On January 23, 1776, General George Washington penned words that should resonate with every patriot today: "the weight of command grows heavier by the hour." As our Founding Father struggled to hold together a ragtag Continental Army against the world's most powerful empire, his burden mirrors what President Trump faces in his second term battling the entrenched swamp.
Washington wrote this haunting line in a letter while the Revolutionary cause hung by a thread. The Continental Army was bleeding deserters, supplies were nonexistent, and many colonists were losing faith in independence. Sound familiar?
"The weight of command grows heavier by the hour" - General George Washington, January 23, 1776
Just like Washington faced impossible odds against King George III's tyranny, President Trump confronts his own array of enemies: the Deep State apparatus, globalist elites, mainstream media propagandists, and radical Democrats who've spent years trying to destroy him and the MAGA movement.
Washington understood what Trump knows today - real leadership isn't about easy victories or popular applause. It's about making the hard choices that lesser men won't make, bearing criticism from all sides, and pressing forward when everyone tells you to quit.
The Parallel Fight for Freedom
While Washington battled British forces trying to crush American independence, Trump wages war against forces trying to crush American sovereignty. The weapons may be different - lawfare instead of muskets, censorship instead of blockades - but the stakes remain the same: liberty versus tyranny.
As we approach America's 250th anniversary, Washington's words remind us that the price of freedom has always been heavy. Every generation must choose leaders willing to bear that weight.
President Trump didn't need to endure years of persecution, impeachments, and legal warfare. He could have stayed in his golden tower. But like Washington crossing the Delaware, he chose the harder path because America needed him.
The question for every patriot today: Are we willing to stand with leaders who bear the weight of command, or will we abandon them when the burden gets heavy?