Trump Lives in the Real World and America Wins Because of It

Guest Opinion by Perry Hooper, Jr.

President Trump just returned from a whirlwind trip through the Far East, and in true Trump fashion, he turned diplomacy into deal-making, conversation into contracts, and handshakes into hard results.

While Democrats back home kept the government closed for “leverage” and fussed over his new ballroom built entirely with private funds, President Trump was halfway around the globe closing deals. Deals that will directly benefit American farmers, manufacturers, and workers and ultimately all taxpayers.

In Japan, President Trump secured new manufacturing and energy partnerships that will bring billions of dollars in investment to states like Alabama, Tennessee, and Ohio. Japanese automakers and industrial firms are expanding their U.S. footprint, translating into thousands of new, good-paying jobs for American families. Toyota and Mitsubishi have already announced over five billion dollars in new or expanded U.S. facilities.

He also strengthened defense cooperation with both Japan and South Korea, reaffirming that peace in the Pacific is built on American strength, not empty speeches. These are tangible outcomes, not photo opportunities or talking points. The Pacific alliance is once again anchored by respect for American leadership, backed by the strength of our military and our economy.

The trip reached its defining moment in Beijing. President Trump’s high-stakes meeting with China’s President Xi Jinping was nothing short of historic. President Trump later called it a “12 out of 10,” and it is easy to see why. The two leaders emerged with a sweeping agricultural and trade framework that reopens Chinese markets to U.S. soybeans, corn, and beef, creating billions in new export opportunities. After years of one-sided trade, America’s farmers finally have a president who fights for them, not with them.

China has committed to purchase an additional twenty million metric tons of U.S. soybeans over the next year, a direct result of President Trump’s insistence that American agriculture be treated fairly in global markets. This means jobs for truckers, dockworkers, and logistics companies across the heartland. It means our farmers are planting with confidence again. It means real income for real people, not theoretical “green transitions” that never materialize.

While others talk about shared values and global norms, President Trump deals in hard facts, trade numbers, factory openings, barrels of oil, and tons of soybeans. He understands that prosperity does not come from virtue signaling or moral lectures, it comes from negotiating deals that put America first. That is what leadership looks like, tough, transactional, and unapologetically American.

Let us remember, none of this required new taxpayer spending. There were no foreign aid giveaways, no climate subsidies, and no bureaucratic backroom deals. Just strong leadership, clear priorities, and results that ordinary Americans can see and feel.

While the talking heads back home obsessed over optics, President Trump was in Asia obsessed with opportunity. So, while the media nitpicks about chandeliers and marble, President Trump is out there reshaping the global order in America’s favor. Farmers win. Workers win. Investors win.

Some presidents talk about building back better. President Trump just builds, and America cashes the check.

The truth is simple. President Trump gets things done because he lives in the real world, a world where success is measured not by soundbites but by results. He does not care about applause from the diplomatic cocktail circuitor fancy meals at the French Laundry. He cares about the American people, and they are the ones who keep reaping the benefits.

President Trump went to Asia and brought home the goods: soybeans, steel, jobs, and peace of mind. You cannot ask for much more than that, unless of course, you are the man himself. Then it is a twelve out of ten.

“While others talk about shared values, President Trump delivers shared prosperity.” 

Perry O. Hooper Jr. is a longtime Alabama Republican figure, former Alabama Legislator and Montgomery businessman. He served as Co-Chair of “Alabama Trump Victory” in 2016, and served as an at-large delegate to the Republican National Convention. He is a noted civic leader in Montgomery with deep family roots in Alabama’s legal and political history.

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