The electoral victory of Donald Trump means delivery on the campaign promise of “making America great again.” And the vigor of president elect Trump is obvious in the speed and choices of his cabinet nominees.
Although American citizens know the pledge of allegiance by wrote memory, most do not appreciate the gravity of the words—the promise of America providing “liberty and justice for all.” Liberty and justice are guiding American virtues found in both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.
Yet both liberty and justice have been in decline in the United States for decades, with the pace accelerating so fast in the last four years that many began questioning the survival of America as a constitutional republic.
Among all the U.S. agencies, the Department of Justice(DOJ) is most important in shaping and affecting the state of liberty and justice. Many say the DOJ attorney general (AG) is the most powerful political figure after the president. So, it came as a surprise to many that Trump chose Congressman Matt Gaetz to serve as his AG.
This appointment shows the farsighted nature of Trumpwho grasps the imperative of disruption to reform the Department of Justice and restore “equal justice under the law.” Being a young, determined, brilliant, relentless, and courageous figure, Gaetz has what it takes to transform an entrenched Justice Department and usher in a new depoliticized era wherein the DOJ and the FBI get rerailed on a straight and narrow track of law enforcement.
One of Gaetz’s greatest challenges will be the de-weaponization of federal agencies. So, it is worth taking a stroll down memory lane to review some of the actions that contributed to our current dysfunctional state—actions for which there were no significant penalties:
The Biden administration put weaponization of federal government agencies on steroids, with the Justice Department becoming a hotbed of lies and schemes, undertaken to support various political narratives that damaged political opponents and exacerbated division within the U.S. August 8, 2022 will go down in infamy being the day the FBI took the unprecedented action of raiding Donald Trump’s private Mara Lago residenceallegedly in search of classified documents that Trump was purportedly unauthorized to possess. Then between March and August of 2023 Trump became the first president in American history charged with state and federal felony crimes—not one, but four separate indictments in four different jurisdictions.
To succeed as attorney general, Gaetz needs an effectiveagenda and a strategy. On the former, Gaetz is uniquely well-informed on areas of injustice to establish a prioritized agenda, reflected in topics covered in his Firebrand podcast series:
That Congressman Gaetz’s congressional career and the recent announcement of his AG nomination has received sharp criticism and opposition should surprise no one. Gaetz can be likened to a fighter plane that becomes a target of flak and firewhen it is over the enemy target. Gaetz is the most unique Congressman in temperament and his range of knowledge about the Deep State enemies of America and the U.S. Constitution.
Stepping into the position of U.S. Attorney General, Gaetz would do well to staff up and be fully prepared to implement strategy based the wisdom of the first modern political philosopher.
According to Machiavelli’s recommendations to "The Prince," in his famous work by that title, unpopular actions should be inflicted in a concentrated period. That way the negative impact of the critics will come at one time, and be less lasting and forgotten sooner than they would be if offensive and unpleasant measures were spread out over months and years. According to Machiavelli, "the ill savor of the injuries is less lasting" when done in one concentrated burst.
Let the downsizing, de-weaponization and the clearing of U.S. government agencies begin.