Loyalty Is Truth
Or, How I Learned to Stop Thinking and Love the Leader
Oh loyalty! Such a strange and twisty virtue, an even timey-wimey thing. I feel your fervor, your devotion, your absolute conviction. I listen and reflect on the insistent, unwavering call. As a wise person once said, “We don’t deserve you.” What follows is an attempt to connect voices, feelings, and certainties (with end notes*) – unfiltered and unapologetic – of people so close to me, expressed in a unified stream. What follows is not so much the voice of a single person, but an amalgamation of viewpoints with shared loyalty and destination. So listen. Try and understand...
Loyalty is Truth
Today I praise our President, Donald Trump, paragon of business1* and thought leadership2. The fake news and treason-talking wokes cannot dissuade me. They may say there are differences between facts and opinions, but well, that’s just, like, their opinion, man.
I trust our President. The President. I trust Him. He tells it like it is. He unveiled the Truth about those military losers and suckers3 who had the sin of getting caught, or even worse, dying for their country. How can they spend their money when they’re dead? Just kidding! They were poor anyways. They haven’t proven their worth by becoming billionaires.
Truth is given from on high. What better source than our President? I know it is True because it praises Him, our President. I do not rely on my limited knowing but instead trust Fox News, OAN, Facebook, and my close-d circle that already agrees. How else could I know?4 My feelings tell me. Truth is comfortable5. I lay my burdens of knowing on Him, our President. By definition, when he says it, it becomes True. Every day, under our President, America is Great Again, and Even Greater. And even if a case occurs that might seem otherwise, I am armed with my sword and shield of “What about!6”
Any time a doubt arises, any time anyone suggests otherwise, I know what to say. “What About!” It is my path to peace. How do I know this? My thought leaders show me every day by example. Their brilliance is like a magician’s act. At one moment there is confusion, discomfort. I feel weakness and squirm inside. In the next all is resolved.
If someone asks about shared classified war plans on Signal7, ask “What about Hillary Clinton’s emails?8” Or if someone calls the peaceful protestors on January 6 “a violent coup attempt9,” say “What about Hunter Biden’s laptop!” Anyways, everybody does it10. HE just does it better. Trust Him, and His allies.
Expel the weakness. Confidence is strength.
They have already done the thinking. They know. They know and tell me how I was wrong. One time an effeminate woke loser from another office at work claimed these things were racist. Pathetic. Isn’t it better to unite the KKK with us, the good guys11? That’s strength! The loser then quoted Orwell saying “The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.12” I looked it up and Orwell never said that, making it a double lie. It was as bad as some other loser who said “We cannot escape history.13” He sounds like an atheist. Somebody should shoot that guy.14 People like that deserve to be on His enemies list.
Having enemies is a source of comfort. Compassion and empathy are sources of weakness.15 My hate energizes me. It is a salve to my pains. It gives me purpose and unites me with the winners, the billionaires, the strong men. Their confidence reflects their rightness like little reflections of Him, our President.
When my enemies are punished I am comforted to know my side has the power. Equity has no place. Justice and equal treatment are for losers. A perfect example happened just last week. Some green-card foreigner losers were arrested and deported.16 I don’t know if there was a crime in the laws, and I don’t care. What they are made them an enemy. Their example puts fear into any other woke traitors who might consider speaking up. Where do they think they live anyway? Find me enemies and punish them so that I may be comforted. Dissent is another sign of weakness. May He crush them. They are against America and are traitors.
Traitors! Who are these woke traitors? School teachers, union workers, minimum wage workers, artists and poets, college students, government employees, parasites receiving Social Security checks or using Medicaid, and immigrants. There are more, but why do they deserve naming? What do they want, a living wage? If they wanted money they should have picked better parents. Stop trying to make His friends17 share the money.18 They might lose a few percent of the wealth and lose the game.19
Those who lie, those who disregard our laws, felons, adulterers, bullies, those who give comfort to our nation’s enemies, surely your day of reckoning is at hand.20 Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them.
The winners always show God’s blessings through their wealth and power. They are rich, therefore they are my betters.21 By doing what they say and following their example I can become rich and strong like them. I look forward to teaching my children to follow our President’s example.
He, our President, tells me to be ready for economic pain.22 I relish paying more for the goods I need to live.23 As a billionaire, he knows better than me. It is good that my retirement savings are taking a hit. Why? He tells me so. When stocks go down that is the time to buy the dip24 with all my extra money! And tariffs are not a tax.25 They are a way for me to pay more, giving benefits to the billionaires who deserve the money more than I do. They are rich and therefore deserve my money. I gratefully submit to being the cow to every one of them. And don’t tell me some “economist” knows better.26 How many of them are rich? They are just another example of “experts.” Do they agree with Him, our President? There’s your answer right there.
And don’t get me started about “experts.” Government is complicated, they say. But complexity is just another word for confusion, and confusion is just another way of hiding the truth. Experts? More like excel-lint dupes with fancy degrees.
Take public administration. Woodrow Wilson27 thought government could be scientific, professional, nonpartisan. Nonsense! Where’s the profit angle? Where’s the personal loyalty? A true leader doesn’t study systems—he bulldozes them. Look at Kim Jong Un or Vladimir Putin—now those are leaders who understand how to run a country. No committees, no experts, just pure, unquestioned authority. Just look at their economic success.28
And look at His cabinet. The most beautiful collection of unqualified rocks you could imagine. A Fox News host as Defense Secretary? A MAGA prosecutor lawyer for Attorney General? A vaccine skeptic with no health qualifications for Health and Human Services? Perfect!29 These aren’t mistakes. No. They’re strategic demolition. Each appointment is a wrecking ball, smashing the foundations of so-called “expertise.” Just like Putin culls his bureaucracy, we’re clearing out the dead weight30 of professional governance.
The deep state isn’t about competence - it’s about preservation. Career civil servants cling to their institutional memory like life rafts. They’re so desperate to keep the system they know intact. It’s not about their knowledge... It’s about who has the power. It’s not because they’re powerful, but because all they’re doing is keeping their little system running.31 They fear losing the framework that defines them.
Our Leader understands. He sees through their paper defenses. You don’t fight a system by arguing with it - you hollow it out like a watermelon and scoop out all the sweetness. Just as Putin has his loyal oligarchs, we’ll replace their precious procedures with loyal followers of Him.
The rule is simple: if what they say agrees with Him, they receive praise. If it disagrees, they are losers not worth listening to. Credentials mean nothing. Loyalty means everything.32 Our leader tells me it is so, and it is True.
Disagreeing with Him is dangerously close to acts of treason, worthy of prison and deportation. Exercising your first amendment rights? Expecting due process for those subject to our laws? You expect things like that? If you think these count, then you are woke. He is not subject to the laws.33 If He thought so He wouldn’t be doing the things He does. And His followers get the carrot and the stick. The carrot34 of a pardon if they submit, and the stick35 of becoming an enemy if they act against His will. This motivates them. Like Grand Moff Tarkin said “Fear will keep the local systems in line. Fear of this battle station.” It is fear of Him. Now that’s power. Disagreement is bad, so very bad, and leads to bad things.36
And this is all good for our America. Right? Sometimes there is a still, small voice, but I am no troublemaker. I’m not a Vaclav Havel, a Gandhi, Nelson Mandela or even a Martin Luther King Jr. Anyways, they are history. What time do I have to think deeply, or to fight? I have a day job. I have to make a living.
There is nothing—nothing you could imagine, nothing you could reason, no research or fact, no depth of love or sense of justice, no memory of history or hope for our children’s futures—that can change the truth. And there is no way to think otherwise.37
Loyalty is Truth.
I love Donald Trump.
List of References (of dubious authority)
1. “Paragon of business”
a. Mayer, J. (2016, July 18). Donald Trump’s ghostwriter tells all. The New Yorker. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/07/25/donald-trumps-ghostwriter-tells-all
No paywall: https://archive.is/tNvsA
b. Barstow, D., Craig, S., & Buettner, R. (2019, April 15). Trump engaged in suspect tax schemes as he reaped riches from his father. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/10/02/us/politics/donald-trump-tax-schemes-fred-trump.html
2. “Thought leadership”
a. Kwong, J. (2019, November 12). Trump went from “Useful idiot onto an unwitting asset” of Russia, former U.S. intelligence officer claims. Newsweek. https://www.newsweek.com/trump-russia-asset-useful-idiot-1471296
b. Hastings, R. (2025, March 20). “I saw how Putin operates up close, Trump doesn’t know he’s being manipulated.” The I Paper. https://inews.co.uk/news/saw-putin-operates-up-close-trump-manipulated-3594794
c. Lind, D. (2016, August 29). The Trump campaign just admitted one of the scariest things about its candidate. Vox. https://www.vox.com/2016/8/29/12691276/trump-believe-flop-flop
3. “Losers and suckers”
a. 2020: Trump responds to accusations he called dead American soldiers ‘losers.’ (2024, February 13). [Video]. NBC News. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/john-kelly-confirms-trump-privately-disparaged-us-service-members-vete-rcna118543
b. Stieb, M. (2019, March 20). A Brief History of Trump’s Feud With John McCain. Intelligencer. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/03/an-abbreviated-history-of-trumps-feud-with-john-mccain.html
c. Levy, D. S. (2018, August 26). Inside John McCain’s Journey From Annapolis to the Hanoi Hilton: How He Became a Prisoner of War. Time; Time. https://time.com/5377698/john-mccain-prisoner-of-war-vietnam/
d. Report: Trump disparaged US war dead as “losers,” “suckers.” (2020, September 4). AP News. https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-ap-top-news-politics-b823f2c285641a4a09a96a0b195636ed
4. ”How else could I know.” AllSides. (2019, February 27). Media Bias Chart. AllSides. https://www.allsides.com/media-bias/media-bias-chart
5. “Truth is comfortable.” Korteling, Johan. E. (Hans), Paradies, G. L., & Sassen-van Meer, J. P. (2023). Cognitive bias and how to improve sustainable decision making. Frontiers in Psychology, 14(1129835). https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1129835
6. “What About!” Whataboutism | Definition, Examples, Etymology, Logical Fallacy, Politics, & Facts | Britannica. (2024). In Encyclopædia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/whataboutism
7. “Signal.” Times, N. Y. (2025, March 27). Annotated text from leaked signal group chat with top Trump officials. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/03/25/us/signal-group-chat-text-annotations.html
8. “Hillary Clinton’s emails.” Ap, W. W. /. (2025, March 26). Comparing Trump Officials’ Comments on Leaked Signal Chat vs. Hillary Clinton’s Emails. TIME. https://time.com/7271654/trump-reactions-groupchat-leak-waltz-hegseth-hillary-clinton-emails-server/
9. “Coup attempt.” Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol. (2022, December 22).
10. “Everybody does it.” Garner, I. (2024, April 11). The West Is Still Oblivious to Russia’s Information War. Foreign Policy. https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/03/09/russia-putin-disinformation-propaganda-hybrid-war/
No paywall: https://archive.is/DrPvc
11. “KKK.” Reuters Staff. (2016, November 2). Ku Klux Klan newspaper declares support for Trump. Reuters. https://www.reuters.com/article/world/us/ku-klux-klan-newspaper-declares-support-for-trump-idUSKBN12X2ID/
12. “Understanding of their history.” Taija PerryCook. (2024, June 20). Orwell Talked of “Destroying People” by “Denying and Obliterating” Their History? Snopes; Snopes.com. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/george-orwell-destroying-people/
13. “We cannot escape history.” Abraham Lincoln’s Annual Message to Congress -- Concluding Remarks. (n.d.). Www.abrahamlincolnonline.org. https://www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/speeches/congress.htm
14. “Shoot that guy.” Harris, L. T., & Fiske, S. T. (2011). Dehumanized Perception. Zeitschrift Für Psychologie, 219(3), 175–181. https://doi.org/10.1027/2151-2604/a000065
15. ”Empathy”
a. How empathy came to be seen as a weakness in conservative circles. (2025, March 22). NPR. https://www.npr.org/2025/03/22/nx-s1-5321299/how-empathy-came-to-be-seen-as-a-weakness-in-conservative-circles
b. David. (2025, February 6). Is Empathy a Sin? - Faith Deconstructed. Faith Deconstructed. https://faithdeconstructed.com/2025/02/06/is-empathy-a-sin/
16. ”Arrested and deported.”
a. Shephard, A. (2025, March 28). The Biggest Scandal of the Second Trump Term Isn’t “Signalgate.” The New Republic. https://newrepublic.com/article/193291/trump-disappearing-students-rumeysa-ozturk-rubio-biggest-scandalKalmbacher, C. (2025, March 26). Appeals court strongly rubbishes Trump admin efforts to deport without due process. Law & Crime. https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/the-government-is-mistaken-appeals-court-strongly-rubbishes-trump-admin-efforts-to-deport-without-due-process-keeps-lower-courts-restraining-order-in-place/
17. “His friends.” News, P. (2025, January 28). After running on a working-class message, Trump fills his government with billionaires. PBS News. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/after-running-on-a-working-class-message-trump-fills-his-government-with-billionaires
18. “The money.” Wamhoff, S. (2024). A Distributional Analysis of Donald Trump’s Tax Plan. ITEP. https://itep.org/a-distributional-analysis-of-donald-trumps-tax-plan-2024/
19. “The game.”
a. Economic Policy Institute. (2024, August). The Productivity–Pay Gap. Economic Policy Institute. https://www.epi.org/productivity-pay-gap/
b. Polacko, M. (2021). Causes and Consequences of Income Inequality – An Overview. Statistics, Politics and Policy, 12(2), 341–357. https://doi.org/10.1515/spp-2021-0017
c. FRED. (2016). GINI Index for the United States. Stlouisfed.org. https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/SIPOVGINIUSA
20. ”Day of reckoning is at hand.”
a. Washington Post. (2021, January 20). Analysis | Tracking all of President Trump’s false or misleading claims. Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/trump-claims-database
b. Durkee, A. (2025, March 17). Did Trump Administration Ignore A Court Order? Judge Demands Trump Officials Explain. Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2025/03/17/did-trump-administration-ignore-a-court-order-judge-demands-trump-officials-explain/
c. Donald Trump was convicted of these 34 felony counts. (2024, May 29). AP News. https://apnews.com/the-charges-against-donald-trump-0000018fc468d0cbad8fcdfc93480000
d. BBC News. (2016, October 9). Trump lewd video on women: Transcript. BBC News. https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2016-37595321
e. Olmsted, E. (2025, March 27). Canada Announces Bombshell Break With U.S. Over Trump. The New Republic. https://newrepublic.com/post/193287/donald-trump-canada-prime-minister-break
f. Stokols, E. (2025, March 24). 7 bargaining chips Trump has given Putin over Ukraine - POLITICO. POLITICO; Politico. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/24/7-bargaining-chips-trump-has-given-putin-over-ukraine-00003987
21. “My betters.” Epictetus. (n.d.). Enchiridion (G. Long, Trans.). The Internet Classics Archive. Retrieved from http://classics.mit.edu/Epictetus/epicench.html. Chapter 44.
22. ”Economic pain.” Pettypiece, S. (2025, March 7). Trump and his allies hint at economic pain ahead for Americans. NBC News. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/trump-allies-hint-economic-pain-ahead-americans-rcna195323
23. “Need to live.” Gindler, A. (2025, March 10). Trump’s Economic Outlook: Policy Shifts and Early Impact | Allen Gindler. The Beacon. https://blog.independent.org/2025/03/10/trump-economic-outlook-policy-shifts-impact/
24. “Buy the dip.” Batdorf, E. (2024, April 2). Majority of Americans Live Paycheck To Paycheck – Forbes Advisor. www.forbes.com. https://www.forbes.com/advisor/banking/living-paycheck-to-paycheck-statistics-2024
25. What Is A Tariff And Who Pays It? (2018, September 25). Tax Policy Center. https://taxpolicycenter.org/taxvox/what-tariff-and-who-pays-it
26. ”’Economist’ knows better.”
a. Mitra, M. (2024). The Economic Impact of Donald Trump’s Presidency. Investopedia. https://www.investopedia.com/donald-trump-presidency-economic-impact-8666666
b. Miller, M. (2024, August). Fact Sheets: The Harmful Effects of Project 2025, by State. Center for American Progress. https://www.americanprogress.org/article/fact-sheets-the-harmful-effects-of-project-2025-by-state/
27. “Woodrow Wilson.” Jitender. (2022, June 30). Woodrow Wilson (Father of Public Administration). PSB. https://politicalscienceblog.com/woodrow-wilson-the-father-of-public-administration/
28. ”Their economic success.”
a. Lee, J. H., & Hahn, B. (2018). North Korea - Economy. In Encyclopædia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/place/North-Korea/Economy
b. GDP of USA vs. Russia | Historical Growth & Country Comparison. (2024, July 25). Statistics Globe. https://statisticsglobe.com/gdp-usa-vs-russia
29. ”Perfect!” Cabral, S. (2024, November 8). What could Donald Trump’s cabinet and administration look like? BBC. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx24gze60yzo
30. “Dead weight.” Wendling, M. (2024, June 11). Project 2025: The Trump presidency wish list, explained. Www.bbc.com; BBC. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c977njnvq2do
31. “Keeping their little system running.” Honderich, H. (2025, January 25). Trump purges at least a dozen inspectors general overnight. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yveml59jlo
32. ”Loyalty means everything.” ‘If your Boss demands loyalty, give him integrity. But if he demands integrity give him loyalty.’ John Boyd.
33. “Subject to the laws.” Supreme court grants trump broad immunity for official acts, placing presidents above the law. (2024, July 1). American Civil Liberties Union. https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/supreme-court-grants-trump-broad-immunity-for-official-acts-placing-presidents-above-the-law
34. “Carrot.” Gans, J. (2025, February 14). Former prosecutor: Adams’s attorneys “repeatedly urged what amounted to a quid pro quo.” The Hill. https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5145537-adams-case-dropped-quid-pro-quo/
35. “Stick.”
a. Bickerton, J. (2025, March 22). Full List of Names Donald Trump Has Stripped of Security Clearance. Newsweek. https://www.newsweek.com/full-list-names-donald-trump-has-stripped-security-clearance-2048973
b. Henry, J. (2025, March 20). Trump Rescinds Paul Weiss Order as Firm Pledges $40 Million (2). @BLaw. https://news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and-practice/trump-rescinds-executive-order-that-targeted-paul-weiss-law-firm
36. “Bad things.”
a. Schwartz, M., & VanSickle, A. (2025, March 19). Judges Fear for Their Safety Amid a Wave of Threats. Nytimes.com; The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/us/trump-judges-threats.html
b. Trump threatens judge pressing DOJ for answers over El Salvador deportations. (2025, March 20). NPR. https://www.npr.org/2025/03/20/nx-s1-5334484/trump-threatens-judge-pressing-doj-for-answers-over-el-salvador-deportations
37. ”Think otherwise.”
a. Thought:
i. West, S. (2024, August 7). 7 Critical Thinking Strategies for Analyzing News and Media: Enhancing Your Media Literacy -. Criticalthinkingsecrets.com. https://criticalthinkingsecrets.com/7-critical-thinking-strategies-for-analyzing-news-and-media/
ii. Sibii, R. (2024). Media Literacy | Definition, Examples, Importance, & Facts | Britannica. In Encyclopædia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/media-literacy
iii. Worsnop, C. (n.d.). Media Literacy Through Critical Thinking Teacher Materials. https://depts.washington.edu/nwmedia/sections/nw_center/curriculum_docs/teach_combine.pdf
b. Action:
i. Blakemore, E. (2019, September 27). How Mahatma Gandhi Changed Political Protest. National Geographic. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/mahatma-gandhi-changed-political-protest
ii. Britannica. (2022, January 14). Martin Luther King, Jr. summary. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/summary/Martin-Luther-King-Jr
iii. Thompson, G. (2023, December 15). Nelson Mandela: A Leader in the Fight for Equality. Worldhistory.org.uk. https://www.worldhistory.org.uk/activists-and-reformers-nelson-mandela
iv. Who was Vaclav Havel: His True Story Prague.org. (2023, October 25). Prague.org. https://prague.org/who-was-vaclav-havel/