Lost In Space

The breadth and pace of the Trump agenda since he took office is something to behold.

It is unlike anything I have witnessed in my lifetime.

Trump is involved in so many issues and is involved at such high levels of change it is hard to keep up.

I had to chuckle when I saw Elon Musk's comment on a list of actions/accomplishments that Trump has been working on in his two short weeks in office.

What is more astounding is the popular support the Trump agenda is seeing in public polling.

Yes, Trump won the popular vote.

However, he did not win by these margins.

The Trump effect is also benefiting the Republican party at large.

Approval ratings of political parties are rarely positive. Most people do not look at them kindly.

A recent Quinnipiac poll was absolutely brutal for the Democrat party compared to the Republicans.

Republican Party: 43% favorable, 45% unfavorable (-2)

Democratic Party: 31% favorable, 57% unfavorable (-26)

Credit: https://x.com/AaronBlake/status/1884679073953178046

A recent McLaughlin poll that asked how people were inclined to vote in the 2026 mid-term elections was just as bad for Democrats.

Republicans are +8 in that polling.

Trump has revived the Republican brand in a big way.

Most importantly, he has converted his political victory into momentum for his policy agenda

The popular approval that Trump is receiving for his policy agenda seems to also be giving him additional support in the Senate for his cabinet nominations.

At one time it was believed that Trump would have a difficult time getting some of his more controversial nominees confirmed.

He already has gotten Pete Hegseth confirmed as Secretary of Defense. Pam Bondi was confirmed as Attorney General last night. 

Trump's other cabinet nominees who were considered to possibly have trouble being confirmed all now have betting odds favoring their confirmation at 96% or higher.

Tulsi Gabbard advanced through the Intelligence Committee and RFK. Jr. got a majority vote from the Finance Committee yesterday.

Source: https://polymarket.com/event/which-trump-picks-will-be-confirmed?tid=1738717193996

Any Republican who wants to cross Trump right now may be cutting their political career short.

In addition, do not discount the effect that the findings of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency "DOGE") is having on all of this. 

The waste and corruption that seems to have been going on at USAID is especially damaging to the Democrats who promoted this agency so strongly over the years. However, it also says a lot about the Republicans who stood by and let it happen. 

At the same time, Democrats seem to not know what to do or how to respond to the Trump agenda.

Right now they have no coherent message that is resonating with the majority of voters.

Some might say they seem to be "Lost in the Wilderness".

Considering the involvement of Elon Musk in the Trump agenda it is probably more on point to say they are "Lost in Space".

"Lost in Space" was a 1960's tv series about the Robinsons who were a pioneering family of space colonists who were struggling to survive in the depths of space. 

Their space colony mission had been sabotaged by Dr. Zachary Smith, a flight surgeon for the U.S. space agency, who was also working as an undercover agent for an unnamed hostile nation. 

Dr, Smith ended up being trapped on the spacecraft before it launched joining the Robinsons and one U.S. Space Corps major who accompanied the family on the space odyssey for three seasons on the CBS television network.

I cannot help thinking about how the "Lost in Space" tv series is in some respects a metaphor for the predicament the Democrat party finds itself in right now.

The Democrats are lost and don't seem to know where they are going or how they are going to get there.

In many respects, Joe Biden, with the assistance of many, many Democrats over the last decade or so, sabotaged their mission completely.

How did a party that for so many years represented the working man, who fought against special interests and privilege, and shared the traditional values of most Americans, get so far off track?

Why did Democrats think that a winning agenda could be built around open borders, ignoring our vast energy resources, supporting every WOKE idea you could imagine, blaming America for every ill in the world and arguing that American was never great to begin with?

Last week the Democrat National Committee met to elect new leadership.

However, the election was stopped after the first four positions were filled (two males and two females) to state that the DNC rules required that there had to be a non-binary person on the leadership team to meet the rules of gender balance.

Does that not speak volumes itself?

Link: https://x.com/justin_hart/status/1885854554182357121

It should be added that the DNC Chairman vote began with an introduction that contained an acknowledgement that the United States was built on indigenous stolen lands that had been stewarded for many centuries by tribal nations.

This acknowledgment was stated as part of the core values of the DNC.

Link: https://x.com/AlanJacobyJr/status/1885866414042497127

Was there any acknowledgment at the DNC meeting that the 2024 election losses might have been due to fact that they were wrong about any issues of importance to Americans?

Could it have been the election was lost due to the open border, inflation, crime, the coverup of Biden's condition or the demand that biological men should be able to play women's sports?

That does not seem to have crossed any minds at the DNC.

Why Democrats believe they lost?

It was solely due to racism and misogyny.

Link: https://x.com/CollinsforTX/status/1885482752234885399

What does new DNC Chairman Ken Martin believe is the more important thing to focus on in the wake of their losses?

There is nothing wrong with the policies of the Democrat party.

He wants a post-election review to largely focus on "tactics and messaging".

From The New York Times.

Credit: https://x.com/SonofHas/status/1886465446163185685

The thing I remember most about the "Lost in Space" tv series is when the precocious 9 or 10 year Will Robinson would be exploring a new planet accompanied by the family's helpful robot.

Invariably Will would wander somewhere or do something he should not be doing and the robot would kick into action with this warning...

"DANGER! Will Robinson. DANGER!

Is there anyone in the Democrat party who is willing to speak up about the danger they face?

It is hard to not see that if they continue on the same trajectory without a course correction they may be "Lost in Space" forever.