Donald Trump’s far-ranging counter-revolution,
to quote the old Star Trek mission statement,
seeks “To boldly go where no one has
gone before.”

I thought it was, "To boldly go where no man has gone before." But I’m not a Trekker or Trekkie, as it were, although I’ll enjoy an occasional episode now and then. Anyways to say that past GOPers like Romney, McCain, and most of all former president Bush, to name just three, lacked the intestinal fortitude of our current President, is gross understatement.

"Our bicoastal experts and authorities" will "simply move on to their next flawed prognosis, fortified by their titles and letters after their names—but otherwise little else" Yet every iteration proves those experts wrong and more incompetent, not in a small way but in significant and large ways. You cannot walk away from such failures as claiming the border cannot be closed without major legislative changes and then seeing Trump do it with an executive order and accomplish in a couple months. You cannot claim tariffs will be refused by other countries with economic collapse, only to see Trump negotiate deals (benefitting the US) with more countries every day. People saw the incompetence of the government under Biden. It was obvious. Now the People are starting to realize the liberal institutional experts are all doing stupid stuff and that is why nothing got done. Stuff That Works beats Stupid Stuff hands down every time. The American People don't want to become experts on how to run the government but they can tell the difference between a burnt out bulb and a working one and they know it is time for changing bad bulbs. They also know who has been selling the bad bulbs; dems, media, liberal bureaucracy, the Left, ... , modern snake oil salesmen.

Poster #1, you're right. The original Star Trek did say where 'no man' but the new Star Trek, Next Generation, changed it to 'no one.' Great article and spot on.

So the bottom line is that the writer is NOT quoting the Star Trek Mission Statement "Space The Final Frontier". For nearly all of the franchise it was "where no man has gone before". I never heard Lt. Uhura complain . Bit like all things in Y he n a m e of progress it had to be dumbed down, it's impact reduced; blunted by acquiescense to "progressive" thought. And like sheep people accept these ostensibly subtle changes and then they wake I p one day and find everything has become 'woke'. And they wonder what happened - right under their noses. The Left will do that to you. If you let them.

Being six years older than VDH, I've lived through all the past Republican administrations he criticizes. My memory conflicts with his assertion that no previous conservative Republican president dared to question the progressive dominance is incorrect. Reagan was very vocal against it, starting with his 1964 speech for Goldwater, and made tax cuts, restoring energy independence, and winning the Cold War the cornerstones of his 8 years as President. Congressional Republicans refused to back him when he wanted to go to the American people to pressure Congress to abolish the Departments of Education and Energy. Whether Nixon was a conservative or not, he challenged the status quo in foreign policy. Trump is unique. Comparing past presidents with him is difficult. This is a totally different political and social environment. Trump is leading a counter revolution. He's building a new Republican Party. Go ahead on, President Trump.