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Rep. Pat Fallon’s recent remarks underscore what conservatives have long argued: America needs leaders who negotiate from strength rather than apology. Fallon’s praise for President Trump’s ability to press foreign and domestic adversaries hard is a welcome rebuke to the timid, purse-string diplomacy of the modern left.
When Fallon applauds the administration’s so-called war on narcoterrorism, he’s naming the threat many in Washington refuse to confront. Traffickers and cartels operate like armed terrorist networks, and treating them with the usual soft-handed approaches only invites more chaos and bloodshed on our streets.
The reaction to a Los Angeles Democrat applauding an I.C.E. tracker shows how disconnected coastal elites are from reality. Celebrating surveillance theater or signaling to activist bases while softening enforcement sends the wrong message to criminals and to the communities being hollowed out by illegal flows.
This is why negotiating from a position of strength matters: deterrence works. When the administration shows it will not be rolled by cartels, hostile regimes, or sanctuary politicians, it forces better behavior and buys time for real policy fixes instead of hollow press releases.
The left’s instinctive hostility to law enforcement and border control has consequences that voters feel in their wallets and neighborhoods. Rather than grandstanding overatrics, policymakers should back the men and women who enforce our laws, give them the tools they need, and stop letting sanctuaries and suitcases of cash fuel transnational crime.
Republicans and conservative leaders must amplify messages like Fallon’s and translate them into concrete policy: tougher border control, support for federal agents, and diplomatic pressure that doesn’t apologize for American interests. Weakness invites aggression; strength restores order, pride, and safety.
If Washington wants to protect citizens and reclaim the rule of law, it should start by embracing the plain truth Fallon says aloud: negotiation without strength is surrender. It’s time for real leadership that secures our borders, supports our law enforcement, and puts the American people first.
