Trump was elected with a well publicized agenda,
which included securing US national borders which have caused many
social issues with the inflow of illegal immigrants across the country,
and fighting the increasing cost of living.
Trump has picked up on
this mandate and selected very capable people. This process of going on
with new announcements being made on a daily basis.
Trump after
two assassination attempts is not hiding from the public, much to the
concern of those near him. Trump is receiving heroic welcomes wherever
he goes, something akin to a superstar.
Interestingly Trump is
putting a major focus on trimming the size and wastage going on in
government. The forthcoming Department of Government Efficiency, DOGE as
Elon Musk likes to call it, aims to trim billions off the US government
budget.
The plight of education in the US is not being ignored
either. The Federal Department of Education will be disbanded and
rebuilt from the ground.
There is a great realization that high quality education is needed to ‘Make America Great Again”.
Trump
is also focused on destroying the censorship that the
government-media-Big Tech deep state has created. Free speech is being
revitalised. Trumpism believes there can be no democracy without free
speech.
Trump is poised to be at the cutting edge of reform. This makes for a very exciting time in the US over the next four years.
Excitement verses bankruptcy
In November 2022, Anwar Ibrahim generated much excitement after his 24 year quest to become prime minister.
There
was an expectation that Anwar would reform the Sedition Act, and bring
true freedom of speech to Malaysia. There were also high hopes that
Anwar would improve Malaysia’s economic circumstances, so the average
family would be better off and be able to afford to live. Most of all,
people hoped that Anwar would create a true sense of multiculturalism in
Malaysia.
Two years into the Anwar administration, so many
traditional supporters are disappointed. Even voters within the Malay
heartlands have not warmed to Anwar.
Anwar is propped up by an
agreement between the old elites, after a hung parliament. He is
disappointing those who put him there for failing to live up to his side
of the bargain.
Malaysia has less freedom of speech than ever
before. Malaysia is more racially divided than ever before. A democracy
is being turned into an Islamic Caliph, through a backdoor circumventing
of the constitution.
Anwar’s economic plans are great for the
elites. Anwar is reinforcing feudalism post haste. Those who point out
these facts are persecuted with the draconian laws his party promised to
abolish.
The sadist thing about the Madani regime is it is
bankrupt of any new ideas. Even the minister of economy had to call in
Toh Pah for help, and those who lost their seats in the general election
have been given senior positions in the government. Meritocracy has
been caste aside with political appointees, and the legal system is
being weaponised and lenient for their friends. DNAAs and discounts on
sentences are rewards for the elite.
Malaysians, particularly the
traditional supporters of Anwar have been following US politics,
especially the presidential race. The US election has been a fairytale
to them, a story of what could be. They get excited about the hope Trump
is giving people, only to wake up with a nightmare that exists in
Malaysia today under Madani.
For Malaysia Trump has shown what could be here in Malaysia.
