Marc Short

Marc Short is the former director of Legislative Affairs for President Donald Trump. He successfully shepherded through the landmark Trump tax cuts. Marc is currently the chairman of Advancing American Freedom.

Donald Trump Polish President Oval Office

Opinion

September 25, 2025

TikTok is a national security threat. This is what the Trump administration needs to do

Critics argue the TikTok framework deal preserves Chinese Communist Party influence over the platform's algorithm, posing ongoing national security risks to Americans.

Trump tariffs

Opinion

May 6, 2025

Trump’s latest move proves his manufacturing Golden Age is just fools’ gold

Trump's tariff fight is chasing a Golden Age of America that's already here. The US exported over $2 trillion worth of goods in 2024. Tariffs will only make life harder for Americans.

Mike Johnson leads a press conference on the second full day of President Donald Trump's second term

Opinion

February 21, 2025

I helped Trump get his first tax cut bill through Congress. Failure is not an option this time

I worked for Donald Trump when we got his tax cut bill through Congress. Now, Republicans have a tiny majority and must work together or get blamed for $4 trillion-plus in tax hikes.

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., a key holdout vote on President Joe Biden's domestic agenda, makes a statement to reporters about Republicans and Democrats resolving their fight over raising the debt limit, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Opinion

December 14, 2021

Manchin is right, the inflation tax is real. It's time to stop Biden's Build Back Better

Americans have been paying much more for the things they need while Democrats have ignored their concerns in favor of pushing a $2 trillion social spending bill