Trump signed an order banning birth-right citizenship. This was eight years overdue, but better late than never. He signed one to reinstate members of the military who were discharged because they wouldn’t get vaccinated. With his warp speed vaccine, which he’s still bragging about, but still. And with back pay. He withdrew from the World Health Organization. Ordered all government DEI programs closed, and officially recognized the only two biological genders. Perhaps most importantly, he declared a national emergency at the southern border, and seemingly approved the use of U.S. troops to enforce it. Some of these were suggestions of mine, which I claimed Trump would act on, if he wasn’t an orange crisis actor. Maybe Trump does read my Substack. Regardless, these are commendable moves any way you look at it. Executive orders are no guarantee, but at least he signed a bunch of them.

Now, I am a bit concerned about the mass deportations. Which didn’t happen on “day one,” supposedly because of something going on in Chicago, where the deportations are supposed to start. In the last comment from Trump’s hard ass border czar Tom Homan, he was proclaiming that “mass deportations begin today.” That was January 21. I could find no updates on this. This appears to be more in line with what we saw in Trump’s first White House. “Mass deportations begin in two weeks.” Yes, “two more weeks” has become a meme to represent QAnon-style faith. Will we be saying “two more weeks” in perpetuity regarding the mass deportations? It’s perplexing, but all too familiar, to find no one questioning this anywhere online. Maybe Trump will shut me up again, and deport millions by the end of the month. Color me skeptical. But Trump has apparently already declassified the JFK files. So there’s that.