Sunday, March 30, 2025

D.L. Gardner: Five Accomplishments

List five things you accomplished last week. US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said he secured $5 billion for the US Treasury in one day by selling 1,000 immigration Gold Cards. President Trump came up with the idea and charged Lutnick with developing a plan to sell gold cards.

According to the online Financial Express “each Gold Card costs $5 million and permits foreign nationals permanent residency in the United States.” Lutnick also said, “There are 37 million people in the world who are capable of buying the card…. The president thinks we can sell a million.”

I presume those who purchase the cards must still provide information that qualifies them for “permanent residency in the United States.” The program has not been finalized yet, and Fox News reported, “Trump vows to refund or deport any ‘unsavory’ immigrants who try for citizenship under a potential ‘gold card.’”

Evidently President Trump’s immigration plan not only keeps immigrants from illegally coming into America but also gives incentives for rich foreign nationals to become permanent residents and build businesses here. In with the new!

Out with the old! One of at least five other things Trump did last week was to revoke security clearances. Beginning with Joe Biden, Trump revoked security clearances for Kamala Harris, Hillary Clinton, Tony Blinken, Jake Sullivan, Liz Cheney, Alexander Vindman and (no kidding) “any other member of Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s family.”

Meanwhile on the other side of the political spectrum congress-people have degenerated from common rules of decorum into outlandish curses and expletives toward those they hate, exhorting their few remaining followers to physical violence particularly toward Tesla cars and their owners. That’s the only “winning” political strategy they’ve agreed with so far.

Of course Democrats and woke folks continue to sue President Trump because their lawsuits were so effective during the 2024 election. Trump signed another executive order titled, “Preventing Abuses of the Legal System and the Federal Court.” That EO falls under the auspices of Attorney General Pam Bondi who is well qualified to investigate rogue court officials who imagine they can censor the President and his administration. Follow the money.

Among other instructions, the EO asks AG Bondi to review conduct by lawyers and firms who file frivolous, unreasonable, and vexatious lawsuits against the US. “Accountability is especially important when misconduct by lawyers and law firms threatens our national security, homeland security, public safety, or election integrity,” Trump wrote. That touches all four bases!

Lest you think President Trump is making all the news, last week Florida Governor Ron DeSantis returned $878 million to the federal government. “At the direction of Governor DeSantis and following his meeting with Elon Musk today, the State of Florida is formally returning $878,112,000.00 in taxpayer dollars to the federal government as part of DOGE’s efforts. The specifics are below. We will also continue to identify other unused or surplus federal funding granted to Florida and determine if further refunds can be made. We hope our actions serve as a model for other states to follow.”

You may remember Elon Musk’s asking federal agency heads to send an email to employees requesting a list of five things they had accomplished “last week.” Well, what’s good for the goose is good for the gander. What did we accomplish last week?

Daniel L. Gardner is a columnist who lives in Starkville, MS. You may contact him at PJandMe2@gmail.com.

33 comments:

Anonymous said...

Nothing that is mentioned here are "accomplishments." They are abuses of power from a wannabe tyrant. Trump has been abusing the legal system his entire life so the executive order is meaningless.

Anonymous said...

It's all part of the Musk/Trump immigration reform program. No borders for the very rich, very white, very Trump, "immigrants" and a closed door to all those tired, poor, huddled masses yearning....Well you know the rest. Make America Great Again! or at least as Great as their Money can buy.

Anonymous said...

Neither congress nor our own legislature is functional enough to pass a budget on time.

Anonymous said...

Great idea. Imagine how much he can raise by selling a gold pardon card. No, not pardoning everybody with money. Just those loyal MAGA types with money. I love it!

Anonymous said...

So, the rich immigrants are allowed to buy their way into our country? Huh, that is interesting.

Anonymous said...

How does that compare to the 101 million Mississippi is going to return ?

Anonymous said...

Trump’s list of 5 things could be the same every week- played golf 4 times and ran another train on the constitution. He made every hate America again, all it took was a few DUI hires as incompetent and lazy as himself.

Anonymous said...

Gee, what an easy way for mob bosses to get into the U.S. Does everyone believe being a millionaire like , oh, John Gotti or Bernie Madoff makes one a good citizen?

Anonymous said...

So will Mississippi return state sales and property tax dollars to the Feds as well? Will all Democrats lose security clearances? I'm sure D.L. doesn't know that on several committees in a state, you need DOD and DOE classified information to make good laws. You also need security clearance to serve in the military quite often and not just at the officer level. The notion that one goes after an entire family, including children not yet born is more than little excessive in a country that values free speech and the rule of law. Now my concern about having to declare " party to vote" as dangerous is confirmed. As someone who votes for candidates from both parties as it's the competence and integrity of the person that matters to me, the whole notion of voting at all is now frightening. I'd rather not vote than remove the opportunity for those who share my last name to have no chance to advance in the military or run for office. I come from many decorated soldiers who served our nation since our Revolution. Indeed, few understand there are soldiers in every branch of government who get assigned to national security positions and that was true for all those whose WWII fathers had a " christmas tree with rounded branches" on their uniforms. I want y'all to think about this. You may like the leaders of your party this five minutes of history. The Romans loved Caesar after all but by the last emperor of his line, they didn't .

Anonymous said...

Good update. Thanks.

Anonymous said...

So will Mississippi be sending state tax dollars to the Feds as well?

Anonymous said...

Fish got the easily triggered up this morning I see. Just don’t take it out on your fellow democrats teslas please.

Anonymous said...

Thank you Trump. Finally a president that is doing things that help our country. Much better than the empty chair we had for a president. Does anyone know who was making the decisions when Joe was wandering around lost?

Anonymous said...

Hypocrite congressmen and women are slinking around secretly getting their pet programs off the hook from what is otherwise being touted as rooting out government fraud and waste. Apparently, it is neither fraud nor waste if it is in my district.

Anonymous said...

@11:00 AM How does settling a personal grudge with law firms and revoking security clearances for no reason help our country?

Anonymous said...

I'm thinking they could save a lot of taxpayer money by scrapping all those expensive defense department secure communications systems. They can simply rely on Signal chat app. Seems to work great so far!

Anonymous said...

Do they even pretend to be going after anyone other than oligarchs and crime lords?

Anonymous said...

Good piece D.L.

Anonymous said...

You're staying on point with those democrat talking points.

Anonymous said...

The anti-Trump, anti-Elon people on here are funny. Stop parroting the main stream media talking points and start thinking for yourselves for once.

Anonymous said...

I think this blogger pays people to make right-wing comments or does it himself anonymously just to drive more traffic to his site.

Anonymous said...

@3:18 - It’s hilarious to watch all these MAGA idiots realize how bad they screwed up. You got played buddy, now we all have to pay a 25% idiot tax on everything imported, so everything, and all because you actually believed that lying moron. Sure hope you didn’t have any money invested or a plan to retire or a sense of morality, cause that’s all gone sucker.

Anonymous said...

@10:53 - it sure is funny watching the liberals whine about the death of our economy, the death of our democracy, and the end of America. It’s almost worth us all going bankrupt and losing every single day just to watch the liberals have to get screwed by this idiot like everyone else. Even Elon has to watch as his fortune gets cut in half like a loser.

Anonymous said...

Much like most politicals DJT, is no different, once his polls go south half this bs will disappear, the senate is about to pass a resolution opposing tariffs on Canada and Mexico.
Musk has to be gone by the end of May, His 130 days are up. The legal and political backlash will reduce the Lame Duck to a muffled karaoke mic!

Anonymous said...

I’m withholding comment and judgment until after Biden’s book of his presidential history and accomplishments is published.

Anonymous said...

@8:05 AM You think Trump's presidental history will be looked at positively? Go worship your cult leader. He needs some more of your money.

Anonymous said...

Do you have any idea what tariffs Canada had on our goods even before Trump became president? Chicken-263%, turkey-179%, butter-175%, milk-155%. Does that sound right to you?

Anonymous said...

@11:10 AM Nice try. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-canada-dairy-products-tariffs/

Anonymous said...

Isn't that one of the sites that assured everyone Hunter's lap top was a Russian plant and told us the Russian hoax was true?

Anonymous said...

@1:41 - I can’t find anything where snopes said it was a Russian plant. Maybe you have a link? Or maybe you just don’t like to believe news that makes your side look dumb so you make up crap? I’m betting on the latter, but if not, show us something.

Anonymous said...

@11:10 - got a source for those fake numbers? Didn’t think so.

Anonymous said...

All I need to be satisfied with Trump is for him to own the libs at least once a day. He is doing a top-notch job so far.

Nothing beats waking up and seeing another round of security clearances stripped away and Biden EO’s rolled back.

Anonymous said...

@4:32 PM keep calling us dumb. You will get intimately acquainted with Bosnian fertilizer methods.





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