Trump is A Combination of Reagan and Churchill - Only Better

President Trump recently expressed his support for "FREE ENTERPRISE!!" in a Truth Social post that quoted Winston Churchill and President Ronald Reagan. In the post, President Trump quoted Churchill as saying, "Socialism is the philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy... The inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries."

President Reagan was also quoted with the following pithy remark about the same topic, "Socialism only works in two places: Heaven, where they don't need it, and Hell, where they already have it."

Beyond a shared commitment to free markets, these three great leaders, Churchill, Reagan, and Trump, have much in common.

In my book, "Trump and Churchill: Defenders of Western Civilization," I detailed how both men shared a common resolve, patriotism, and defiance of the steepest political odds that the world had seen in each man's respective era. Beyond the superficialities of a different stature and Churchill's love of a stiff drink, each man is remarkable for a stalwart commitment to political truths that transcend decades, macro-political orientation, and passing fads.

President Reagan also shares a great deal with President Trump. Both men entered politics as outsiders, Reagan as California's greatest governor and Trump as our greatest president. While President Trump's career has always been centered on real estate and property development, like Reagan, he was also someone who brought hours of entertainment to screens across the country.

But more profoundly, both men changed the office of the president forever. Prior to Reagan, many Americans thought that the very office was too big and too arcane for the modern age. President Reagan proved that not only can a strong president revitalize the nation, but he can win big by doing so.

In my book, Trump and Reagan: Defenders of America, I explore how both men put patriotism, national renewal, economic revitalization, and long-standing principles at the front and center of their administrations. Like Reagan, President Trump is even more popular in his second term than in his first.

Let's look at why all three of these great men understood that free enterprise is a key element of building a strong, free, and prosperous society. Many believe that free enterprise and its antithesis, collectivist socialism, are merely differences in economic theory. This is a false understanding of the issue.

In Matthew 4:4, Jesus Christ spoke the following, in reference to Deuteronomy in the Old Testament, "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God."

Make no mistake, our modern economic theories cannot be viewed in isolation from our spiritual survival. When socialists take power, they seek to replace the natural law of God, on which our Constitution is based, with the unholy notion that the state functions as a combination of our families, our communities, and most blasphemous, a god on earth.

It is no coincidence that Karl Marx was both a collectivist and an atheist. He understood that for mankind to accept the government as a god on earth, it would need to replace our God in heaven.

How does this manifest itself in the real world? When righteous people use their free will to make decisions, they are motivated by natural law when they are at their best. When they make mistakes, they seek divine forgiveness and look to constantly improve their actions and abilities as individuals.

This has led to the greatest inventions in human history, from clean water flowing from indoor plumbing, to electricity, the automobile, the airplane, the rocket, the internet, and AI. None of these inventions came from socialist and collectivist societies. They all came from free societies.

Socialism prohibits us from dreaming and striving beyond. It is not just the creed of ignorance, but also the creed of blind obedience - the eternal enemy of creativity. While some socialist countries can attempt to reverse-engineer great inventions, they cannot come up with anything new or vibrant.

Let's now look at how all of this relates to our great First Amendment. Few people directly associate our First Amendment with economics, but they would be mistaken. Our freedom of speech, assembly, and our right to hold government to account as private citizens is directly related to our ability to challenge the status quo of industry. In primitive societies, those saying that we could part ways with the horse and invent an internal combustion engine would be shackled or even killed. In socialist societies, those who dream big enough to challenge the status quo often find themselves in reeducation camps or concentration camps.

In the United States, those who dare to dream become our great inventors, businessmen, and in many cases, national heroes. They were able to become great because we are one nation under God, not one nation under primitive superstition or the equally regressive collectivist forces of socialist tyranny.

When we speak up, we think. When we challenge others and find ourselves challenged, we become more intelligent. We learn how to solve problems. So long as we never forget that our genius is a divine gift that must be used to improve rather than distort the human condition, we are free to do exceptional things. This is why the United States is an exceptional nation.

President Trump's support of free enterprise is about more than a wish for us all to become more prosperous. It is an expression of a long-held desire that seeks to inspire us to dream big, do big things, become better people, and in doing so, become a better nation.

This is what it means to Make America Great Again!

Nick Adams is a Presidential appointee, social media influencer, and best-selling author of the upcoming book: “From Mar a Lago to Mars: President Trump’s Great American Comeback”.