adminParis and New York produced a short, unforgettable moment this week when French President Emmanuel Macron found himself stuck on a Manhattan sidewalk while New York police held traffic for President Trump’s motorcade. Video shows Macron smiling, stepping out of his car, and placing a phone call to President Trump to quip that everything was “frozen” for him. It was a small, human scene — but it also underscored a simple truth: the office of the American president commands respect around the world, whether elites like it or not.
That same crowd of global leaders who lecture America on virtue and policy are the first to yield when American security and protocol pass through. Macron was in New York for the U.N. General Assembly and even used the call to raise diplomatic issues, but the imagery of a foreign leader waiting while the U.S. president’s convoy moves on is politically potent. For patriotic Americans, it’s a reminder that strength and order are not embarrassing traits to apologize for; they’re the backbone of our sovereignty.
Meanwhile on our own shores, the media class continues to reveal its raw partisan temperament. Former anchor Keith Olbermann posted messages aimed at CNN commentator Scott Jennings that many took as threatening before he deleted them and offered a late apology. Jennings publicized screenshots and asked law enforcement to look into the matter — a perfectly reasonable response when any commentator appears to cross the line into intimidation.
This episode comes on the heels of chaotic decisions by corporate media about which voices get punished and which get coddled. Conservatives watched as Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension and reinstatement sparked outrage, then saw a left-wing pundit apparently threaten a conservative analyst with little immediate consequence. The double standard is glaring: outrage and calls for cancelation explode when conservatives step out of line, but leftist vitriol is too often shrugged off as mere passion.
Americans deserve equal enforcement of standards and the rule of law, not selective outrage. If social media platforms and networks mean what they say about safety and civility, they should hold everyone to the same standard — from the politician down to the cable talking head. Our nation cannot survive a two-tiered system of justice where scores are settled through veiled threats and cancellation rather than fair debate and consequence.
Hardworking patriots watching these scenes should feel a renewed sense of clarity: strength, order, and accountability matter, and they must be defended against both foreign posturing and domestic lawlessness. Call out threats when they happen, demand consistency from the institutions that shape public life, and keep holding the media class to account for the chaos they so often manufacture. America will be stronger when leaders, foreign and domestic, are treated with the respect due to the rule of law and to the people who actually keep this country secure.
