Only three weeks into Trump’s second Administration, Americans are in awe of what a dynamic president can accomplish, but leftist mainstream media is in shock and Democrats are in full panic mode. In a whirlwind of actions, directives, and orders, Trump is aggressively and thoroughly cleaning house, but more importantly, he is briskly sweeping out the shadows.

Trump lost no time issuing myriad Executive Orders just minutes after being sworn in and he has not slowed down since. He promptly reversed all of Biden’s deleterious and often plain dumb policies. He fired top officials at DOJ and in the FBI among others and ordered all federal workers to report back to work in person or be dismissed. He also rapidly rescinded dozens of security clearances of current and former intelligence officials who knowingly released and repeated false information to mislead Americans and manipulate elections.

The Democrat Media Complex is again howling that Trump is cruel, rash, and reckless; they scream that he is moving too quickly. Of course, Democrats want Trump and his right-hand man, Elon Musk, to stop or at least slow down because they cannot keep up and have no idea how to respond effectively.

They swear his swiftness is careless and damaging. For example, leftists in the press and politics were apoplectic when Trump announced tariffs against Columbia and then against China, Canada, and Mexico. AOC whined that coffee would soon be more expensive, but Columbia complied and agreed to accept their citizens back before Starbucks could steam another espresso.

Canada and Mexico vowed to retaliate, but before any tariffs went into effect, Mexico agreed to send 10,000 Mexican troops to secure the border and stem the flow of illegal immigrants and drugs. Then Canada capitulated, vowing to implement a $1.3 billion program to shore up the border and stop the flow of drugs, so Trump postponed the tariffs for 30 days, when he will assess their progress.

While leftists were yelling the sky is falling and the Wall Street Journal warned about the “dumbest trade war ever,” it didn’t happen because a resolute president got a better deal for America by simply negotiating with clarity and strength. Overly-emotional Democrats divulge their irrationality and instability with plenty of comical unhinged rants, but they can’t or won’t change. The lesson for all Americans is to remain calm; the process is working. Trump knows what he’s doing; it will all work out.

The main reason Trump must drain the swamp as fast as possible is the creatures lurking there did before and are again planning to thwart Trump and undermine his administration. Already, some deep state bureaucrats have been caught claiming they will defy and impede Trump. The CIA, DHS, DOJ, and FBI have not concealed their contempt for Trump, nor hid their plans to resist the new president. Trump’s political blitzkrieg has the federal bureaucracy on its heels, but he must finish the purge before they wriggle away and hide in another agency.

Melting down over every Trump order, it’s Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) that gets Democrats frothing and sputtering. After canceling DEI contracts throughout the federal bureaucracy, Musk shut down the United States Agency for International Development (USAID); he rightly cited USAID as a rogue agency wasting money on transgender cartoons, gain-of-function virus research in Wuhan, and meddling in regime change around the world as an extension of the CIA.

American taxpayers are aghast to learn of these abuses. USAID is utterly corrupt and unilaterally funding all manner of woke nonsense, but the real tell is that Democrat officials took to the streets to protest these actions and declare they will fight to save USAID. Democrats are not fighting to help Hurricane Helene victims in North Carolina or wildfire victims in Los Angeles, but they are laying down the gauntlet to keep funding transgender operas in Columbia. That’s what gets them exercised? Or is there something else?

Democrats certainly cherish DEI, but they are beyond panicked because Trump is halting the gravy train of American tax dollars. For years, Americans have wondered who is funding all the crazy organized riots like ANTIFA, BLM, or the pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses? Where does the militant LGBTQ+ lobby get all their money? Or who is feeding and transporting millions of illegal immigrants across Central America so they can invade our southern border?

Folks, it’s us! The American taxpayer! The dirty secret is the federal government has been using our money against us; they have been laundering tax money through USAID and many more agencies to fund NGOs orchestrating the illegal immigrant invasion, fund terrorists through United Nations agencies — and a multitude of non-profit organizations have funded riots or LGBTQ+ propaganda.

Threatened like a cornered animal, Democrats are reacting with vicious vitriol because the money for their unpopular agenda is being cut off! But is that all? Does anyone suppose Democrats let these billions flow to these unaccountable nefarious groups without getting some? They are nervous because they fear DOGE will find the kickbacks!

Ukrainian President Volodymir Zelensky is already claiming Ukraine only received about half of the $175 billion allocated, so where is the rest? Will DOGE find it in Democrat campaign coffers? Perhaps DOGE should look at the $2.5 billion Kamala Harris raised in just four months.

Enraged Democrat Senators and Representatives claim they are fighting for Americans, but Americans can see they are struggling to preserve their power. Moaning that Musk is unelected and unaccountable, Democrat hypocrisy is breathtaking. It’s obvious they are scared to death of the accountability Trump is bringing to government and that Musk is liberating the federal bureaucracy hijacked and long held hostage by lunatic leftist special interests. President Trump and Mr. Musk, keep up the good work!

“They promise them freedom, but they themselves are slaves of corruption. For whatever overcomes a person, to that he is enslaved” (2 Peter 2:19).

Pete Riehm is a Navy Veteran, conservative activist, and columnist in south Alabama. Email him at peteriehm@bellsouth.net or read all his columns at http://www.renewamerica.com/.