Eric Schmitt: 1 Year in, President Trump Restored Law and Order and Put America First

Eric Schmitt-Opinion : Jan 21, 2026
Kansas City Star

[KansasCity.com] ...President Trump's first year back has been a decisive return to law and order. From Day 1, his administration started dismantling radical Biden-era policies that fueled disorder, jeopardized public safety and undermined parental rights. In his first weeks back in office, the Department of Justice reversed Merrick Garland's disgraceful memo that cast concerned parents at school board meetings as domestic terrorists. President Trump knows parents have a fundamental right to be informed and engaged about their children's education, a right I fought hard to defend as Missouri attorney general. Exercising this basic right never should have led to intimidation from the federal government, but it did under the Biden administration. President Trump corrected that mistake, freeing law enforcement to focus on real issues like violent crime rather than the First Amendment-protected speech of parents... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here Click Here to read. (Official White House Photo by Molly Riley /US Government Work-Public)