Maren’s Perspective on Leadership and Voting
So it has officially been a week since president Trump has become the 47th president of the United States of America, and this is his second term. And, you know, if you’re here, you know where I stand on so many things, including this.
And I just wanted to kinda give a rundown of all the things that have transpired in literally a week’s time compared to 4 years of nonsense and craziness, and just kinda things that I’ve noted. And, you know, to see so much done in a week’s time, it makes you so hopeful for the next 4 years or at least it does for me.
You know, I’ve always been someone that has voted on policy, not personality. I don’t believe that there’s ever gonna be someone that you 100% think is the best and you agree with everything that they say or do.
I think that’s impossible. We’re human. Right? So we’re sinful people, we’re not perfect, like, all the things. And so I think it’s also silly to think and act as if someone in office is a god. They may be a godsend. Right?
And God may be working through them and and using them as a a vessel to make changes. And I and I do believe that a lot of the things that are going on, I do believe that god is using Trump. And I’m gonna kinda talk about that, and and how it relates.
And so let’s talk about promises made, promises kept because that’s what Trump has always been about, you know, and I think that’s why he won, quite frankly. I think people were sick and tired of being used and abused and lied to, and, hey, we’re gonna we’re gonna do this for you.
We’re gonna do that for they they get all these promises in in hopes that, oh, if we tell them x y z, that we’ll get them to vote for us. And then they never happened. And I think people were sick of that.
And so that’s why they voted for Trump because they knew he delivers on his promises.
Trump’s First Week Back: DEI Elimination and Campaign Promises Fulfilled
So let’s let’s give a quick rundown on some of the things that he’s done so far. So first and foremost, he’s eliminated DEI.
So that’s diversity, equity, and inclusion. I mean, let’s be real. I don’t really know how people can disagree with with it. Why shouldn’t we be merit based? Why shouldn’t it be based on our hard work and our grit and our resiliency, not our sexual orientation, not our skin color?
And I was watching Stephen a Smith this week, and he was on Fox News. And he got backed into a corner a little bit when the anchor was like, well, do you honestly think that you got your position and and your notoriety because of the color of your skin?
And the anchor was like, I personally don’t think it was because of DEI. Like, I think you would have rose to the top no matter what because you’re the best at what you do. And, you know, it’s so funny when you put it on the person who’s trying to, like, be against it. Right?
And it’s like, well, what about you? You know?
You don’t think that you would have risen to the top if it weren’t for DEI? You know? And I loved how he kinda backed off a bit.
And he’s like, no. No. I don’t think it was because of DEI. Like, I agree. Like, I got to where I am because of my hard work, blah blah blah. But these other people and it’s like, homie, like, you can’t talk out of both sides of your mouth.
Like, let people earn their keep. Right? And I’m not saying that we shouldn’t provide opportunities for for people who maybe are, you know, the less fortunate and don’t have those quote unquote financial advantages. But at the end of the day, provide them the tools and then let them prove themselves.
Like, don’t let them just walk into said job. Right? Don’t let them just walk into said university. And so by eliminating DEI, you’re also making massive improvements to the military, which the military I mean, I just that’s a whole another podcast, like, who we have representing our country and fighting for us, like, woah.
And you can see that these corporations, they feel like, oh my gosh. Like, what a relief. Like, I mean, Target. Target is eliminating DEI.
Like, you can’t walk into Target without it being just thrown in your face, and for them to be eliminating it, you know, like, the hammer is coming down on that. So that was one of the first things.
Presidential Pardons and Peace: Trump’s First Week Actions on Pro-Life Activists and Hamas Hostages
He pardoned pro lifers who had been jailed by the Biden administration, including an influencer that I had been following for a long time, Bevylin Betty. She is a very active pro lifer. She was arrested in New York. They sentenced her to, like, 3 years and 4 months. She was released and is now with her husband and her baby. I mean, it was super emotional.
Imagine, like, missing the most important years of your child’s life because you are so pro life. And a very liberal judge sentenced you to that time for being outspoken about that. But meanwhile, people who are pro abortion, like, in which is in essence, you’re killing children, are walking around, like, and can say and do whatever they want, make it make sense. Doesn’t to me.
So he pardoned the pro lifers that were jailed. He pardoned the January 6th people. I mean, some of these people, they were in jail for almost 4 years with no trial in sight. Like, how long are you gonna keep them in there for being for most of them in the wrong place at the wrong time, and that whole thing is a scam too.
But like I said, I’m not diving into all of the details of each of these. I’m sure you know a lot of it, and a lot of these I can, obviously, in the future dive more into, but I just wanna touch on, like, what has been done so far.
He also and this is so powerful. He initiated the release of the Hamas captives from October 7th. There’s a ceasefire going on. He’s working on getting the remains of some of the family members who their lives were lost, but just getting their bodies back to their families.
And I thought it was so powerful to have them at the inauguration in the parade and, you know, it wasn’t just recognizing them and then, like, having them, you know, move off the stage. No.
They were on stage with him when he gave his whole speech in the background, in front of the dais. Like, they were the focal point aside from him and obviously giving a speech, but, I mean, they they were in front of the dais, like, in front of his family.
He wanted people to see them and and recognize everything that they have been through in the last, you know, over a year’s time and and the the family that they have lost. And I I thought that was very powerful and and very respectful that he did that.
Immigration Enforcement and International Negotiations
You have ICE just on a freaking roll right now, returning illegal aliens to their countries. And these are people who, you know, who they’re targeting right now, they are violent criminals. People who are doing just the most awful things to women and children, and we’re removing them. So that’s who he’s starting with first.
And ICE is, like I said, they are just on a freaking roll. And, you know, you have countries like Colombia. This is pretty hysterical. But you have the Colombian president, Petro.
Trump has a bunch of these Colombians, right, who are criminals, and he was gonna put them on a plane and deport them, right, and and send them back to Colombia.
And, meanwhile, Petro, who’s he’s more left leaning, he was like, no. That, you know, that’s not dignified. Like, we’re not accepting them.
So Trump, once again, laid the hammer down and was like, okay. You don’t take these people, we’re gonna just drop these tariffs on you, like ridiculous tariffs, which we do get a lot of goods from Colombia.
I mean, hello, coffee. And it was like, alright. You don’t do it for a week? 25%. You don’t do it for, you know, after that, 50%. So now he’s like, okay. Okay.
We’ll take him back, but I’m gonna use my presidential plane and and and I’ll take my deported citizens back to Colombia. So they’re going. They’re going. He also showed up virtually at Davos, and just laid the hammer down, told them how he was removing the United States from the Paris Climate Accord.
Trump’s WHO Exit and Natural Disaster Response
He is removing the United States from the World Health Organization. Oh my gosh. Thank the good lord. Talk about people who do not have your best interest at heart.
He also visited the disaster areas in North Carolina as well as California, and, you know, he’s very vocal about the fact that he promises to help them, that FEMA is an absolute joke and a disgrace, and they’re causing more problems than helping those people in North Carolina.
When he was in California, he completely schooled the mayor and the governor for their incompetence, said how he’s gonna get water in there. He’s signing an executive order and he’s like, either you’re gonna use this water or not.
And if you don’t use it, the people are gonna see you for who you really are. And I loved that the first lady has been with him on these trips. And I think it’s so freaking cool.
First of all, obviously, she’s a fashion maven and I’m obsessed with the way she, like, dress and holds herself and carries herself. But I think it’s very important to see her in this role.
The Evolution of Melania Trump’s First Lady Role
And quite frankly, I think you’re gonna see a lot more of her, I hope. I hope you continue to see more of her. I mean, you’ve seen so much just the 1st week. First and foremost, you know, obviously, Barron is in college now, like, she, you know, her son and you can see it just the way that she looks at him, like, is her world, right, like any mother.
And she, during Trump’s first presidency, she wasn’t she wasn’t going on, like, all these trips and she wasn’t, you know, on the the front lines, if you will. You know, she was definitely more in the background, but it’s because her priority, and she has said this, her priority was her son.
And now between that, him being older, and the fact that you had her husband just just completely pulled over the coals, and they raided her house, like, she’s pissed. Like, you can just see it.
Like, this woman is, like, game on. Like, game freaking on. And so I love seeing her. I love how both she and Trump are with the people talking with them. I mean, she was even speaking to this one woman, in California who had lost her entire home, and she’s speaking to her in Slovenian.
And I think that’s so cool. Like, here we have a a beautiful, classy first lady who cares about the people as much as her husband and, like, how freaking worldly. Right? Like, she speaks 5 different languages.
Like, that’s so dang cool. And I just thought that that was really powerful.
Defense Department Changes and Government Transparency: A New Direction
This past week, the finally, like, it’s getting voted on, like, all of his cabinet members are starting to finally get appointed and rolled in because they’re just slow playing the whole process. It’s painful.
But most recently of Pete Hegseth, he got approved, which, you know, JD Vance had to step in and be the tie breaker. But regardless, he’s in, so that’s great. He’s the department of defense, so that is gonna be huge. He’s all about eliminating DEI too.
You know? So that’s a beautiful thing. You have the fact that Trump signed an executive order to have all of the classified files for JFK’s assassination, RFK’s assassination, as well as MLK’s assassination.
And you’ll have some people be like, well, what’s the point? You know, why why would you do that? You know, that was so long ago or, you know, most of those people are dead, or, you know, why why dig up those old bones and and, like, bring it up?
Because you need to know how corrupt the swamp is. Like, that’s the whole point. He’s trying to show America what has been going on because he’s not part of the government. Like, I know is he the president? Yeah. But he’s not he’s not part of that deep state. I don’t believe it.
I’m not a black pillar. You’re not gonna find that information here. And so he wants to expose the government and the agencies and the players that be for what they have done to some of the most prominent people ever.
Sports, Gender, and Policy: Understanding the Title IX Changes
One of my favorite things that he did was he reversed Biden’s executive order about title 9. So if you recall, within the 1st week of Biden taking office, he he killed title 9. So title 9 is essentially ensuring that girls get recognized in sports.
So, for example, if your student body population in your college is 52% female, then 52% of your student athletes need to be female. It’s ensuring that women get the opportunity to play sports, and it’s not just focused on football and basketball.
And and quite frankly, if it weren’t for title 9, you know, my sport of golf, I probably wouldn’t, you know, have the the history that I do of playing division 1 sports for 4 years and being a head coach for 8 years in at a d one school.
Like, it’s because of title 9 that I was able to have those opportunities, and obviously, it’s something that is very close to my heart being a female professional athlete. So Trump got rid of that. He also made sure and mandated that we only have 2 genders, which, you know, I loved it.
Like, he literally gets sworn in and and and says that, because it’s the truth. And if you wanna hear more about my feelings on that, I really recommend you listen to a podcast episode I did where I talk all about biological men playing in women’s sports.
Like I said, it’s a very sensitive issue to me as a female professional athlete. My husband is a professional athlete in the same sport as me.
I have 2 young girls that I’m sure one day are gonna be playing sports. It’s in their DNA, and so I really recommend you listen to that episode. It’s it’s more in-depth. But when he said that, I’m like, yes.
Obviously, I’m cheering for title 9 being back in play and also not those ridiculous different pronouns.
Oh my gosh. Don’t get me started on that either.
Removing Security for Fauci
He also removed security for Fauci, which it’s wild to me that literally in the in the midnight hour, not literally, but, like, practically, Biden pardoned Fauci, and he backdated it to 2014, which is very scary.
It just goes to show you that there was a plan for all of this to happen. We were all part of a social experiment. Some people who chose to follow the science were literally part of an experiment.
And talk about sneaky behavior, like doing that literally before he could even, like, say or do anything. Like, he literally did it a half hour before Trump was signed in. And he obviously, like, protected his family, and he protected, you know, some other people too.
Like, he you know, the 51 people who lied about Hunter’s light laptop, like, you get a pass. Like, your pardon, don’t worry.
You know? It’s just shady, shady, shady stuff, but good for Trump that he removed the security for Fauci because that man, mm-mm. What he did to us, I awful. So, anyway, this is just a short list of what has transpired in the last week.
Obviously, I’m gonna have plenty to talk about in the next few weeks, months, year, all of that. But, you know, I saw this funny meme. I sent it to a bunch of my friends. And in our family, we love Family Guy. I I love how Family Guy just, like, says what everyone’s thinking and but, like, because there’s, you know, comedic value to it, it kinda, like, you can laugh it off, but it’s it’s out pretty outlandish.
But, anyway, it’s a meme or reels, whatever, of Peter Griffin, and he’s like, do do do do do do, and it’s nighttime. The lights are off, and he clicks the light switch and, the window, like, the curtain goes up.
And so the meme says, how I sleep at night. And meanwhile, then as soon as he clicks the the button, the light switch, it shows Trump at his desk, you know, signing executive orders. And then Peter Griffin’s like, that’s good. And then, like, turns the light off and, like, goes back to bed. It’s funny if you see it. I’m sorry.
I couldn’t articulate it the way that it made me laugh, but it’s so true. Like, it was a relief. And I know for a lot of people, it wasn’t a relief.
But to those people, I really encourage you to turn off your television, look to independent journalists for your information, and use this time to let the veil be lifted from you, if you haven’t already.
At the very least, know that your country is safer. It will be more profitable. It will be healthier. There’s a lot of good things to come.
And don’t look at this as like, you know, with the Super Bowl coming up in the next few weeks. Don’t look at it as like, oh, your team lost. This isn’t about that. It’s about our future, specifically our children’s future. And I truly believe that my children with these changes will be living in a better world. And I really feared the result if he hadn’t won.
And so like Peter Griffin, I do sleep better knowing that he’s the commander in chief. And I encourage you to have an open mind, and see what’s been done in the last week, and what’s to come.
