. The Deep State fought him tooth and claw. No President has ever been opposed with such vicious personal hatred. But he did drive down illegal immigration, cut taxes and give us a new Supreme Court, to mention a few of the transformative changes of his first term. Whether you believe the 2020 election was stolen with fake votes or democracy itself was hijacked by fake media,  the fact remains that Donald Trump and the American people were cheated. But not even a corrupt White House could hide forever the incompetence of Biden and Harris. By the Grace of God, Donald Trump is President again.  America is getting another chance.

By happy coincidence, President Trump’s birthday—he was born June 14, 1946 in Queens, York—also falls on several other noteworthy anniversaries. Local patriots may wish to honor the birthday of an Arizona favorite son and friend of the President, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who was born June 14, 1932,  in Springfield, Massachusetts.  At 93,  he is still going strong. America’s Toughest Sheriff was a trailblazer on immigration enforcement and has the scars to prove it. Happy Birthday, Sheriff Joe!

June 14^th is also the 228^th  anniversary of the American Flag. The United States dates its founding from the adoption of the US Constitution in 1787. But the first version of the flag of the United States dates from the Revolutionary War and a Resolution  by the Second Continental Congress adopting the flag as our national symbol on June 14, 1777. When we pledge allegiance to our country, we “Pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States…..” Our country and our flag were created out of war and rebellion against injustice. The spirit of rebellion and willingness to fight for what we believe in are foundational to our national existence.

Photo: Black Hawk helicopters (Ideogram.ai)

Patriots understand that freedom is never free. There are always those who want to exploit and dominate and diminish others. We are only as free as we are strong. Today President Trump has ordered a great military parade in Washington DC to commemorate the 250^th Anniversary of the US Army. The army that was founded in 1775 was the first American revolutionary army commanded by General George Washington. They fought for eight long years against great odds to win our national independence. In our national life, America has fought many wars. We have not always achieved our goals. But America’s soldiers have never failed us. Today we honor the sacrifice and valor of the US Army over 250 years of service to our country and the cause of freedom.

Ceremonies commemorating these wonderful birthdays  are scheduled for 2:00pm today, Saturday, June 14^th, at the Courthouse Plaza in downtown Prescott.