Lessons learned: How Trump must push his ‘American reset’ into 2026 |
It was the year of the reset.
On foreign policy, economic policy and immigration policy, President Trump in 2025 took a system that had been working against the American people and started the hard process of turning it back toward putting Americans first.
Trump doesn’t view these three areas as separate entities, but as a nexus whose aims must reinforce each other.
His fight against Venezuela, for example, is as much about protecting Americans from drugs and halting the influx of migrants as it is about removing the illegitimate Maduro regime.
His tariffs on Mexico were equal parts about protecting our auto market and protecting our border.
His complex agenda brought many successes, some failures — and important lessons to carry into 2026.
Trump’s tariffs especially were a crucial tool in his reset effort.
After he declared “Liberation Day” on April 2, the global economic elite lost its collective mind.
Wall Street went into a tailspin.
The liberal media went berserk.
Expert economists declared the end of the world as we know it.
We were told inflation........