It can be done!... 111 days in...
Trump, Leo XIV and Farage mirror Reagan, JPII and Thatcher
A brief, overarching commentary on the tectonic plate shifts since the second inauguration of President Donald J. Trump:
We are now 111 days into the second presidential term of Donald J. Trump, which began on the cold wintry day of January 20, when he took the oath of office for a second time after winning the presidency. An office, President Trump and his allies would say he won for the third time; but, the interregnum was allowed by the Divine Stage Manager, who clearly had a better plan!
It’s been a dizzing 111 days. And, while this commentator has been beyond busy, given publication of her book, Hemingway’s Faith, in addition to many other literary pursuits; even at that, commenting seemed futile given the overwhelming number of pieces being put into place on the way to making America great again.
The pieces of the puzzle are now, thankfully, coming into clearer focus.
And, what we are seeing in the person of President Trump is a leader who embodies the “can do” American spirit, marshalling great resources, beginning with common sense and economic reinvigoration and strength, to make America — and the world — great again.
His mission is so large, given that America’s role is so historic and key, that, in the process, he is influencing world events.
The fact that the Cardinals in Rome on May 8, Victory Europe’s (VE) 80th, inspired by the Holy Spirit, chose an American from Chicago, that great engine of human ingenuity and progress when America first rose to greatness, is all of a piece with the Trump phenomenon. And now it will be infused with spiritual capital.
Then, too, also on VE’s 80th, President Trump announced an historic trade deal with the United Kingdom, solidifying the “special relationship.” This deal came in the wake of Nigel Farage’s galvanizing win at the polls six days earlier, in which his Reform Party rose to become the main opposition party in Great Britain, besting the Conservative Party, promising his ascension to the office of Prime Minister in the not too distant future when the Liberal Party PM runs out of steam. What a different world we were looking at a little over a year ago when Farage spoke of grim “darkest hour” realities at CPAC’s Inaugural International Summit.
Quite simply, we are witnessing the re-emergence of a trio mirroring that of President Ronald Reagan, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Pope St. John Paul II.
It can be done!
We can make America — and the world — great again.
With a little help from the Divine Stage Manger.
Aided by that new fellow from Chicago, Pope Leo XIV. (Who even looks like JPII!)
Mary Claire Kendall is author of Oasis: Conversion Stories of Hollywood Legends. The sequel, Oasis of Faith: The Souls Behind the Billboard—Barrymore, Cagney, Tracy, Stewart, Guinness & Lemmon, was published summer 2024. Her biography of Ernest Hemingway, titled Hemingway’s Faith, was published Christmas 2024 by Rowman & Littlefield, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing. She writes a regular bi-monthly column for Aleteia on legends of Hollywood and hidden screen gems.