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Individuals have entered the United States and used its freedoms as weapons against it. But citizenship should be a covenant of loyalty, not a loophole for subversion.

America was never meant to be a social experiment. It was founded as a constitutional republic built on ordered liberty, individual sovereignty, and the belief that freedom must be rooted in responsibility. For nearly 250 years, that sacred balance has made this nation the envy of the world and the target of its enemies.

Today, those enemies no longer storm our shores. They walk through our gates, swear false allegiance, and use our democracy as a weapon to destroy it from within.

The Trojan horse within our gates

From Paris to London to Dearborn, Michigan, the pattern is the same. Those who despise Western civilization’s values are using its freedoms as tools of conquest, exploiting our tolerance, our laws, and our moral restraint. In Dearborn, an American who questioned why a street was named after a man tied to the slaughter of US Marines was mocked by his own mayor, who called him unwelcome and even promised a parade when he left town.

And now, in New York City, a self-declared socialist, Zohran Mamdani, has been elected mayor. His platform rejects every founding principle of our republic. Once, calling yourself a socialist or communist ended a political career. Today, it launches one. That is not progress; it is decay, the slow erosion of loyalty that once defined us.

The constitutional truth

As you have always understood, Mr. President, the constitution was never meant to be neutral in the face of disloyalty. Article I, Section 8 gives Congress the power to establish a uniform rule of naturalization because the Framers knew citizenship was not a convenience; it was a covenant. When that covenant is violated, the law provides a remedy.

A person carrying a placard with a message in support of ICE attemps to pass through demonstrators gathering during a protest near the Broadview ICE facility, November 1, 2025. (credit: REUTERS/LEAH MILLIS)

In Fedorenko v. United States (1981), the Supreme Court held that naturalization obtained by fraud or concealment can be revoked, a principle reaffirmed in Kungys v. United States (1988). Fraud is not protected speech, and deceit is not dissent. The same Congress that ratified the Fourteenth Amendment also enacted measures to safeguard the Union from those who claimed loyalty while conspiring against it. The lesson endures: citizenship is a privilege anchored in allegiance to the United States of America.

A crisis of moral clarity

You, Mr. President, have always had the courage to say what others feared to say: that a nation without borders is not a nation. The same truth applies to loyalty. A nation without loyalty cannot endure.

Under your leadership, America once again stood proudly for its people, its flag, and its values. You reminded the world that patriotism is not a crime but the foundation of civilization.

And just as your administration acted decisively in removing foreign visitors who glorified acts of political violence, including those who celebrated the attempted assassination of Charlie Kirk, we must continue that same moral clarity now.

We cannot allow individuals who enter or remain in this country to use its freedoms as weapons against it. These are modern-day Trojan Horses, people who exploit our democracy to dismantle it.

If we fail to confront this, we risk losing not only elections but the republic itself. Those calling themselves “progressives,” yet acting as regressives, socialists, communists, and Marxists in disguise, will continue to rise, one office at a time.

A recent poll found that Zohran Mamdani won 62 percent of the foreign-born vote in New York City, compared with just 24 percent for his opponent. This is not merely demographic; it is ideological. A movement of newcomers, often influenced by regimes hostile to our values, is being strategically mobilized to transform the character of our nation from within.

The path forward

Mr. President, you have proven that the constitution is only as strong as those willing to defend it. You never backed down in the face of mockery or malice because you understood America’s promise, a covenant between a free people and their creator.

I write these words not as a distant observer but as someone who chose this nation and its promise. I became an American citizen after coming from Canada, and with that oath came a lifelong commitment to protect the principles that make this country extraordinary. Since then, I have devoted myself to civic life and to ensuring that others cherish their right to vote and their duty to preserve the republic. That is what true citizenship means: gratitude expressed through action and loyalty proven through service.

That same conviction is now needed to restore moral order and constitutional integrity. The time has come to reassess citizenship granted or exercised in bad faith, and to examine those who came here under the pretense of seeking freedom but instead use their status to advance radical agendas that undermine it. Those who exploit the privileges of citizenship to aid movements that seek to destroy America from within must be held to account under existing law.

Such an effort would not be punitive; it would be protective. It would reaffirm that allegiance to the United States is not symbolic but substantive. It would ensure that citizenship remains what the Framers intended, a covenant of loyalty, not a loophole for subversion.

A call to history

America needs the same courage that built the wall, revitalized our economy, and restored pride in our flag. The constitution does not enforce itself; it depends on leaders of conviction.

Mr. President, history already remembers you as the leader who stood firm when others faltered, who faced down chaos and never wavered in defense of the republic. The American people have never stopped believing in you because you never stopped believing in them.

May God bless you with continued strength, wisdom, and the unshakable conviction that freedom and loyalty will always prevail.