In 2020, former President Trump recognized the 20th anniversary of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act and signed an Executive Order on Combating Human Trafficking and Online Child Exploitation in the United States.
Trump also created the first-ever White House position focused solely on combating Human Trafficking.
Now, Trump is showing his support for the anti-trafficking movement again, by hosting a screening of āSound of Freedom,ā at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster in New Jersey.
According to a press release by the former presidentās campaign, āTrump will be joined at the screening by Eduardo VerĆ”stegui, Jim Caviezel and Tim Ballard.ā
The press release also summarized Trumpās work as president to fight the scourge of Human Trafficking.
According to the release, under Trumpās leadership, there was a notable 14 percent increase in Human Trafficking convictions in 2017 compared to the previous year. Recognizing its significance, the Director of National Intelligence designated Human Trafficking as a top priority for American intelligence agencies in the same year.
Additionally, Trump became the first president to actively participate in the Presidentās Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons in 2018.
Throughout his presidency, Trump took historic measures to combat Human Trafficking and safeguard the vulnerable. Highlighting the movie and inviting its crew to Trump National Golf Club demonstratesĀ his desire to continue to do what he can to help.
āSound of Freedomā is a movie based on the true story of Tim Ballard and his fight against child sex trafficking. The movie has taken the ānation by stormā since its release over the July 4 weekend. But former President Trump has worked with the true-life protagonist of the movie long before he became a household name.
In 2019, Trump invited Ballard to the White House to share his experiences and emphasize the significance of the border wall. Trump oversaw the construction of over 450 miles of robust border wall and implemented stringent immigration policies, such as Title 42, aimed at preventing these heinous crimes from occurring along Americaās southern border.
In contrast to the former president, U.S. Senate Republicans released a video on Wednesday claiming that President Joe Biden has ācreated the largest child trafficking ring in U.S. history.ā
Additionally, the Department of Justice recently made discreet revisions to its webpage on child sex trafficking, removing substantial sections of information. These excluded portions include content on topics such as āInternational Sex Trafficking of Minors,ā āDomestic Sex Trafficking of Minors,ā and āChild Victims of Prostitution.ā
There is a clear and convincing difference between the current administrationās disinterest in child trafficking and slavery as a critical issue and the former administrationās proactive approach toward combating it.
Under the current administration, the focus seems to be more on ensuring the right of children to mutilate their bodies rather than on the right of children not to be sold into slavery.
Albert Einstein said, āIf I were to remain silent, Iād be guilty of complicity.ā
The silence from the Biden administration is deafening.
History has borne witness to which party opposed the abolition of slavery, and history will one day judge that very same party for their complicity in the modern-day version of that evil practice.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.
