Republicans on the Trump Year: “Just Want More”
A whirlwind of positive change.
Republicans in the US think Donald Trump is delivering on his promises to make America great, safe and successful.
“He’s doing so much at once – from Doge to securing the border. It’s almost hard to keep up,” laughs Erin Decker on the phone from Kenosha, Wisconsin.
It’s clear that Decker, who is a graphic designer and runs an auto repair shop with her husband, is pleased. On a personal level, she mainly notices Trump’s presidency through the fact that prices are going down, she says.
“Food is getting cheaper – and gasoline. Retirement savings are being strengthened and mortgage rates are moving in the right direction, which is good for my daughter who is looking for a house.
Vaccines and bombs
Lori Viars, a conservative campaign strategist living in Lebanon, Ohio, agrees.
“This year has been one of common sense and progress. Crime is down and the military is stronger. I feel safer,” she says.
“And the president has done a lot of good things that I hadn’t even thought of, like letting Bobby (Robert F) Kennedy change the vaccine program. I’m very pleased.”
The women say that most people around them believe the country is now moving in the right direction, and both applaud the president’s actions globally. Decker believes that the capture of Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro and the summer bombing of Iran’s nuclear facilities have made both the United States and the countries involved safer. Viars describes the release of the hostage held in Gaza by the terrorist group Hamas as “wonderful.”
But Erin Decker notes that the United States is politically divided.
– Democrats are against everything Trump does, even when (immigration police) ICE arrests criminals. Who wants pedophiles and murderers on the streets?
She herself has a handful of Democratic friends in Kenosha. The relationships last as long as they don't talk politics, she says.
Victory this fall?
However, not everything Trump does is welcomed with open arms by the women. Decker is frustrated that the Doge cuts to the state apparatus have stalled. Viars gets upset when Trump calls opponents nicknames or is too rude.
– He said some bad things recently when a Hollywood profile died, it would be better if he hadn't said them.
In 2026, she "just wants more" of Trump's presidency and the good morals she claims it brings. Erin Decker hopes that the Republicans retain power in both houses of Congress in the mid-term elections in November.
– This is so that the Democrats don't come in and impeach Trump and try to stop all the good he's doing.
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