The 100-day-period that has changed America the most in the past 100 years: Trump's Counter-Revolution Is a Blitzkrieg, Acting on All Fronts Simultaneously

In his first hundred days, Franklin Roosevelt established the foundations for what would become the  welfate state, writes GÉRALD OLIVIER in La Contre-Révolution Trump après cent jours (1ere partie), that is, an ever-increasing involvement of the government in all aspects of citizens' lives. 

What Trump has accomplished in his first hundred days almost a century later — in an article where GÉRALD OLIVIER gives a "survey of what was, if not accomplished, at least initiated, during the hundred day-period that has changed America the most in the past 100 years" — is similar to FDR's, but in the opposite direction.

In three months, he has launched the most ambitious counter-revolution ever envisioned in the United States. The term is not too strong. It is indeed a "counter-revolution." Donald Trump's ambition is to unravel the immense web woven by the government since 1945 and unleash the creative and entrepreneurial energy of the American people. At the same time, he aims to rebalance the international trade system as it has existed since that same date, in order to consolidate the United States' position as the world's leading power while restoring its aura in the world.

This counter-revolution has been conducted at a rapid pace, primarily through presidential decrees (Executive Orders or EOs). He signed 142 of them. A record. FDR signed 99 in his first three months.

Neither the form nor the substance of this counter-revolution were surprising.

Trump is known for wanting to move quickly and favoring a form of chaos to surprise and destabilize his adversaries. He learned this in business. To change things, "you have to move fast and cause havoc," as a popular expression in Silicon Valley goes. He therefore launched a furious "blitzkrieg," acting on all fronts simultaneously.

Donald Trump also announced and detailed the actions of his future administration during his presidential campaign. In dozens of tirelessly repeated remarks and speeches. His slogans "America First" and "Make America Great Again" (MAGA) foreshadowed everything he has undertaken since January 20: fighting illegal immigration, fighting inflation, reviving fossil fuels, reducing bureaucracy, eliminating wokeness, returning to common sense, reindustrializing the United States, and rebalancing international trade.

The only surprises came from his foreign policy. Trump restored the Monroe Doctrine and proclaimed a new American imperialism, something he had hardly elaborated on before his election. He also clashed with geopolitical realities, and his hopes of achieving peace in Ukraine were dashed by the intransigence of the parties to the conflict. However, his commitment to Israel in the Middle East was exemplary.

An overview of what was, if not accomplished, at least begun during the 100-day period that changed America the most in a century.

Illegal Immigration

The fight against illegal immigration is the most convincing success of the American administration since January. Donald Trump managed to close the country's southern border. What his predecessors said was impossible without a new law from Congress, he accomplished single-handedly in just a few weeks. The border with Mexico, which was crossed by an average of 5,000 people every day from 2021 to 2024, and sometimes as many as 12,000, is now seeing fewer than 200 daily crossings. 178 to be precise at the end of April. The flow has stopped. Overnight. There is no longer a massive influx of illegal immigrants into the United States. This has had an immediate impact on criminal risk, terrorism risk, and drug trafficking.

At the same time, the Trump administration has launched the most massive deportation operation of all time. Every day, approximately 1,000 illegal immigrants, accused of crimes in the United States and sometimes already convicted, are apprehended and returned to their countries of origin or held in pretrial detention on American soil. This is particularly the case for members of the MS-13 gangs in El Salvador and the Tren de Aragua gang in Venezuela, who are sent to the CECOT terrorist detention center in El Salvador.

The administration's swift execution, particularly that of the border police (ICE, Immigration and Customs Enforcement), has provoked the ire of Democrats and several judges who have attempted to block the deportations, arguing that they are unconstitutional and deprive the victims of their rights. Trump and his administration have appealed these orders, and these disputes will inevitably end up before the Supreme Court, which will be called upon to rule in the coming months, or even weeks. This will be an opportunity to clearly redefine the scope of presidential powers regarding illegal immigration, as well as the limits to judicial obstructionism.

As a reminder, interference by federal judges to block executive branch decisions at the national level has been steadily increasing recently, constituting a means of blocking government action, completely contrary to the popular will expressed through the electoral process. During George W. Bush's two eight-year terms in office, there were a total of six judicial injunctions against his decisions. Then, twelve during the eight years of the Obama presidency. And sixty-four during Trump's first term alone. Under Biden, the total had fallen to fourteen. It has reached thirty-five during the first three months of Trump's new term, for a total of 99. Clearly, the local judicial system has become the new recourse for the Democratic opposition to halt executive action and interfere with the democratic process when the Republicans are in power.

Fighting Inflation

On the inflation front, the price of key commodities, including eggs—a staple of the traditional American breakfast—and especially gasoline, have fallen considerably. It cost $6.50 to buy a dozen eggs on January 21st; now, the price is $3.20. A 50% drop. A barrel of crude oil, which was $73 on January 20th, fell to $58 on April 8th. It has since risen to $63. This represents a drop of 15 to 20%, which was immediately felt at the pump by American drivers (and European drivers, but with less impact given the weight of taxes on gasoline prices in Europe).

In Georgia, gasoline has fallen below $2 per gallon (akin to 4 liters) in some places. The national average price remains at $3.15, whereas it had hovered near $5 in July 2022.

The United States is currently experiencing no domestic inflationary pressure. This does not prevent the media from denouncing a "potential risk of imported inflation" presented by the widespread increase in tariffs that Trump introduced on April 2. However, this is only a "risk," not a proven reality, and this risk is uncertain because the level of the tariffs in question is currently subject to multiple negotiations, and the impact of a tariff on a product's selling price is a matter of debate.

Energy Revival

Regarding energy, the Green New Deal, beloved by the tree huggers, is dead, and the United States has once again withdrawn from the 2015 Paris Agreement. Donald Trump has reauthorized the exploitation of fossil fuel deposits, authorized liquefied gas exports, issued new exploration permits, notably in Alaska, a vast territory containing equally vast hydrocarbon reserves, restarted the production of "clean coal," and suspended permits for the installation of new "wind farms." In short, fossil fuels, which abound in the United States' subsoil, are once again popular, and renewable energies are being restored to their historic place as backup energy sources.

Trump established a "National Energy Dominance Council" whose task is to work not simply toward US energy independence, which was achieved during his first term, but also toward its dominance in the global market.

Trump also ended the ban on internal combustion vehicles in 2035. The Biden administration had decreed that electric vehicles should account for 67% of car sales by 2032, and 100% three years later. This decision was made without any public consultation or parliamentary debate by the un-elected bureaucrats of the Environmental Protection Agency. Trump put an end to this ambition, which was nothing more than wishful thinking and would spell the end of the American auto industry.

Conversely, he encouraged the production of all types of vehicles—internal combustion, hybrid, and electric—on American soil. This was to revive the struggling industry and support the re-industrialization of the United States. Many manufacturers, including Toyota, Honda, Mercedes, Hyundai, and Audi, have responded to this call, motivated by the desire to avoid the tariffs that President Trump has begun imposing on imported vehicles and auto parts.

Government Reform and the Fight Against the Deep State

The DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency) is the most spectacular creation of the Trump 2.0 administration. And the opposition it has generated is both a reflection of its success and an illustration of the true mood prevailing in Washington.

For decades, American presidents, both Republican and Democratic, have complained about a sprawling, costly, and paralyzing bureaucracy. Ronald Reagan complained about it as early as 1981, Bill Clinton in the 1990s, and Barack Obama in 2012. All vowed to take action to reduce this bureaucracy.

At the time, this ambition was unanimously supported by public opinion. But all these presidents have, in truth, done nothing. A speech full of melodrama, and nothing beneath it. Donald Trump, on the other hand, who had promised to act quickly and decisively to reduce the power and influence of un-elected bureaucrats during his campaign, set about drastically reducing bureaucracy upon his return to the White House. First with a simple rule: a new regulation can only be instituted if ten existing rules are eliminated. Then with the creation of DOGE, which he entrusted to Elon Musk.

The task specified to Musk is to identify all "abuses, fraud, and waste" existing in government agencies and services, in order to inform directors so that they can take the necessary measures. In just three months, Musk has exposed tens of billions of dollars of waste, often bordering on negligence, sometimes incompetence, as well as outright embezzlement and a form of corruption. In short, Musk has revealed the use of billions of dollars of public funds to finance opaque progressive propaganda outlets in the United States and abroad.

Musk should have been celebrated as a hero. He should have been praised, thanked, and rewarded. Because, without asking for any compensation, he launched a fight on behalf of American taxpayers, to ensure that their hard-earned dollars were spent wisely and for causes that served the United States' interests. But he was vilified, denounced, threatened, and attacked. His companies' products were vandalized and boycotted. Why? Because by attacking the bureaucracy—that is, the deep state—with a chainsaw, Elon Musk has shaken the Democratic political machine and endangered the radical nebula that has thrived for years on hidden government subsidies. The violence of the attacks he continues to face is, moreover, the true measure of the success of his actions.

So far, DOGE has saved $160 billion. That's 10% of the budget deficit. One hundred and twenty thousand civil service jobs have been eliminated. That sounds like a lot, but it only represents 6% of the workforce, or $12 billion in savings per year. Dozens of agencies have nevertheless seen their missions redefined or suspended, indicating that DOGE's impact is not just economic but political.

Dans La Contre-Révolution Trump après cent jours (1ere partie), GÉRALD OLIVIER nous donne un "Tour d’horizon de ce qui a été, sinon accompli, du moins commencé, au cours des cent premiers jours qui ont le plus changé l'Amérique en un siècle."

Le 30 avril a clos les premiers cent jours du second mandat de Donald Trump à la Maison Blanche. C’est une date symbolique. Non pas en référence aux cent jours de Napoléon en 1815, mais aux cent jours de Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) en 1933. 

Devenu président après deux ans d’une crise économique sans précédent, Roosevelt avait réussi à stopper la spirale dépressive et redonner espoir à ses concitoyens, grâce à une série de réformes votées durant ses cent premiers jours. Ce faisant, il avait révolutionné le gouvernement, la politique et l’économie américaines plus qu’aucun de ses prédécesseurs. Ses premiers jours avaient établi les fondations de ce qui allait devenir « l’Etat providence »,  soit une implication toujours plus étendue du gouvernement dans tous les aspects de la vie des citoyens.

Près d’un siècle plus tard, Donald Trump est engagé dans une œuvre comparable, mais en sens inverse. En trois mois, il a lancé la plus ambitieuse contre-révolution jamais envisagée aux Etats-Unis. Le terme n’est pas trop fort. Il s’agit bien d’une « contre-révolution ». Donald Trump a pour ambition de détricoter l’immense toile tissée par le gouvernement depuis 1945 et de libérer l’énergie créative et entrepreneuriale du peuple américain. Dans le même temps, il ambitionne de rééquilibrer le système du commerce international tel qu’il existe depuis cette même date, afin de conforter la place des Etats-Unis comme première puissance mondiale et de restaurer son aura sur le monde. 

Cette contre-révolution a été conduite à cent à l’heure principalement à coups de décrets présidentiels (Exexutive Orders ou EOs). Il en a signé cent quarante-deux. Un record. FDR en avait signé 99 sur ses trois premiers mois. …

Immigration clandestine

… Pour rappel les interférences de juges fédéraux pour bloquer au niveau national les décisions de l’exécutif n’ont cessé de se multiplier récemment constituant un moyen, totalement contraire au vœux populaire exprimé via la processus électoral, de bloquer l’action du gouvernement. … l’appareil judiciaire local est devenu le nouveau recours de l’opposition démocrate pour stopper l’action de l’exécutif et interférer avec le processus démocratique lorsque les Républicains sont au pouvoir.

"Wholly unprepared for wartime production needs": Is America still the world’s leading technological and industrial power?

 

Is America still the world’s leading technological and industrial power?

asks ROF's Sébastien Laye in the Washington Examiner as he lays out A Techno-Industrial Policy Playbook for the US. 

This is the daring and haunting question some of the most brilliant minds in technology and industrial policy recently addressed in a thick volume called The Techno-Industrial Policy Playbook. 

Compiling contributions from American Compass, the Institute for Progress, the Foundation for American Innovation, and the New American Industrial Association Foundation, this extensive text lists policy proposals anchored in the belief that if we prolong the mantra “invent here, make there”, a lurking decline will decidedly knock the U.S. off its pedestal. 

These researchers focused on three areas: industrial, national security, and frontier innovation. With AI, these three considerations are tightly intertwined inasmuch as technology has become the cornerstone of industrial and innovation might. The playbook proposed by these researchers has the merit to remind policymakers that without a manufacturing base, this three-pronged approach would be heedless.

At the inception of the text, the authors dramatize the stakes by asserting that America is wholly unprepared for wartime production needs, as it would take at the current pace nearly eight years to replenish our weapons inventory. These manufacturing problems are further exacerbated by failing electrical and energy infrastructure nationwide. From the citizenry’s perspective, technology, like other pursuits, should support economic growth, national security, and community flourishing.

 

Jusqu’à la trahison de Berlin en juin 1941, Staline et Hitler s’entendaient comme larron en foire pour se partager la Pologne et les pays nordiques

Vladimir Poutine a « oublié » que l’URSS a d’abord été l’alliée de l’Allemagne nazie, rappelle Yves Bourdillon sur le site de l'IREF (see bottom of this post for English-language hyperlinks).

Vladimir Poutine a présidé vendredi le défilé sur la Place Rouge à Moscou célébrant la victoire des Alliés sur l’Allemagne nazie, où il a effectué, comme toujours depuis trois ans, un parallèle entre ce combat victorieux et celui contre l’Ukraine. La Russie “a été et sera une barrière indestructible contre le nazisme, la russophobie, l’antisémitisme », a-t-il claironné.

 … Ceci rappelle la phrase de l’écrivain britannique Joseph Conrad ironisant déjà au XIXème siècle sur le « dédain quasi sublime des dirigeants russes pour la vérité ». 

 … La célébration de la victoire sur l’Allemagne nazie a toujours servi, mais encore plus massivement depuis l’invasion de l’Ukraine, de pierre angulaire à la légitimité du régime russe pour faire oublier ses échecs sur le front économique et social, ou les atteintes aux libertés publiques. 

Il peut être utile de rappeler que jusqu’à la trahison de Berlin en juin 1941, Staline et Hitler s’entendaient comme larron en foire pour se partager la Pologne et les Etats baltes [les pays baltes et la Finlande pour Staline, le Danemark et la Norvège pour Hitler] dans le cadre du pacte Molotov-Ribbentrop ayant permis à l’Allemagne nazie de masser toutes ses troupes à l’Ouest pour submerger l’armée française. Et les sacrifices gigantesques subis alors par les Russes ont été partagés par les Ukrainiens…  

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The Trump Revolution: 47's political initiatives must be understood as a comprehensive strategy in which everything is interconnected

The Trump revolution is underway says Philippe Karsenty, who bemoans that Trump's 100 Days has given rise to a tsunami of fake news about him. Speaking on Causeur, the spokesman for the Comité Trump France wants to re-establish a plethora of truths.

In assessing Donald Trump's first 100 days in office, the French media emphasize—with considerable irony—the president's approval rating, which currently stands at around 45%. However, they fail to mention that Emmanuel Macron's approval rating is at 25%, while François Bayrou—who was appointed Prime Minister just a month before the American president took office—struggles to stay above 20%. Certainly, Trump's personality, his outrageousness, his attitudes, and his negotiating methods can sometimes be disconcerting. However, the key is not the form but the substance of his policies and strategy. 

The Trump revolution is underway and it will be beneficial for the United States as well as for the free world; and contrary to what most French media outlets chorus repeatedly repeat, the only ones who might be worried about it are dictatorships and authoritarian regimes, notably China, Russia, Iran, Turkey, and North Korea. 

President Trump's political initiatives must be understood as a comprehensive strategy in which everything is interconnected. They require adjustments that sometimes create disruptions, and where the long-term objective is sometimes not immediately apparent. Some will only produce positive effects over time and with the various stakeholders taking his policies into account. Moreover, unlike professional politicians and ideologues, Donald Trump is pragmatic; he knows how to adapt to the uncertainties he faces. 

Fighting Illegal Immigration

During the Biden presidency, the United States experienced an unprecedented wave of illegal immigration. In just a few days, the Trump administration managed to secure the southern border and stem the flow of illegal immigrants. At the same time, its deterrent policies have drastically reduced the arrival of criminals and the importation of drugs, particularly fentanyl, a synthetic drug that has caused hundreds of thousands of deaths in the United States in recent years. In addition, a process of mass expulsion of illegal immigrants has been initiated. 

However, in keeping with their constant demonization of Donald Trump, some French media outlets are using misleading terminology to incriminate him; the most striking example being the mistranslation of the English term "deportation" into "déportation" (deportation) to play on its connotation linked to the deportation of Jews during World War II, when in fact it only practices "expulsions" of illegal immigrants… something France struggles to achieve with its infamous OQTF (Foreign Orders for Foreign Nationals). 

Foreign Policy in the Service of the United States and the Free World

The international order established in 1945 has shown its ineffectiveness in the face of major crises. Thus, the bombings and invasions of countries by the United States itself—notably Serbia, pounded by Bill Clinton in 1995, and Iraq, invaded by George W. Bush in 2003—as well as the Rwandan genocide in 1994, the 500,000 deaths in Syria over the past fifteen years, and Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022—following the seizure of Crimea in 2014—have clearly demonstrated that the international order has descended into anarchy.

Faced with this, Donald Trump has chosen to confront crises, attempt to end ongoing wars, and restore the United States' deterrent capacity.

He has established a diplomacy that serves the United States and the free world, notably securing, since coming to power, the release of 47 American hostages or prisoners around the world. Contrary to popular belief in France, Donald Trump is not interested in the Nobel Peace Prize he is suspected of courting. However, he does take spheres of influence into account in the negotiations he engages with various international actors. It is in this spirit that he ensured that the Chinese company that managed the Panama Canal was excluded, but also that he expressed his desire to move closer—sometimes too eagerly, I must admit—to Greenland and Canada, both of which are part of the American sphere of influence and where China—a strategic American adversary—is seeking to gain a foothold. It is also in this spirit that, far from abandoning Europe, he encourages it to achieve its defense autonomy, since there is no guarantee that future American administrations will be well-disposed toward the Old Continent.

The Middle East

In Israel, it is thanks to the proactive approach of the new American president that a ceasefire was reached between Hamas and Israel in January 2025 and that Israeli hostages were released. It was also under his leadership that the Houthis in Yemen—armed and financed by Iran—were considerably weakened, even though the missile attack that struck Israel on Sunday, May 4, promises massive and decisive retaliation. Thus, while Donald Trump appears to be giving a chance to negotiate with Iran to achieve its nuclear disarmament, it is highly likely that recent events will precipitate the prospect of a coordinated attack against Iran or a destabilization of the regime that could lead to the imminent fall of the mullahs; for the greater good of the Iranian people and the Middle East.

The new American administration is pragmatically observing the situation and seeking to find innovative solutions. Thus, while Emmanuel Macron's France is mired in outdated dogmas—notably the concept of "two states for two peoples"—Donald Trump, seeing that this solution is not working, has committed to frank and massive support—military and diplomatic—for the State of Israel to enable it to eradicate the Islamism that has attempted to destroy Israel on October 7, 2023—and more generally the Western world for over 40 years. Here, it is important to recall the youth of the new Trump administration who, with a few exceptions, experienced September 11 as the first historical event of their adult lives; allowing them to grasp the magnitude of the risks that this deadly ideology posed to their lives and way of life. 

Ukraine

In Ukraine, far from the propagandists and talk-show generals appearing on some French television stations calling for a prolongation of the war at the risk of triggering World War III, Donald Trump has set himself the goal of ending the fighting, which has already claimed nearly a million Russian and Ukrainian lives (dead and wounded).

Donald Trump seems to be losing patience with Vladimir Putin and could therefore establish a balance of power with Russia to force it to stop the fighting. Nothing is certain, but Vladimir Putin now seems to be identified as the obstacle to a cessation of hostilities. With the exception of a few hardliners, everyone understands that Crimea, like the territories conquered by Russia since 2022, will not return to Ukrainian control in the near future. It is in this spirit that negotiations are beginning in order to put an end to the war and guarantee the future security of Kyiv, particularly by uniting the economic and mining interests of the United States and Ukraine. 

It's the Economy, Stupid!

One of Donald Trump's main economic goals is to cut taxes for businesses and households, including completely eliminating income tax for those earning less than $200,000 a year. To achieve this, he intends to reduce excessive government spending but also bring money into the Treasury without taxing the American taxpayer.

To this end, he has initiated a trade war to rebalance the tariffs applied reciprocally between the United States and its trading partners. Among his financial and political objectives are the reindustrialization of certain key sectors by getting many large companies—both American and foreign—to commit to investing several trillion dollars, as well as the fight against social and environmental dumping by China.

La hausse des droits de douane a provoqué un choc sur les marchés financiers. Un mois plus tard, les bourses mondiales ont repris le chemin de la hausse et les cours sont aujourd’hui supérieurs à ce qu’ils étaient le 2 avril 2025, à l’annonce de ces fameux droits de douane. De plus, cette stratégie commerciale avait plusieurs objectifs, notamment celui d’affaiblir les deux principales menaces géostratégiques du monde libre, l’Iran et la Russie, dont les ressources sont essentiellement indexées sur les cours des hydrocarbures qui ont fortement baissé (– 30%) depuis l’arrivée de Trump à la Maison Blanche. Par ricochet, cela a immédiatement fait baisser le coût de l’essence à la pompe qui est un poste de dépenses important des ménages.

Afin de réduire la dépense publique, d’éradiquer les gaspillages et de faire la chasse aux subventions inutiles, le DOGE (le Département de l’Efficacité Gouvernementale) a été lancé sous la direction d’Elon Musk. Des médias ont ironisé sur le fait que « seulement » 160 milliards de dollars ont été économisés en trois mois. Face à cela, François Bayrou est toujours à la recherche de 40 milliards d’économies pour boucler son budget.

Enfin, lors du 1er trimestre 2025, le PIB américain s’est contracté de 0,3%. La plupart des médias ont attribué ce mauvais chiffre à Donald Trump et à ses droits de douane. C’est oublier qu’il n’est devenu président des Etats-Unis qu’au 20 janvier 2025 et que sa bataille commerciale n’a été lancée que le 2 avril, soit juste deux jours après la fin du premier trimestre 2025 ; la paternité de ce ralentissement économique étant donc bien à attribuer aux politiques de l’administration Biden.

The Fight Against Wokism: A Cultural Revolution

Shortly after taking office, Donald Trump uttered a revolutionary phrase: there are only two sexes, man and woman. He continued his campaign by ending DEI (Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion) programs. Many immediately criticized him, accusing him of racism, when the exact opposite is true: Donald Trump refuses to allow people to be favored—or penalized—because of their skin color, gender, or sexual orientation.

He wants this rejection of all discrimination to be applied in universities; this has led him to engage in a standoff with the most prestigious institutions, which, in addition to discriminating, have become the scene of major pro-terrorist demonstrations (Hamas, Hezbollah, and Houthis).

In short, the results of Donald Trump's first 100 days are indeed positive, thanks in particular to the fireworks of presidential executive orders he has signed. It's amusing to note that those who led France to near-bankruptcy and impotence over the past forty years dare to criticize him. Their actions led France to lose its European leadership, ceding it to Giorgia Meloni, the Italian Prime Minister, who has become Europe's true "strongman."

Donald Trump still has considerable work to do, but he still has three and a half years to restore the prestige and deterrent power of the United States, for the greater good of his country and the free world. Don't count on most French media outlets to keep you informed of his successes because, unlike in the United States, where the once-dominant media have given way to alternative media—podcasts, radio interviews, and social media—"progressive" propagandists are still firmly in power in France.

Let's be patient and see him in November 2026, at the time of the midterm elections. It is then that the American people, who gave him a clear mandate on November 5, 2024, to reform the country, will be able to express themselves, approve or reject the policies implemented.

Related: The 100-day-period that has changed America the most in the past 100 years — Trump's Counter-Revolution Is a Blitzkrieg, Acting on All Fronts Simultaneously
La révolution Trump est en marche affirme Philippe Karsenty, qui regrette que Les 100 jours de Trump ont donné lieu à un torrent de fake news le concernant. Sur Causeur, le porte-parole du Comité Trump France souhaité rétablir de nombreuses vérités.

En évaluant les cent premiers jours de Donald Trump, les médias français insistent – avec beaucoup d’ironie – sur la côte de popularité de Donald Trump qui s’établit actuellement autour de 45%. Pourtant, ils oublient de rappeler que celle d’Emmanuel Macron se situe à 25% tandis que François Bayrou – qui a été nommé Premier ministre juste un mois avant la prise de fonction du président américain – peine à se maintenir au-dessus de 20%. Certes, la personnalité de Trump, ses outrances, ses attitudes et ses méthodes de négociations peuvent parfois décontenancer. Pourtant, l’essentiel n’est pas la forme mais le fond de sa politique et de sa stratégie. La révolution Trump est en marche et elle sera bénéfique pour les Etats-Unis et le monde libre ; et contrairement à ce que répètent en chœur la plupart des médias français, les seuls qui pourraient s’en inquiéter sont les dictatures et les régimes autoritaires, notamment la Chine, la Russie, l’Iran, la Turquie et la Corée du Nord.

Les initiatives politiques du président Trump doivent être comprises comme une stratégie globale où tout est lié. Elles nécessitent des ajustements qui parfois créent des à-coups et où, parfois, l’objectif à long-terme n’apparait pas immédiatement. Certaines ne produiront d’effets positifs qu’avec le temps et la prise en compte de ses politiques par les différentes parties concernées. De plus, à la différence des politiciens professionnels et des idéologues, Donald Trump est pragmatique, il sait s’adapter aux incertitudes auxquelles il est confronté.

 … En somme, le bilan des 100 premiers jours de Donald Trump est effectivement positif, notamment grâce au feu d’artifice de décrets présidentiels qu’il a signés. Il est amusant d’observer que ceux qui ont conduit la France à la quasi-faillite et à l’impuissance ces quarante dernières années osent le critiquer. Leurs actions ont conduit la France à perdre le leadership européen pour le céder à Giorgia Meloni, la présidente du Conseil des ministres italien qui est devenue le véritable « homme fort » de l’Europe. 

Le travail qui reste à accomplir à Donald Trump est considérable mais il a encore 3 ans et demi pour restaurer le prestige et le pouvoir de dissuasion des Etats-Unis, pour le plus grand bien de son pays et du monde libre. Ne comptez pas sur la plupart des médias français pour vous informer de ses succès car, à la différence des Etats-Unis où les médias autrefois dominants ont cédé la place aux médias alternatifs – podcasts, entretiens radiophoniques et réseaux sociaux – les propagandistes « progressistes » sont toujours solidement aux commandes en France. …

L'assaut du Capitole n'a pas eu lieu : l'échec du discours médiatique contre la droite

Sur La Matinale de Frontières, Louise Morice interviewait "très intelligemment" Philippe Karsenty sur la politique douanière de Donald Trump. Jeremy Stubbs, directeur adjoint de la rédaction du magazine Causeur, est présent aussi. Louise Morice, elle, est la journaliste victime de l'agression par des députés LFI à l'Assemblée nationale. Quant à l'interview (qui commence à 6:48), ça s'appelle L'assaut du Capitole n'a pas eu lieu : l'échec du discours médiatique contre la droite !

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Dans notre matinale du 7 avril, nous recevons Philippe Karsenty porte-parole du comité Trump France, ainsi que Jeremy Stubbs, directeur adjoint de la rédaction du magazine Causeur. Nous évoquons l'annonce de Donald Trump, le président américain a déclenché une guerre commerciale en imposant des droits de douane à de nombreux pays, dont ceux de l'Union européenne. Comment la France et plus largement l'UE peuvent réagir ? 

Lors de notre Interview Frontale, nous accueillons Jérôme Sainte-Marie, sondeur, politologue et président de l’institut Pollingvox. Nous revenons sur la mobilisation en soutien à Marine Le Pen, ainsi que la manifestation organisée par LFI. Également au programme, le clivage entre bloc populaire et bloc élitaire. 

Sommaire :
00:00 : Intro
02:14 : Le Flash
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Why We Hate The 'News Media' — a thorough accounting of the propaganda machine

May 5, 1970 - Berkeley, California, USA: Protester wearing gas mask throws tear gas back at the police
during protest at the University of California at Berkeley against the Cambodian Incursion of the War in Vietnam.
Photo by Stephen Shames

What exactly is the ‘news media’?

asks Damien Bennett, as he gives what DB Hill calls "a thorough accounting of the propaganda machine" by Democratic Party operatives with bylines.

We are meant to believe it is an impartial, nonpartisan, agendaless recorder of facts of the day. [Coffee snort shoots out the nose.] No retelling of something seen -- filtered through everyone from an originating witness to stringer to downline transcription to ante-hoc 'fact checker' to copy desk to proofreader to bureau chief to the publisher's shadow -- no retelling is without a POV, a slant, by the time it is mantled with a headline. It has always been so. But today's ‘news media’ has no authentic POV. Everyone is -- quite literally -- on the same scripted page. There is no originating 'reporter', instead there are hidden fabricators, who create and shape 'news' fictions for -- Influencers. Flavorists. Propagandists.

• NPR Says It Won’t ‘Waste Our Time’ Covering Hunter Biden Laptop Story October 22, 2020
  Terence Samuel, NPR’s managing editor: “We don’t want to waste our time on stories that are not really stories, and we don’t want to waste the listeners’ and readers’ time on stories that are just pure distractions. And quite frankly, that’s where we ended up, this was … a politically driven event and we decided to treat it that way.”
• Glenn Greenwald: With News Of Hunter Biden Criminal Probe, Don't Forget The Media Outlets That Peddled The 'Russian Disinformation' Lie December 10, 2020
• WaPo, NYT Refuse To Return Pulitzers For Spreading Lies About Russia Collusion Hoax May 27, 2023

The ‘news media’ is today in the business of peddling, peddling junk 'news'. It is the Temu of propaganda. It does not report on new developments, it shifts and shores up narratives. The 'news media' and its creatures have taken their thirty pieces of silver, but unlike Judas Iscariot, who hung himself in shame for what he wrought, the 'news media', au contraire, is looking forward to prizes, bonuses, creative management contracts, speaking tours, and book deals -- everywhere the rattle of the shill's buy-me-pay-me begging bowl.

BEGIN HERE. Your lying eyes:

• Joe Scarborough (MSNBC): ‘F-You’ If You Don’t Believe THIS IS THE BEST BIDEN EVER March 6, 2024
  “Start your tape right now, because I'm about to tell you the truth. And f-you if you can't handle the truth. This version of Biden intellectually, analytically, is the best Biden ever. Not a close second. And I've known him for years. The Brzezinskis have known him for 50 years. If it weren't the truth, I wouldn't say it.”
• WaPo: ‘Cheapfake’ Biden Videos Enrapture Right-wing Media, But Deeply Mislead June 15, 2024
  The Republican National Committee posts a clipped video. Then the New York Post, the Telegraph and other pro-Trump outlets follow suit with the same deceptive framing.
• The Guardian: Videos Of Biden Looking Lost Are A Viral Political Tactic: ‘Low-level Manipulation’ June 19, 2024
• France24 (AFP): ‘Cheapfakes’: Out-of-context Videos Target Biden's Age June 19, 2024
• NYT: How Misleading Videos Are Trailing Biden As He Battles Age Doubts June 21, 2024
• NYT Backtracks, Admits ‘Hard To Imagine’ Biden Could Have Run U.S. For Another Term December 19, 2024
• Telegraph: The Truth About The Joe Biden Cover-up Is Finally Starting To Emerge April 19, 2025

Continue. ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE... (a merest sampling)

• Media Reportedly Pushed 25Th Amendment To Be Invoked 600+ Times Against Trump. What About Biden? [Spoiler: 1] July 9, 2024
• Despite Shooting, ABC, CBS And NBC Blast Trump With 95% Bad Press September 18, 2024
• ‘The Entire Room Is White’: NY Magazine Cries Racism After Cropping Black People Out Of Trump Party January 28, 2025
  The article, titled “The Cruel Kids’ Table,” falsely peddled the claim that “the entire room [was] white” at a pro-Trump event hosted by GOP Youth Advisory Council Co-Chair CJ Pearson—a black conservative.
• The Two Jakes: Split Video Proves Tapper’s Hypocrisy In Discussing Presidential Mental Fitness February 27, 2025
  ...Tapper was indignant at that thought of someone without a medical degree daring to claim that Biden was in cognitive decline.
• Receipts Don’t Lie: Drew Holden Slams Jake Tapper’s Cash-Grab Book On Biden’s Mental Decline February 27, 2025
• Ian Miles Cheong On X April 17, 2025: NPR’s CEO Katherine Maher on the truth: “Our reverence for the truth might be a distraction that’s getting in the way of finding common ground and getting things done.”
  [The entire talk here; money quotes start at 03'17".]
• Study: Media Gaslights Americans With Misleading Term [“Maryland Man”] For Illegal Immigrant Gangbanger Over 500 Times  April 21, 2025
• Staying on Script: The Legacy Media Coordinates Messaging With The DNC And Here’s How We Know (WATCH) April 28, 2025
• Collin Rugg On X April 28, 2025: Former CNN reporter Chris Cillizza says journalists were *not* covering up Biden's mental decline but were rather just too trusting of the Biden White House. Cillizza: "I think it was an inherent and sort of unconscious bias more than a conscious bias."
  [Also from Chris Cillizza.]
• Republicans Keep Trying To Make Biden’s Mental Capacity An Issue August 19, 2021 Analysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large
• Glenn H. Reynolds: At White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Fake Remorse Over Biden ‘Mistakes’ April 28, 2025
• Emma-Jo Morris: The White House Correspondents Dinner Taught Me That Media Bias Isn’t About Politics, Just Insanity  April 30, 2025
• Chuck Todd Claims Establishment Media ‘Didn’t Miss The Story’ On Biden’s Mental Decline April 29, 2025
  Todd: “And it’s this horrible sort of pitting different news organizations against each other when ultimately the people at fault are Chuck Schumer, Nancy Pelosi, Jill Biden, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, every elected member of Congress.”
• AYFKM? WHCA's 2024 Photo Of The Year Says Everything About Why The Legacy Media Is Dead April 29, 2025

2024 WHCA Picture Of The Year. No. Really. NOT This.

• ‘60 Minutes’ Report That Prompted Trump Lawsuit Is Nominated For An Emmy Award May 1, 2025
  Last fall’s “60 Minutes” story on Kamala Harris — the subject of Trump’s $20 billion lawsuit against CBS — was nominated for an Emmy Award Thursday for “outstanding edited interview.” Trump, in his lawsuit, complained that the interview was deceptively edited to make his Democratic election opponent look good.
• ‘Aging Happens Quite Quickly’: Jen Psaki Claims She ‘Never Saw’ Biden Decline May 3, 2025
• NYT: ‘Chilling Parallels’ Between Third Reich And Trump’s Second Term May 3, 2025
• Trafalgar Group Pollster Robert Cahaly: Media Pushing Fake Polls To Pressure Congress May 4, 2025
  [Apparently over half the country is lying to itself.]
• Media Fail — Trump Job Approval Rises 4 Points To 53% April 6, 2025
• CNN’s Enten: Regretful Trump Voters Do ‘Not Exist’ April 16, 2025
• CNN Data Analyst Harry Enten's Brutal Numbers On Trump Approval Will Devastate Dems May 2, 2025
  Enten examined who people thought would be doing a better job as president: Trump or Kamala Harris? "Trump continues to score a higher percentage of the vote than Kamala Harris!" Enten explained. He said they've continued to see it in "poll after poll."

The hem of the reckoning.

• ABC News, Stephanopoulos Settle Defamation Lawsuit With Trump, Pay $15 Million, Apologize December 14, 2024
• Trump Cancels State Department Subscriptions To NYT, AP, Reuters [et al.] February 19, 2025
  On Feb. 14, a follow-up memo directed procurement teams to prioritize the cancellation of contracts with six major news organizations: the Economist, the Times, Politico, Bloomberg News, AP and Reuters. ... Earlier this month, the Trump administration ordered the General Services Administration (GSA) to terminate all media contracts, including subscriptions to Politico, BBC, E&E and Bloomberg.
• Jeff Bezos Announces Significant Shift In Washington Post Opinion Page Direction February 26, 2025
• Jeff Bezos On X February 26, 2025: I’m writing to let you know about a change coming to our opinion pages. We are going to be writing every day in support and defense of two pillars: personal liberties and free markets. We’ll cover other topics too of course, but viewpoints opposing those pillars will be left to be published by others. 
• CNNLOL Wiped Out (Again) In Quarterly Ratings April 5, 2025
       TOTAL PRIMETIME VIEWERS / DEMO VIEWERS
       Fox News: 3.012 million (+46 percent) / 380,000 (+63 percent)
       CNNLOL: 558,000 (-6 percent) / 121,000 (-1 percent)
       MSNBC: 1.024 million (-18 percent) / 96,000 (-21 percent)
• Trump And CBS News Agree On Mediator To Settle $20B ‘60 Minutes’ Lawsuit April 8, 2025
• Disgraced Crybaby ’60 Minutes’ Executive Producer Resigns In A Snit April 23, 2025
  [Click link for roster of media shills fired, resigned, snit quit, squeezed, canceled, or demoted. Add Jennifer Rubin and Taylor Lorenz, both out at WaPo.]
• Paramount Chair Shari Redstone Throws Down After ‘60 Minutes’ Producer Resigns: Media Must ‘Give The Facts, Not Opinions’ April 23, 2025
• Public Broadcasting Exec Resists Trump Order To Defund NPR: 'WHOLLY INDEPENDENT' Of The Federal Government' May 2, 2025
  ['Wholly Independent' but needy.]
  In the 2025 fiscal year alone, NPR and PBS received around $535 million from the federal government.
• NYT Mocks Rural California Town For Not Using Mainstream Media May 4, 2025
  [Why might that be?]
• Trust In The Media Hits All-time Low In 50 Years March 1, 2025
• 71% Believe Media RIG POLLS To Fit Political Agenda April 29, 2025

An augury.

SOVEREIGNTY Wins The 2025 Kentucky Derby, Beating Favorite JOURNALISM May 3, 2025

And it turns out it wasn't just the WHCA Picture Of The Year. It is also the Pulitzer Prize in "breaking news photography."

Isn’t it funny that they gave the award for the one on the left? https://t.co/iwL5KTzoet

— The Gas Stove 🔥 (@TheGasStovee) May 5, 2025