Patriots, we need to talk about a dangerous delusion spreading through GOP leadership circles. While President Trump and his MAGA warriors are fighting to dismantle the administrative state, establishment Republicans like House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune are already plotting to "wield" federal power instead of destroying it.
Sound familiar? It should. This is the same failed strategy that gave us decades of broken promises and swamp creatures masquerading as conservatives.
The comparison to Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" isn't just clever - it's prophetic. Remember what happened to those who thought they could use the Ring of Power for good? They became the very evil they sought to defeat. The Ring cannot be wielded - it can only corrupt.
The Administrative State IS the Swamp
Here's what Johnson and Thune don't understand: You cannot drain the swamp by swimming in it. The federal bureaucracy isn't a tool waiting for the "right people" to use it properly - it's a weapon designed specifically to crush individual liberty and constitutional government.
Every Republican administration since Reagan has fallen into this trap. They come to Washington promising to shrink government, then spend four to eight years trying to manage it "better" than Democrats. The result? Government grows, freedom shrinks, and conservative voters get betrayed again.
"The Republicans' plan cannot be 'use federal power while we have it, then trust the next guys,'" warns constitutional experts who understand what Trump's victory really means.
President Trump didn't win a mandate to manage the Deep State more efficiently. He won a mandate to destroy it. That's why he brought in disruptors like Elon Musk to lead DOGE and warriors like Kash Patel to clean house at the FBI.
The MAGA Solution
While establishment Republicans dream of wielding power, Trump's team is focused on returning it to We the People where it belongs. That means abolishing agencies, not redirecting them. It means constitutional government, not administrative efficiency.
The choice is clear: Will the GOP leadership join Trump's revolution to restore our republic, or will they become the next casualties of the Ring's corruption?