Daily Caller

Americans now know how deeply the deep state runs in Washington, D.C. The looming confirmation of Kash Patel will be the first reckoning at the FBI since the Church Committee’s 1975 probe in the wake of Watergate.

Since Trump’s first run at the White House in 2016, the FBI has been trying to take him down.

Do the Dems think rushing to the barricades to defend out-of-control spending will earn them the respect and admiration of the American public? Expect their approval ratings to continue to sink like the Hindentanic.

USAID is just the beginning.

Wait until DOGE bites into the Department of Defense, which has never passed an audit.

Democrats trotted out personal attacks: Hegseth drank too much at a party, he made a pass at a woman, he once went to a strip club. Oh, the horror. Can you imagine a soldier, home from deployment, who could do such a thing?

Evidently most members of the Senate Committee on Armed Services have never been near a military base, nearly all of which are surrounded by car dealerships, Hooters and bars.

Democrats’ main strategy seemed to be to rehash these personal smears, but say them louder and with more venom. Instead of forceful and commanding, many just seemed shrill. The result was internet comedy gold, with that one meme being viewed, at this writing, by 4.8 million people (likely exponentially higher than the number of people who actually watched the hearing itself).

We need creative leaders who ask themselves “how would I handle a similar event?” and “what’s the next crisis most likely to hit my area of responsibility?”

It’s a mode that seems to come reflexively to Trump. Perhaps it’s the mindset he’s cultivated as a developer — a muscle that helps him identify the most likely risks and rewards the future might hold. The 45th and soon-to-be 47th president seems likewise drawn to other imaginative people like Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, who are currently reimagining the scope and breadth of the federal government.

Your nation’s active and former military members are far more likely to save your life and property than take it. Sadly, you won’t hear that from our current commander-in-chief or his media parrots. In times like this, instead of leaping to smear, a more competent administration would assure the public that a thorough investigation is underway. A more competent media might ask the FBI and Biden himself what steps they are taking to protect other large-scale gatherings and celebratory events (like, oh, an inauguration in two weeks). Until we return to competence, Americans have every right to be jittery.