Trump’s baby-faced bulldozers just getting started

Joe Biden said he’d be a transitional figure, then stayed in the race for president until it was too late for him to win a second term. Now, President Trump is leading the sort of generational transition that Biden only dreamed of. Trump may be the oldest man elected president, but he leads a youth movement that will shape politics for decades to come, Trump shattered the cliche that Republicans are the party of seniors and Democrats are the party of young people, and he’s staffing his administration with men and women who will form the next GOP governing class. The beltway is only beginning to grasp the implications young people not only define the cultural landscape they carry with them, the political categories they learn in their 20s for the rest of their lives, such as the power of youth that even losing candidates who win over young people have lasting influence. The young people who worked on George McGovern’s 1972 presidential campaign, such as Bill and Hillary Clinton, were the liberal future when a youth driven campaign wins power, the consequences are even more profound. Think JFK accepting the torch pass to a new generation of Americans. Oregano is forging the doctrines that guided the GOP for 40 years between 2016 and 2024 Donald Trump did more than turn the Republican Party into a multiracial working class coalition. His time in the political wilderness gave the GOP a cutting edge in 2020 for example, Trump lost 18 to 29 year olds to Biden by 24.4

years later, he cut Kamala Harris’s lead to 11 points. How did this happen? Trump capitalized on young people’s frustrations with inflation and interest rates by recalling his Presidential Record and opposing the woke agenda of anti American cultural transformation. His particular focus was lower propensity young male voters. That was why Trump took in so many UFC matches, visited college football games and NASCAR races, and made Joe Rogan’s endorsement a priority. He wanted to demonstrate solidarity with the rising generation in 2024 Trump added Tiktok and long form podcasts to his political arsenal. These platforms showcased Trump’s authenticity and communication skills they provided Trump direct access to his growing audience. Among the architects of this winning strategy was his son, Barron Trump, age 18,

in staffing this administration, Trump skipped over the Reagan Bush governing class to create a new echelon of GOP leaders.

White House press secretary Caroline Levitt is 27 years old. Vice President JD Vance is 40 years old. UN Ambassador designate, Elise Stefanik is the same age. Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard is 44 defense secretary, Pete hegseth is 45 budget chief, Russell Vogt is 49 Secretary of State, Marco Rubio and Secretary of Transportation, Sean Duffy are both 54 Attorney General Pam Bondi is 59 but she looks a lot younger. The oldest Trump cabinet pick is Linda McMahon, born in 1948 her mission put herself out of a job by closing the Department of Education. There’s no better task for a former CEO of WWE than a bureaucratic Smackdown GOP. Congressional leadership has changed too. Speaker Mike Johnson is 53 years old and arrived in Washington, DC, along with Trump in 2017 Senate Majority Leader John Thune, 64 is decades younger than his predecessor and Tom Cotton, who chairs the Senate Republican Conference as well as the Intelligence Committee, is 47 that’s a toddler in Senate years.

Most of them aren’t old enough to rent a car. 77 year old. Hillary Clinton says of Elon Musk’s 20 something employees at the Department of Government deficiency, this is the same woman whose 1969 Wellesley commencement address was a pay on to youthful dissent, searching and renewal. Now she’s checking IDs the Democrats lecture in scold while Trump offers young people opportunity through disruption. The GOP baby face bulldozers are just getting started, and they won’t be denied the.