The False Promises You Believed

Slogans can win elections, but they don’t build nations. You were sold bold, immediate promises that sounded decisive, but beneath them were nothing more than empty words:

• “Make America Great Again”
• “We’ll build a wall, and Mexico will pay for it.”
• “We’ll deport millions of undocumented immigrants immediately.”
• “We will impose tariffs on goods from any country that cheats its workers or engages in unfair trade practices.”
• “American workers will no longer be worried about losing your jobs to foreign nations.”
• “I’ll end the war in Ukraine in 24 hours.”

These promises were never rooted in reality. They were crafted to grab headlines and win votes—not to solve the problems you care about:

• “Make America Great Again” sounds inspiring! But how exactly do you make a nation great? By its name alone? Or by the quality of its citizens? And what makes a person great? Education, perhaps?
• Building a wall and making Mexico pay for it? Mexico’s leaders openly refused, and there was no mechanism to compel payment. In the end, U.S. taxpayers footed the bill, leaving the promise unfulfilled.
• Deporting millions of immigrants? A logistical, legal, and moral impossibility that would disrupt the economy and tear apart communities in the process.
• Imposing tariffs on goods from cheating nations? While it sounds tough, tariffs often hurt American consumers and businesses more than they help, raising prices and failing to revive industries as promised.
• “American workers will no longer be worried about losing your jobs to foreign nations”? It’s a great soundbite, but it ignores the reality that a skilled domestic workforce requires long-term investments in education and training, not just slogans.
• Ending the war in Ukraine in 24 hours? It’s an oversimplification of one of the most complex geopolitical conflicts in modern history, one that no leader can resolve with a single phone call.

Instead of updates about how these great-sounding promises are being implemented, Americans are being fed new attention-grabbing fantasies:

• “Canada will become the 51st state.”
• “We’re going to buy Greenland from Denmark.”

Let’s be real. These aren’t plans. They’re distractions. Both ideas are completely detached from reality:

• Canada as the 51st state? Canada is the second-largest country in the world, larger than the continental United States, with its own distinct culture, government, and identity. For this to happen, Canadians would have to willingly abandon their sovereignty, something they’ve never expressed interest in doing. This idea is absurd, a political soundbite designed to grab headlines, not to solve problems.
• Buying Greenland? Denmark and Greenland have already made it clear: Greenland is not for sale. The logistical, political, and diplomatic hurdles to acquiring such a territory are insurmountable. Worse yet, it does absolutely nothing to address the domestic challenges that actually matter to American families.

These outlandish ideas are distractions, plain and simple. Are an attempt to keep the public entertained with circus acts when there isn’t enough bread to go around. Why? Because instead of investing in real solutions for the American people, the system is focused on feeding the oligarchy first, leaving the rest of Americans to fight over crumbs.

Trump has finished “Making America Great Again” already? Or was it never about building a better future at all?

The Opportunists Who Took Advantage

When a movement lacks a plan, it becomes fertile ground for opportunists. These individuals are not invested in your future, they’re invested in their own power, profits, and positions. Let’s take a closer look.

1. Elon Musk: Tech Billionaire or Opportunist?

Elon Musk once aligned himself with MAGA principles when it suited his business interests. He supported deregulation and tax cuts that helped Tesla and SpaceX thrive. But now? Musk is pushing for an expansion of H-1B visas to fill high-skilled roles in his companies.

While this benefits Musk’s bottom line, it directly contradicts MAGA’s “America First” promise to prioritize American workers. Musk isn’t fighting for you—he’s fighting for his companies’ access to cheap, skilled labor.

He’s advocating to bring in more immigrants to take American jobs, all while supporting policies that cut funding for education, as if his goal is to keep Americans unprepared and unable to compete. How does any of this align with MAGA’s vision for a strong, independent America?

2. Vivek Ramaswamy: Corporate Populist

Vivek Ramaswamy has climbed the MAGA ladder, speaking passionately about “American greatness” and criticizing programs like H-1B visas as “indentured servitude.” Yet his actions reveal a very different story. Ramaswamy’s biotech company, Roivant Sciences, heavily relied on the same H-1B visa program he now denounces, using it 29 times between 2018 and 2023 to hire foreign workers, many from India. While claiming to support American jobs, his practices prioritized cheap, imported labor over investing in domestic talent.

But the contradictions don’t end there. Ramaswamy’s rise to wealth is tied to his controversial handling of Axovant Sciences, a subsidiary of Roivant. Axovant acquired an Alzheimer’s drug, intepirdine, for $5 million—a drug that had already failed four clinical trials. Despite its poor track record, Ramaswamy hyped the drug’s potential, taking Axovant public in 2015 and raising $315 million. Investors flocked, driving the company’s valuation to nearly $3 billion.

The outcome? Intepirdine failed its Phase III clinical trial in 2017, and Axovant’s stock value plummeted by 75% in a single day, wiping out billions. Critics have called this a classic “pump-and-dump” scheme, where Ramaswamy profited by inflating the company’s value despite knowing the drug’s limitations. Investors lost millions, but Ramaswamy walked away wealthier.

Now, as a MAGA-aligned political figure, Ramaswamy’s rhetoric rings hollow. While he talks about fixing America’s workforce and reforming immigration, his past shows a preference for prioritizing corporate profits over American jobs and exploiting a system he now criticizes.

How does this align with MAGA’s promise to prioritize American workers? It doesn’t. Instead, it mirrors the globalist, profit-driven practices MAGA claimed to oppose.

3. Donald Trump: The Architect of Empty Promises

At the heart of the movement is Donald Trump, the master salesman behind the MAGA slogan. But slogans, no matter how powerful, mean little without real plans to back them up. Trump’s 2024 campaign has recycled bold promises that sound good but fall apart when confronted with reality:

• Ending the Ukraine war in 24 hours? This claim oversimplifies one of the most complex geopolitical conflicts of our time. Resolving the war would require diplomacy, strategy, and multilateral cooperation—not the snap of a finger. Promising a quick fix to such a deep-rooted issue is not leadership—it’s fantasy.
• Mass deportations? Trump’s call to deport millions of undocumented immigrants might stir emotions, but it’s logistically impossible without creating massive economic disruption, tearing families apart, and overwhelming already strained systems. It’s a promise meant to energize his base, not to provide a workable solution.
• Trade policies and tariffs? While touted as a way to protect American workers, these policies often benefited Trump’s corporate allies more than the average worker. Tariffs raised costs for consumers and hurt industries reliant on imported goods, leaving many American workers still waiting for the jobs they were promised.

And behind the curtain? Trump’s allies and businesses have continued to rely on outsourcing and foreign-made goods, including campaign merchandise produced in China. What happened to bringing manufacturing back to the U.S.? It was a great slogan, but the reality never followed.

Trump’s promises, no matter how grand they sound, lack the grounding in reality necessary to truly deliver results. They are tools to win votes, not solutions to solve the problems Americans face. Without a plan, a slogan is just words. And words don’t build a future.

The Real Cost of Empty Words

When you vote for slogans instead of substance, the consequences are severe:

1. Policy Incoherence: Short-term promises don’t address long-term problems. Instead, they create a patchwork of ideas that fail to deliver meaningful results or withstand the test of time. The result? A nation left unprepared for the challenges ahead.
2. Broken Trust: When promises go unfulfilled, the bond between leaders and voters erodes. People begin to see through the empty rhetoric, leaving a disillusioned electorate that loses faith in political leadership altogether.
3. Opportunism Thrives: Without a clear plan, movements are hijacked by those seeking personal gain—billionaires, corporations, and political insiders who use the chaos to push their agendas. They profit, while the average American is left waiting for change that never comes.

And what do Americans get in return? Instead of real solutions, they’re fed new fantasies to distract them from the lack of progress:

• “Canada will become the 51st state.”
• “We’re going to buy Greenland from Denmark.”
• “Mars is the next frontier for American greatness.”

These ideas might capture attention, but they’re nothing more than smoke and mirrors. They do nothing to address the real issues facing American families, like healthcare, education, and job security. When the bread runs out, the circus begins. These distractions are designed to entertain, not to solve problems.

The Wake-Up Call

This wasn’t just about one election or one leader. It was about how you made your choice. Do you want leaders who cared only about making headlines in the week’s newspapers, or leaders who were focused on building a future for the next generation?

If you wanted heroes, explosions, and larger-than-life characters, you should have gone to the cinema, not the election booth. Trump as Captain America, Vivek as Loki, and Elon as Tony Stark might make for an exciting Marvel movie, where you’d eagerly anticipate the next episode, like conquering Denmark or annexing Canada. But in real life? These kinds of fantasies don’t give you a rise or a better job. Fictional heroes don’t solve real problems and neither do empty promises or hollow slogans.

The future remains uncertain, but one thing is clear: the next time you step into the booth, you should vote for real plans, grounded in reality, with a clear vision for the challenges ahead. It’s time to stop voting for the spectacle and start voting for the solution. For fictional stories, there’s always a cinema close enough.

The Vote Is About the Future, Not Your Immediate Selfish Interests

When you step into the voting booth, your choice shouldn’t be about what a candidate can do for you tomorrow, it should be about what they’ll do to shape the country your children will inherit. Elections aren’t about satisfying short-term desires; they’re about investing in the next 5, 10, or even 50 years. Vote for the world you want to leave behind, rather than what benefits you most in the moment.

Demand leaders with real plans and measurable goals, not hollow slogans designed to grab headlines. Follow the money: Who truly benefits from their policies? Are they working for the people, or for corporations and special interests? Insist on investments in education, innovation, and infrastructure: the essential pillars of a strong, competitive nation.

Greatness doesn’t come from catchy slogans or flashy rhetoric. It comes from leadership that prioritizes the future over self-interest, fleeting popularity, and the next news cycle. Choose leaders who understand that their responsibility is to the next generation, not just to their next campaign.

A Hard Truth to Remember

Till the next election, remember this: you voted for “Making America Great Again,” but here’s what you got instead:

• Your neighbor, hired on a B1H visa, took the job you counted on, and they’re doing it for half the salary you needed to support your family.
• Your kids’ schools have less funding, fewer teachers, and outdated resources, leaving them unprepared for a future that demands more skills and knowledge than ever before.
• You’re paying more for healthcare while still worrying if your family will be covered in an emergency. Meanwhile, politicians make promises they never intend to keep.
• Your grocery bills and utility costs have skyrocketed, but your wages haven’t kept up, making it harder to stretch each paycheck.
• Your commute is slower, and your roads and bridges are falling apart, with no meaningful investment to fix the infrastructure you use every day.
• Your country feels weaker on the global stage, falling behind nations like China and even India, as international respect and influence dwindle.
• Your community is more divided than ever, with leaders stirring up conflict instead of bringing people together.
• You’re paying more for everyday goods, thanks to poorly thought-out trade wars that hurt your wallet but didn’t bring jobs back.
• Your air and water feel less safe, as environmental rollbacks put corporate profits above your family’s health.
• And as for those dreams of annexing Canada or buying Greenland? Canadians and Danes are politely chuckling and saying, “Thanks, but we’re already great”.

Is this the greatness you were promised? These aren’t abstract issues, they’re your reality. Empty slogans and flashy distractions tear down trust and progress faster than anyone can rebuild them.

The next election is your opportunity to demand better. Vote for leaders with real plans, grounded in reality, who will invest in the future, not just win the next headline. Because while breaking something is easy, building a better future requires vision, responsibility, and leadership. And that starts with your vote.

See you in 2028...