Musings of a Libertarian

Well, what to make of that!? As Trump returns to the White House, let's attempt a brief dissection of what we heard yesterday, and grade The President’s executive orders from a Libertarian perspective: Free Speech, A* Immediately following the obligatory heralding of a “Golden Age,” playing up to all the pomp and ceremony of the occasion with promises of putting “America First” and making her “the envy of every nation,” Trump’s first pledge of substance was a promise to end the weaponisation of the justice department. The President fervently championed the constitutional right to free speech and decried the overreach of the previous administration, promising to stop all government censorship. Great to see this at the outset of his policy announcement, full marks here. Immigration, B Trump began this one with a nice quip along the lines of the Democrats happily funding foreign borders but being unwilling to defend America’s own. Trump promised to declare a national emergency at the ...

Yesterday bore the welcome news of Justin Trudeau's resignation as leader of the "Liberal" Party of Canada, and the calling of an election for 24th March. As the longest-serving leader in the G7, Canadians have suffered under his corrupt authoritarian regime since 2015. Since his time in office Trudeau has presided over open-door immigration, a spiralling cost of living and an acute housing crisis. (Sound familiar?) Attempting to award a $900 million contract to a charity linked to his family, pressurising the Attorney General to drop a corruption investigation and holidaying on the private island of a philantrhopist in receipt of Canadian taxpayers' money can be listed amongst his many other achievements. While a crumb of credit may be due for standing up to Modi in response to the assassination of Sikh separatist Hardeep Nijjar on Canadian soil, domestically Trudeau has been about as Liberal as the DPRK is democratic. After imposing a draconian lockdown and vaccine ...