It must’ve tasted like rusted nails going down. But he said it.
John Forbes Kerry, Boston Brahmin, climate pontiff, and longtime keeper of the globalist flame, said the quiet part out loud: Donald Trump was right about the border.
Not sort of right or partially correct. Not “his heart was in the right place.” No, Kerry flat-out admitted that Trump saw it clearly when his own party didn’t. In an interview with the BBC of all places, Kerry confessed what millions of Americans already knew deep in their bones: that you can’t have a country if you don’t protect its border. And that Democrats, under Biden, failed catastrophically.
It’s a rare moment. Not because it was brave. But because it happened at all.
You Know Things Are Bad When Kerry Jumps Ship
Kerry said it plainly: “Trump was right about the need for border security.”
And just like that, the dam holding back the truth sprung a leak. He went on to say he’d told Biden that Democrats “missed on the issue of immigration,” that the border had been “under siege,” and that the problem should never have been allowed to spiral like it did.
To a normal person, one whose small town had been turned upside down by the onslaught of illegal immigrants, this might just sound like common sense. But from Kerry? It's a sonic boom!
This man chose international law over our national interests. Kerry's career was made from continuous apologies for American assertiveness. Now? He's parroting Trump?
What's next, AOC converting to MAGA?
They Laughed at the Wall. Then the Wall Fell on Them.
When Trump ran on border security in 2016, he made promises of tighter border enforcement, building a wall, and ending illegal crossings. To the Left, it was funny: They mocked him, the press called ICE fascists. Democrats posed in front of empty parking lots, "sobbing" over kids in cages, even though those cages were Obama creations.
Then, a meatsack with mashed potatoes became president.
What happened between 2020 and 2024 wasn't just policy failure; it was willful blindness. Millions of border encounters with illegals occurred under Biden's, ah, "presidency." Sanctuary cities buckled over surges of Fentanyl overdoses. Southern hospitals met capacity by treating non-citizens who had nowhere else to go.
During these festivities, people like Kerry slinked around the wreckage, hoping their rhetorical candles kept the wolves at bay.
Until now.
Kerry Didn't Have an Epiphany. He Had a Panic Attack.
John Kerry didn't have a patriotic awakening. He didn't rediscover the American idea, nor did he develop a concern for sovereignty. His act was 100% optics, political survival. Most importantly, he worked hard to get ahead of a narrative that was simply running over people.
Why now? Because the numbers are truly devastating.
The number of border crossings since Trump took over fell quicker than Lurch's jaw after looking into the mirror.
Deportations are up, the Remain in Mexico policy has been reinstated, and physical wall construction has resumed.
Are you ready for a complete shock? All this worked.
Finally, people noticed. The GOP saw support from Hispanics, while working-class voters flipped. Polls now show immigration is ranking as a top concern, even among lifelong Democrats.
Kerry isn't leading from the front. He's working hard to catch up to the parade while pretending he was always leading the band.
The Media’s Selective Amnesia Kicks In
You’d think a statement like Kerry’s would be headline news. “Former Secretary of State Admits Trump Was Right” practically writes itself.
But CNN passed. MSNBC looked the other way. The New York Times? Not a whisper.
Because if they give this story oxygen, they also have to admit that they were wrong, too. They’d have to explain why they told Americans the border crisis was a “right-wing invention.” They’d have to account for the lies, the distortion, and the moral grandstanding that pushed common sense off the table.
They can’t do that. Not now. Not ever. Their credibility depends on pretending Kerry never spoke.
A Broken Clock, Sure, But Sometimes the Right Hour Saves a Nation
There’s a saying. You know it. A broken clock is still right twice a day. That’s Kerry. The man who flew private jets to lecture people about emissions. The man who thought Iran could be a “partner in peace.” The man who wore a hazmat suit of elite detachment so thick, even his apologies had marble countertops.
But this time, he told the truth. Was he late? Yup. Were his words half-hearted? More than likely. True?
Without a doubt. That has to count for something.
What Kerry accidentally admitted was that all the pearl-clutching was kabuki theater. He must've been dipping crow in catsup when realizing that Trump's policies weren't racist, he wasn't a fascist, and his actions weren't apocalyptic.
Those actions were necessary, right, and long overdue.
They Lied, People Died
Would you believe me if I told you people lied about border security? I know, right? People told us the border was sealed. Lied. Politicians who said walls didn't work. Lied. Journalists insisting that protecting the border was a racist dog whistle. They lied, too.
Those lies weren't the simple white ones people make when lying about taking three cookies instead of one. People died. Fentanyl didn't appear out of thin air. It came through an open gate.
Women didn't vanish: They were trafficked across an undefended border.
People playing politics instead of doing their jobs ended up making entire neighborhoods feel overwhelmed.
Now, when the tide has FINALLY turned, those same people are trying to rewrite history so the books read that they were on the right side the whole time.
Sorry, fellas, it doesn't work that way.
Final Thoughts
John Kerry's epiphany doesn't erase the damage to America caused by fentanyl. His attrition ignores housing shortages, strained schools, or families torn apart by preventable crimes.
Regardless, it's a good start.
It's another way to prove that reality has a way of catching up; that the truth, no matter how deeply it's buried, eventually makes its way to the surface. When even the most polished member of the ruling class cluelessly stumbles into honesty.
It's way past time for the broken clocks to speak for themselves. However, reluctantly, let them click because every once in a while, the worst messengers share messages that are worth it.
The message here in 2025 is simple.
Trump was right.
