Robert Romano is the Executive Director at Americans for Limited Government Foundation and Americans for Limited Government and can be reached at robert@getliberty.org. He grew up in a suburban Long Island township. He studied and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Stony Brook University with the Class of 2008. In his free time, he composes music on piano, paints oil on canvas, and writes fiction.
Robert lives in Virginia, is married and is a father of two.
By Robert Romano President Donald Trump and United Kingdom (UK) Prime Minister Keir Starmer have concluded a reciprocal trade agreement between the U.S. and the UK on May 8, the first big deal since the President’s announcement of reciprocal tariffs on April 2, without which the agreement would have never happened. Like other trade deals including the […]
By Robert Romano In Washington, D.C. there are a few facts of life and one of them is that since its inception more than a century ago, the debt ceiling one way or another will be increased. Often that will be done on a bipartisan basis under […]
By Robert RomanoA Public Opinion Strategies-Americans for Prosperity poll conducted April 10 to April 14 has unsurprisingly found that 84 percent think that the current tax rates from the 2017 budget reconciliation measure signed into law by President Donald Trump should remain in place and that 80 percent of voters think it would […]
By Robert Romano “I am confident that we will bring Trump’s popularity numbers and strength down if we keep at it and keep at it and keep at it.” That was Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on March 19 on PBS News Hour outlining the singular goal of Democrats who are in opposition […]
By Robert Romano The latest weekly jobless claims reported by the Department of Labor are a reminder for Congress to extend the 2017 Trump tax cuts and then some. In perhaps another sign that the economic cycle could be turning and that we are past peak employment, initial weekly unemployment claims increased 241,000 (18,000 more than the […]
By Robert Romano “I didn’t take over until January 20th. Tariffs will soon start kicking in, and companies are starting to move into the USA in record numbers. Our Country will boom, but we have to get rid of the Biden ‘Overhang.’ This will take a while, […]
By Robert Romano “I wouldn’t think that we would have supply chain shocks, and I think retailers they have managed their inventory in… front of this… and they know that President Trump is committed to fair trade and have planned accordingly.” That was Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent at the White House on April 29 briefing reporters on what […]
By Robert Romano President Donald Trump in a post on Truth Social on April 28 blasted a recent New York Times poll take April 21 to April 24 that showed a negative approval rate, with 42 percent approving and 55 percent disapproving, noting that it had undersampled Americans who had voted in the last election. The President has got a point, when […]
By Robert Romano In 2016, Americans for Limited Government teamed up with the late, great Pat Caddell to test President Donald Trump’s trade agenda in a national poll performed Feb. 23, 2016 to March 3, 2016 during the heart of the Republican primary. It tested a critical […]
By Robert Romano One thing that President Donald Trump has proven since taking office is that to secure the border, all it takes is a president with the political will to do what is necessary, with encounters on the southwest border in March down to 11,017, a […]
By Robert Romano President Donald Trump says it’s time to get busy. Speaking at a Women’s History Month event in Washington, D.C. on March 26 , President Trump said that in the budget reconciliation bill that the House and Senate are working on, there will be incentives to boost fertility, stating, “we’re going to have tremendous … goodies in the […]
By Robert Romano In the dead of night, the Supreme Court on April 19 entered a sweeping order barring all further deportations by President Donald Trump and the federal government under the 1798 Alien Enemy Act: “The Government is directed not to remove any member of the putative class of detainees from the United States until further […]
By Robert Romano Don’t look now, but believe it or not, just three months into office, we have already experienced 6 percent of President Donald Trump’s second term. By the end of the year, it will have been 25 percent and in 2026, the country will be […]
By Robert Romano Encounters on the southwest border of the U.S. with Mexico dropped to a record low of 11,017, according to the latest data by U.S Customs and Border Protection, the lowest ever on record in data dating all the way back to 2000 . This was the second month in a row at these […]