MAGA. Everybody knows what it means. It is simple, direct, and patriotic. MAGA is not only a movement unto itself but also the parent to a family of exceptional complementary revolutions playing out at light speed: MAHA—Make America Healthy Again. DOGE—Department Of Government Efficiency. And the less-heralded, yet extremely effective FAFO—F*** Around and Find Out.
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Laws are policies crafted, at least in theory, to secure constitutionally guaranteed freedoms for all Americans. Of course, there needs to be enforcement and accountability. Police and courts enforce the rule of law that ensures our freedom and that those who seek to avoid playing by the rules are sanctioned. Accountability.
President Trump has brought America roaring back from years of laws being ignored, subverted, and ill-applied. With the dawn of Make America Great Again, Make America Healthy Again and the Department Of Government Efficiency, Trump has gotten us back on track quickly, in part by drawing on the internet-cultural-age phenomena of F*** around and find out.
FAFO is practiced in virtually every home, workplace, and religious institution. It has been part of the human experience since time began, and the internet gave it a wide forum. It’s why your kid comes home by the curfew you’ve set. It’s why you don’t steal copier paper from work. And, truth be told, it’s why you try really, really hard not to mess with the big guy upstairs. You just don’t want to find out.
Trump has brilliantly resurrected this time-tested approach as a means to speed our return to greatness and accountability.
What do you think kept Putin out of Ukraine while Trump was 45? How about Xi out of Taiwan? What made Lil’ Kim in NorKo keep his nukes to himself? Trump’s aura of FAFO. With Trump in charge, those leaders dared not fool around. They didn’t want to find out what might happen.
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Russia goes into Ukraine. Hamas brutally attacks Israel. Iran pays proxies to attack Israel and the U.S. Foreign actors with bad intentions and evil aspirations knew that Biden was so weak and feckless, he was easily pushed around. The Taliban exposed for all the world’s bad guys just how weak Biden was, resulting in arguably the worst military embarrassment in U.S. history. Biden had no FAFO and the world, knew it. He might as well have had a sign saying “kick me” pinned to the back of his shirt.
Hamas is heading down the FAFO path as President Trump is losing patience with the inhuman condition of the hostages who are being released at a painfully slow pace. Voicing his concern and demanding better treatment, Trump has now set a deadline for Hamas’ release of all hostages, or they’ll see “all Hell break out.” F. A. F. O.
Canada, Mexico, and Panama, threatened with tariffs and other sanctions, found themselves at the business end of FAFO and, rather than take a chance, opted to go along to get along.
Tariffs are prime weaponry in the age of FAFO. It is clear that Trump’s use of tariffs—more precisely the threat of tariffs—as a tool of diplomacy, is highly effective and a by-product of FAFO. Our competitors must believe—and they do—that we will raise their cost of doing business unless they play by our rules.
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Media liars and cheats who had a field day during Trump’s first term behaving like the overpaid, privileged, performing seals of the left that they are—have now found out. CNN’s ratings have evaporated, and its star henchmen, Brian Stelter, Don Lemon, and Jim Acosta—guys who basked in the left-wing glory of their Trump Derangement Syndrome—are now deservedly off the big stage.
The Deep State—which previously denied it existed—is now spinning out of control as it tries to stay out of the landfill. The DOGE waste-watchers are finding and eliminating useless programs that Americans don’t need and don’t want. This week several FEMA employees were canned for violating Trump’s Executive Order by sending $59 million to New York City to pay for the luxe life of illegals. This is a perfect example of FAFO.
Government liars and cheats Anthony Blinken and the 51 “Intelligence Officers” who flat-out interfered with the 2020 election—especially the loathsome Clapper and Brennan—are all being made to rethink their flouting of our laws and societal norms after having their cherished security clearances canceled. Accountability, like karma, is a b****.
The Biden Doctrine of DEI, open borders, lawfare, unchecked government spending, boys in girls’ sports, even banning plastic straws, was literally forced on Americans, who gave President Trump a resounding mandate to stop the madness. The cultural bullies who enjoyed torturing normal Americans during the Biden years are finding out what happens when you f-around.
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MAGA. MAHA.DOGE. FAFO. Does it need to be spelled out for you? Trump is the G.O.A.T.
Drew Hayes is a media advisor who has programmed and managed news, talk, and sports radio stations in DC, Chicago, and Dallas, as well as the ESPN Radio Network. Drew was most recently VP of KABC Radio in Los Angeles. He enjoys podcasts, radio shows, TV, and reading, usually all at the same time. Reach him at [email protected].
