From trade talks with China to a successful attack on Iranian nuclear sites to a ceasefire between Iran and Israel to a string of Supreme Court victories, and the "One Bill Beautiful Bill" getting one step closer to becoming the law of the land, it's hard to argue against the notion that President Donald Trump is currently on a roll that few presidents had the good fortune to see.
So, how good is Trump's roll? Let's put it this way:
Trump is racking up so many wins that even CNN — the laughably self-proclaimed "Most Trusted Name in News" — admitted on Friday that Trump (AKA "the devil incarnate") "is on a roll" and "having a nice moment." No, really.
CNN weekend host Michael Smerconish spent more than six minutes in his opening, detailing Trump's accomplishments over the past 12 days. Dare I say Smerconish almost sounded like he was bragging (or envious) about the president and his successes? He began:
President Trump is having a moment. I’m Michael Smerconish in New York City.
The first five months of Trump 2.0, they’re in the books. I’m not shy about voicing my disagreement here with President Trump or doing so on radio, often, whether it’s trade, border control, Iran, I find myself agreeing with the goal but not the approach.
But viewed objectively, I have to say that Donald Trump has just had the best week or best 10 days of his second term.
While Smerconish questioned whether or not the strike on Iran was warranted, with respect to available evidence, he shockingly went on to praise its success.
I’m still not sure bombing Iran was warranted, as I said last week, I’d have liked to have seen the evidence of Iran being on the nuclear doorstep rather than take Prime Minister Netanyahu’s word for it, especially in the face of what DNI Tulsi Gabbard had testified in March and what Trump himself was saying right up until Israel launched its strike against Iran.
But the mission was carried out with stealth and with precision. There were no American casualties. And while Congress is divided after receiving briefings on the extent of the damage, I’m sure that we’ve derailed Iran’s nuclear program, at least temporarily and there’s some valuable deterrent effect for America’s adversaries who witnessed last week’s exercise.
Who was that guy, and what did he do with Michael Smerconish?
TRUMP ON A ROLL@smerconish lays out why this has been the best week of President Trump's second term. pic.twitter.com/JwSNJIH1BZ
— Steven Cheung (@StevenCheung47) June 28, 2025
Smerconish also trumpeted (pun intended — just for fun) the president's recent successes at the 2025 NATO Summit:
Cut to the Hague, where he arrived for NATO meetings and was able to wrangle an agreement from our allies to more than double their defense spending target, from 2 percent of gross domestic product to 5 percent by 2035.
Also, while at NATO, in a press availability, he did something rare for Trump and I found rewarding, he showed empathy. It came in an exchange with a Ukrainian journalist who said that her husband was a soldier, she asked whether the U.S. would supply her country with Patriot missiles.
Smerconish then aired a clip of the exchange between the president and a Ukrainian journalist who said her husband was a soldier:
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
TRUMP: Are you living yourself now in Ukraine?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: My husband is there. And —
TRUMP: Wow. And I can see you very, you know, it’s amazing.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: And me with the kids, I'm in Warsaw actually, because he wanted me to...
TRUMP: Is your husband a soldier now?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: He is.
TRUMP: He’s there now? ...They do want to have the anti-missiles. OK? As they call them the Patriots. And we’re going to see if we can make some available....
I wish you a lot of luck. I mean, I can see it’s very upsetting to you. So, say hello to your husband. OK?
(END VIDEO CLIP)
Smerconish then noted how Trump was "more reflective and respectful than usual of our allies."
Perhaps, Mr. Smerconish, Trump's treatment of our allies was reflective of their treatment of him. This president has shown, time and time again, that he treats people how they treat them, and not only will he go to the mat against those who attack him; he also has a propensity to forgive, which the Trump haters fail to see. Make that: "fail to give a damn about."
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Smerconish then turned to domestic issues:
The S&P 500, Nasdaq hit record highs just yesterday. And it’s not just the stock market. Inflation, the great economic fear of recent times, seems to be tamed. The rate is now reported at 2.4 percent, down from a high of 7 percent just four years ago. Meanwhile, blue collar workers have seen real wage growth of 1.7 percent in Trump’s first five months. This is the largest such increase in nearly three generations.
Notwithstanding its impact on our national debt, there’s also hope among some that Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill will give further financial relief to blue collar workers, as well as create incentives to build more factories in the U.S. Some already see this happening. For instance, General Electric has just announced that it will invest almost half a billion dollars in moving production of washing machines from China to Kentucky.
After detailing several additional major wins for Trump during his impressive run, Smericonish shared his view on Trump 1.0 (his first term) vs. Trump 2.0:
Winning became a punchline that Trump’s opponents used to lampoon him in his first administration. He was a political novice then, surrounded by a team with which he was unfamiliar, and he was probably as surprised as the rest of us were that he won the election.
This time is different. This time he came with a plan and a cabinet with senior advisers comprised of loyalists, all well known to the president. And recently, he’s exhibited a more layered approach to governing on both the domestic and international front, no longer solely guided by winning each day’s news cycle.
By any objective measure, President Trump has his opponents on the run.
The last line couldn't be more correct. The Democrat Party — still unable to wrap its collective heads around Trump's resounding election win — is devoid of ideas or proposals to help make America great again.
Why is that? Simple question, not-so-simple answer.
In part, virtually every action congressional Democrats take is more focused on harming Trump and his programs than on helping America recover from the consequences of the disastrous Biden-Harris administration.
For that reason, it was a (brief, no doubt) refresher to see a veteran political commentator like Michael Smerconish — who insists he's an independent — give Donald Trump his due.
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