For the first couple of months of the new administration, I was pretty happy with the direction America was going. I never expected to agree with every single thing that happened in Washington, DC. I only hoped that the majority of things would lead toward the new path that voters were promised.

I was extremely pleased to see the immediate aid that came to my beautiful home state of North Carolina after months of being completely disregarded by the Biden administration. I was happy to see people who were not doing their jobs replaced by people who would do those jobs enthusiastically. I was particularly thrilled that all the waste that DOGE uncovered was finally out in the open.

However…

This article may not be very popular, but I've written posts like this for 15 years, and I don't think any president or member of Congress is untouchable. If they're right, they're right, and if they're wrong, they're wrong. Blindly adhering to party over principle is what got our nation into this untenable position in the first place. Obviously, I prefer this administration over a propped-up, dementia-stricken old man letting folks use his autopen, but I'm still, honestly, becoming quite disappointed.