Before Donald Trump was elected to the presidency, the most potent threat to our national security had been a lack of vision based on the principles that our Founding Fathers created at the birth of our nation.

President Trump understands the truth to the biblical scripture, Proverbs 29:18, “Where there is no vision, the people perish ...” And therefore, since the day he entered the Oval Office, Trump has provided the country with a vision that embraces the Founding Fathers' vision of a nation worshiping God, strengthening the family, and devotion to country.

The president understands, as did our founders, that strengthening our national security is not only accomplished through diplomatic agreements and military might, but also by strengthening our families, neighborhoods, cities, towns, and states, by ensuring that we, as a nation stay focused on the vision and principles that are our unshakable pillars of strength.

As our nation forges ahead in this century, it is imperative that we return to focusing on the vision and principles handed to us by our forefathers, and now being reignited by our president.

Trump has delivered a shared vision that is reaching the heart, soul, and spirit of every American in order to ensure that we, in our time, and our children and grandchildren in their time, live in a much stronger, safer, and healthier America — an America that will see the elimination of government control over the people and the rebirth of the people’s control of the government.

Under the leadership of Trump, people from all corners of our nation are joining him in advancing the power of ideas and individual creativity. Trump is advancing a "Make America Great Again" agenda that is extinguishing the burning embers of a socialist agenda and replacing it with a fire that is igniting ideas into realities that are having positive impact on the quality of life of all.

The stock market has gained trillions in wealth; nearly 300,000 jobs have been created; American manufacturing is gaining more strength every day and the minority and national unemployment rates are at record lows.

Illegal immigration is down and ICE arrests are up by record numbers. MS-13 gangs are no longer controlling some city streets and police departments nationwide are no longer hindered by politically correct law enforcement policies.

Through his tough but fair approach toward our foreign friends and foes alike, our country is now respected abroad once again. NATO countries are starting to pay their fair share to the alliance and nations not so friendly to us are “behaving.”

The president’s policies of cutting taxes, spending, regulations, and waste, is headed toward record-breaking growth to our economy, record-breaking unemployment levels, and a pride for our nation not displayed since the days of President Ronald Reagan.

While the socialist party on the Left brings messages of gloom, doom, and their nightmare of a dark future, millions of people have joined Trump by sharing with our families and friends a message. That message encourages citizens to look over the horizon and into the sunlight that reveals a reality that everyone will be given the opportunity to overcome all of the challenges they face because of a "Make America Great Again" agenda that is designed to strengthen our national security from within the heart, soul, and spirit of the country.

Steven Rogers is a retired U.S. Navy intelligence officer and a former member of the FBI National Joint Terrorism Task Force. He is a member of the Donald J. Trump for President 2020 Campaign Advisory Board.