It Starts At The Top

"It starts at the top". 

It does not matter whether it is business, education, sports, the military or government.

The leadership and actions of those who are in authority at the top of the chain of command, and are establishing the tone, tenor and priorities, have the greatest influence on the results and outcome of the group or organization.

There is not better example of this principle than what we have witnessed in Washington, D.C. over the last two months.

A recent NBC poll found that 44% of Americans believe the country is heading in the right direction now compared to just 27% in November, 2024.

The net score (right direction minus wrong direction) has improved from -39 to -10 within the space of several months.

More significantly, a higher percentage believe the country is heading in right direction than at any time in the last 21 years!

Link: https://x.com/ResisttheMS/status/1901284066495709317

This is solely due to a change in leadership at the top in the United States.

Specific actions we are seeing in Washington, D.C. since the Trump administration took over puts a finer point on all of this.

For example, consider the issue of encounters of illegal immigrants at the southwest border by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents for February, 2025 compared to the previous three years .

Source: https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/1896568489072349212

You may recall that Joe Biden and the Democrats stated that new laws were necessary to stop this illegal migration.

All it took was a change in leadership.

In fact, border apprehensions in February were the lowest in 25 years.

A year ago almost 80,000 illegals were released into the country after being apprehended at the border.

In February, 2025 that number was ONE!

Link: https://x.com/PURE_BL00D2/status/1902013754599969028

There is no difference in the CBP personnel on the ground.

It starts at the top.

Another example involves the number of apprehensions that the FBI has made off of its famous "10 Most Wanted List".

In 2024, the FBI did not apprehend one criminal fugitive from its Top 10 List.

In 2023 the FBI nabbed one.

However, since January 20 of this year, the FBI has caught three who were on the Top 10 Most Wanted List.

Could it be that when the FBI is tasked with using its resources to go after the worst of the worst instead of trying to track down grandmothers who walked through The Capitol on January 6 or parents who protested at school board meetings during Covid that you get a different result?

Yes, once again it starts at the top.

I was also interested in seeing exactly who made up the FBI Most Wanted List that President Trump and FBI Director Patel inherited from the Biden administration.

We seem to have come a long way since we saw names like Al Capone, John Dillinger and Baby Face Nelson on the list.

Don't you have to wonder if where these criminals came from was the reason that the Biden administration showed so little interest in apprehending them?

Credit: https://x.com/RealJarTaylor/status/1892283466101780713

Also consider the fact that the United States has attracted $1.7 trillion of new investments into the country since Trump took office. 

To put that in perspective, four years of the Biden administration saw only $1 trillion of business investment commitments.

A lot of this is due to Trump's "America First" agenda combined with his tariff threats designed to level the economic playing field with foreign competitors.

Link: https://x.com/amuse/status/1896820941382103130

 

Source: https://x.com/ExxAlerts/status/1896746972792627401

It starts at the top.

Finally, does anyone remember when President Barack Obama appointed Vice President Joe Biden to lead the "Campaign To Cut Waste" in 2011?

It was intended to "hunt down and and eliminate misspent tax dollars in every agency and department from across the federal government."

By golly, that sounds exactly like the mission of DOGE.

The difference is that Obama only did this so he could have a sound bite in his re-election campaign in 2012.

There was no real intention to do anything.

President Trump is doing it to fulfill a campaign promise he made in the 2024 campaign. 

He is serious about getting real results for the American people.

It starts at the top.

That is also why Elon Musk is heading the effort rather than someone like Joe Biden.

Musk has a long track record of success and getting more from less.

PayPal. Tesla. SpaceX. Twitter. 

Musk did not become the world's richest man by not being on top of things.

Did Joe Biden produce even $1 in savings from cutting waste and making government more accountable?

Either as head of the "Campaign to Cut Waste" or in four years as President?

It really does start at the top, doesn't it?