The National Pulse’s 4th annual Patriot of the Year is former President Donald J. Trump. Previous award winners include “America’s Mayor” Rudy Giuliani, former White House Chief Strategist Stephen K. Bannon, and the New York Young Republican Club.
The Patriot of the Year title is handed, each winter, to the figure or organization in the conservative movement who draws the most incoming fire, while staunchly representing the nation-first values at the philosophical heart of The National Pulse’s editorial view.
Trump, 77, drew no close competitors for the award this year, especially given the historic and unprecedented targeting of him by the government of the United States, led by Joe Biden.
Born in 1946 in Queens, New York, Trump attended the New York Military Academy followed by the Wharton School of Finance. Taking over his father’s ‘Fred C. Trump Organization’ in 1971 and renaming it The Trump Organization, the future 45th President of the United States would soon become famous globally for his array of successful real estate ventures, perceived playboy lifestyle, and bestselling books. In 1987, he published the record-breaking The Art of the Deal, and 18 other books since.
In 1977, Trump married Ivana Zelníčková, who gave birth to his first three children: Donald Jr., Ivanka Marie, and Eric Trump. The two divorced in 1990. Ivana passed away in July 2022, aged 73.
In 1993, Trump married his second wife, Marla Maples, who gave birth to his daughter Tiffany before the pair divorced in 1999.
In 2000, Trump sought the presidential nomination of the Reform Party, wherein he discussed “beat[ing] that Democrat-Republican apparatus” – a philosophy carried into his infamous 2016 campaign for the Oval Office. Ultimately, he abandoned his 2000 bid, but not before being spotted stumping alongside model Melania Knauss, whom he married in 2005, and who would go on to become the First Lady of the United States and mother to his third son, Barron Trump.
Trump’s third wedding was a star studded event, taking place at the Church of Bethesda-by-the-Sea on Palm Beach island in Florida, which the pair still attend. Noteworthy guests included Heidi Klum, Mayor Giuliani, Bill and Hillary Clinton, and Regis Philbin.
Just one year prior, in 2004, Trump had launched the hit reality TV show The Apprentice, which ran for 15 seasons in America as well as sparking 20 different, localized versions across the world.
In 2016, Trump sought the Republican Party’s nomination for president of the United States, facing up against challengers such as Jeb Bush, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Rand Paul, Chris Christie, and others. He was nominated by the party at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, facing off against Hillary Clinton is what was perceived as an un-winnable election for Trump in November. Ultimately, Trump emerged victorious after a handful of campaign flubs from Clinton, and an outsider campaign with moments of inspiration spurred on in the public mind by Nigel Farage’s Brexit victory earlier that year in the United Kingdom.
Trump ran on his now trademark “MAGA” or “Make America Great Again” philosophy – a populist-nationalist perspective which has drawn the continued ire of the globalist, corporate elite and their politician puppets. His victory was immediately marred by false allegations of “Russian collusion,” followed by a sham impeachment process against him, and a global pandemic which emerged as a result of the U.S. government’s collaboration with Communist China in so-called “gain of function” experiments at the Wuhan lab in the nation’s Hubei province.
During this pandemic, Trump’s leftist and globalist opponents instituted unconstitutional lockdown measures alongside mail-in and “drop box” ballots for his 2020 re-election. While Trump emerged victorious on the night of the election, a series of “ballot drops” and “curing” attempts led his opponent Joe Biden – who scarcely campaigned outside of his home – to “victory”. In challenging the result of the election – much like Democrats did in 2016 – Trump was branded an “election denier” and his allies and lawyers were subsequently persecuted by the state.
When protesters descended on the U.S. Capitol on January 6th 2021 in support of Trump, Capitol Hill police were ordered to fire upon them using rubber bullets, flash bangs, and tear gas. The incitement by the police riled up the crowd, which led to a handful charging into police, breaching the Capitol, and postponing formal election count proceedings occurring inside. As a result, Trump was impeached a second time on charges of inciting an insurrection. Like his first sham impeachment, he was not convicted.
Despite all the attempts to stymie his administration, Trump’s first term was remarkably successful, and featured a booming U.S. economy, a secure southern border, and the renegotiation of deals with America’s key foreign partners – including NATO, Canada, Mexico, and China respectively. His administration even presided over long-elusive Middle East peace deals such as the Abraham Accords, while coaxing manufacturing jobs back to the United States and pushing back against the far-left’s attempts to revise American history through endeavors such as the Marxist-led 1619 Project and Black Lives Matter riots. Critically, Trump’s first term saw America engage in no new wars – a cardinal political sin for which the real-estate mogul will never be forgiven by the political and media class.
Trump announced his second candidacy for a second term in November 2022, wherein The National Pulse provided a full throated endorsement of his vision. Since then, Trump has been persecuted in ways that would make a banana republic blush, with Biden’s special prosecutors and Democrat Secretaries of State attempting to prosecute him on spurious grounds as well as disqualify him from the 2024 ballot – not a strategy you deploy against someone you believe can beat fair and square. Despite it all, Trump has persisted unfazed, amassing more public support than ever, and consolidating his backing amongst Republican primary voters.
Trump’s lifetime of achievements, charity, politics, and resilience is what makes him The National Pulse’s 2023 Patriot of the Year. Frankly, he deserves to win one for every year he has promoted America First conservatism, and breathed life into an otherwise scarcely inspiring Republican Party in the United States.
Congratulations, Mr. President, and thank you for the interview:
