Larry Kudlow: Trump will keep his promises

Trump’s confidence and understanding of politics in his press conference this morning explains his wildly popular post-election honeymoon, which is what the hype is about. Wouldn’t it be nice to have a president who can easily stand up in a press conference and make statements and take questions for 70 minutes, without a teleprompter? Fearless, confident, and committed to his principles. That’s what President Trump I did this morning at Mar-a-Lago. It’s great to see and helps explain the cultural zeitgeist and the post-election honeymoon he enjoys.

He broke ground by letting his business friend Masayoshi Son of Japanese investment fund SoftBank pledge $100 billion to invest in America First technology, showing that people are listening to Mr. Trump’s pitch to bring a new industry to America — and, presumably, to be rewarded with a rock. Lowest 15% corporate tax rate.

We already know that Mr. Trump is speaking to world leaders around the world, moving forward on his priorities of ending the war between Russia and Ukraine, or vowing to pay “hell” if he does not get the release of a Hamas hostage. Or closing our northern and southern borders to illegal immigrants.

Tech leaders Bezos, Zuckerberg, Cook and Pichai are looking forward to a face-to-face meeting with Trump

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau traveled to Mar-a-Lago for dinner two weeks ago. This may have been his last supper because his top VP just resigned in protest and he has an approval rating in the low 20s, but let’s wait and see how it turns out.

However, at a press conference today, President Trump reiterated his warning about tariffs to Mexico and Canada and his trade hound Howard Lutnick was standing there, just in case anyone doubted Trump’s commitment. Trump criticized the Biden administration for not telling the truth about the drone craze sweeping the United States, but he told us about it administration He knew where they were coming from, and pointed out that he was not a hostile opponent.

Meanwhile, conservative columnist Ben Domenech believes the drones are following FAA regulations in a planned Pentagon-sponsored exercise to test new drone systems. Ben points to a press release from last June that no one seemed to pay any attention to. In any case, there is no reason for the Biden family to hide information about the drone story from the public.

Mr. Trump will champion Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, and is even considering a pardon for New York City Mayor Eric Adams — who was treated unfairly by the Justice Department under Biden because the New York mayor says he will do so. Cooperating with Trump’s deportation policies President Trump added that he would have to consider all the facts.

He has been very quiet in suggesting that people will get along with him much better in his second term than in his first, because they know he will deliver on his key policy promises, and they respect his electoral mandate for change.

However, he has indicated that he might file a lawsuit against the Des Moines Register — whose crazy election-eve poll showed Harris with a three-point lead in Iowa, which Trump ended up winning by fourteen points. He called it election interference, and he’s right.

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He criticized the Biden family for selling parts of the border wall for five cents on the dollar, knowing he would need them money And the equipment needed to finish building the wall. He described it as almost a criminal act. Perhaps the only thing missing is a final decision on whether to postpone Trump’s Tax Cuts 2.0 until later next year, but that will be resolved soon enough.

He’s not afraid to make decisions, Mr. Trump, and he’s not afraid to defend those decisions and he’s not afraid to speak clearly and honestly to the American public, which is why his transition is so popular, and his approval ratings have reached record levels throughout this honeymoon. It continues to dominate the new American zeitgeist – which is what I call it. This is the riff.

This article is adapted from Larry Kudlow’s editorial commentary on the December 16, 2024 edition of “Kudlow.”