Trump Freed Me
Published: April 1, 2026 •
2 min read
Updated: May 8, 2026 3:30 PM (3 days ago)
I have always been a hard-working, law-abiding, socially responsible American citizen. I paid my taxes honestly. I respected the police and the courts. I believed in service, accountability, and character. I was proud of my country—not just its flag, but what I thought it stood for: integrity, decency, and democracy. I have always been proud to be an American, as the song says, and felt more than fortunate to have been born in the United States.
Then we elected Donald Trump, and my entire worldview changed.Here is a man who has filed bankruptcy many times, evaded taxes with pride, is famous for cheating workers and contractors out of money, fills the courts with lawsuits to get his way, publicly degrades anyone who upsets him, lies almost every time he speaks, and does whatever he feels like doing—legal or illegal—to MAGA applause.
So all of this is accepted behavior in America now? You can act any way you want—lie, cheat, and steal—and people applaud?If this is the new standard, then what exactly are we all still following the rules for? If this is what "winning" looks like, then why bother teaching your kids to be honest? Why obey laws that don’t apply equally? Why play fair when the people at the top are cheating and being rewarded for it?
Trump didn’t just break norms—he broke the very concept of American values and that character matter.So yes—Trump freed me. Freed me from the illusion that integrity is required. Freed me from the belief that law and order actually needs to be followed. Freed me from thinking America still values a hard-working, law-abiding, socially responsible citizens.
And if it changed how I felt about all of that, what do you think it does for people who didn't feel the way I did?
