The holidays are behind us, Mike Johnson is back as Speaker of the House, and our attention is now squarely on the incoming Trump Administration and what comes next. The media frenzy has already kicked into high gear. Will Greenland become MagaLand? Will Canada be forced to become the 51st state? Could the Panama Canal once again be under American control? What’s next—will the Gulf of America replace the Gulf of Mexico on weather maps? I urge you to take a step back, take a deep breath, and remember how we got here.
The political landscape has been turned upside down. The 2016 election of Donald Trump was the seismic shift that reshaped everything, and since then, the establishment media and political class have been scrambling to catch up. Trump’s rise to prominence is akin to a WWE wrestler clearing the announce table before delivering a signature move—at that moment, everything changes. Think of it as a frog splash or a flying elbow off the top rope—his 2024 comeback was equally dramatic. After being knocked down by the establishment, Trump rose from the ashes and pulled off an unprecedented, resounding victory on November 5th.
“Give the controlled chaos a chance… this isn’t chaos for chaos’ sake—it’s part of a plan and what America voted for.
Mike Biundo
Here’s what I’m getting at: give the controlled chaos a chance. Yes, Vivek Ramaswamy, our friend and former client, is teaming up with Elon Musk in the new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to overhaul how our government works, shaking up the system in the process. Yes, figures like Kennedy, Gabbard, Hegseth, McMahon, and Noem will challenge the stale, status-quo politics that have plagued Washington for decades. But this isn’t chaos for chaos’ sake—it’s part of a plan and what America voted for. It’s what most of the successful Republican candidates in Congress ran on.
So take my advice: sit back, buckle up, and enjoy the front-row seat for what will be one heck of a ride. Americans are demanding change, and change is coming. Will it be perfect? Of course not. It never is. But it will be progress—and after four years of Biden and Harris, America desperately needs that right now.
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