By Wayne Allyn Root
I’ve just returned from my first Oval Office visit with the President of the United States, and leader of the free world.
I’ve had the honor of knowing the 45th and 47th President of the United States since before the day he came down that Trump Tower escalator to announce his candidacy for President.
I may have been one of the only people in America outside his family who knew what was coming. Trump sent me a handwritten note the day before saying, “Wayne, I know you want me to run for president. Tomorrow is the big day. I know you’ll be happy with my announcement.”
That was the moment I knew Donald J. Trump would become the next President of the United States.
Since then, I’ve had the honor of interviewing President Trump a record-setting 16 times on my TV and radio shows. I’ve also been opening speaker for many of his rallies in Las Vegas. My wife Cindy and I have had the honor of attending many White House Christmas and Hanukkah parties. We even honeymooned at Maralago.
Perhaps the biggest honor of all- we sat on the front lawn of the White House, next to the political and business leaders of the Middle East, to witness the historic signing of the Abraham Accords.
These last ten years have been quite a magical “Trump Journey.”
But NOTHING has ever been as awe-inspiring and memorable as walking into the Oval Office at the White House. The history of America that has played out in that room; the power of the presidency; the blessings of God upon America; and the weight of the world’s problems- you can feel it all as you enter the room.
When you see the historic photos of the Founding Fathers on the wall; when your eyes hit the Resolute desk built in 1880; and then you see the bronze bust of Abraham Lincoln resting on the desk; the bust of Winston Churchill; the framed Declaration of Independence; and the gold everywhere- the power of the room overwhelms you.
I’ve included a few photos at the bottom of this column.
I won’t discuss what we spoke about. But I will skip to the end of our meeting, when President Trump said simply, “Okay, it’s time to go. I have to go deal with a war now.”
No more powerful words have ever been spoken.
What was so remarkable about that sentence is…I was left wondering, “Which war?”
Israel/Hamas…
or Ukraine/Russia…
or the war with Congress over the U.S. government shutdown…
or the ICE/antifa war playing out in U.S. cities like Chicago and Portland…
or the military troops being sent by President Trump to deal with Democrat-run cities being overwhelmed by crime, gangs and drugs?
The man is dealing with so many wars, I don’t know how he keeps track.
And that’s before we even start thinking about World War 3 hanging in the balance. Or China invading Taiwan. Or potential terrorist attacks inside the USA.
President Trump has literally the weight of the world on his shoulders.
Which led to another thought crossing my mind as I exited the White House. President Trump never needed any of this. He never needed to be President. He certainly didn’t need to run for the third time.
He is a billionaire ten times over. He has perhaps the most magnificent estate in the world (Maralago)- 20 acres in Palm Beach, from the ocean to the intracoastal waterway, with a 62,000 square foot mansion and 20,000 square foot ballroom.
He also owns many of the most magnificent golf courses in the world. And hotels and office buildings all over the world. And of course, the famous Trump Tower in Manhattan.
And don’t forget “Trump Force One” his Boeing 757 private jumbo jet.
Trump has it all- one of the most beautiful wives in the world, and five perfect, healthy, brilliant children. Trump never needed any of these headaches. He never needed to deal with wars around the world, or anarchy inside America.
But he gave up his perfect billionaire’s fairy-tale life for us.
For all this stress. For all these wars. For all these headaches. For all these fires to put out.
For all the hatred. For all the death threats. For all the assassination attempts.
He never needed to endure the attacks by deranged Democrats calling him “Hitler” “Nazi” “fascist” and “KKK.”
He never needed FBI raids on his home; and never-ending indictments and lawsuits; and tens of millions of dollars in legal bills. He never had to risk going to prison for the rest of his life. He could have just enjoyed the carefree life of a billionaire.
Yet after all that, he came back for more. A third time!
Donald J. Trump sacrificed the greatest billionaire’s life on God’s earth to save America, to save capitalism, to save the great American middle class, to secure our border from a foreign invasion, to make our streets and schools safe, to make America prosperous again, but most of all…
To make America great again.
President Trump did all of that for us- for you, and for me, and for every American, and for our children and grandchildren.
Thank God for President Trump.
And let me throw in a personal thank you. Thank you, God for allowing this S.O.B. (son of a butcher) from the Bronx borderline to spend time in the Oval Office at the White House, with one of the greatest presidents in America’s history.
“ONLY IN AMERICA.”
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Wayne Allyn Root is a CEO, businessman, best-selling author, and national conservative TV and radio host, who has interviewed President Trump 16 times. Watch Wayne’s TV show “America’s Top Ten Countdown” on Real America’s Voice TV Saturdays at Noon ET and his video podcast “WAR Zone presented by The Gateway Pundit” daily from 6 PM to 8 PM ET at TheGatewayPundit.com. His website is ROOTforAmerica.com. Read Wayne’s latest fun book, “How Democrats Have Made America Great.” It’s 140 blank pages. The joke is on Democrats!
