I joined X in 2023 with nine followers. By the 2024 election, nearly 30,000 people were following me.
I wasn’t being paid. I couldn’t monetize the account. I stayed because my support for President Trump and MAGA was built on values - not money, access or popularity.
That hasn’t changed.
While some influencers who grew enormous audiences from MAGA are now encouraging voters to sit out, I’m still here.
When your side stays home, the election doesn’t pause. The other side wins the seats, controls the committees and gains the power.
Fix bad Republicans in the primaries. Secure elections through voter ID and stronger rules. But abandoning the general election isn’t a strategy - it’s surrender.
I fought through 2024. I’m fighting through 2026, 2028 and beyond because if America falls, smaller countries like Papua New Guinea will feel the consequences.
That same commitment now drives my vision for HausLink.
I’m competing with Mexico, Puerto Rico, the Bahamas, Jamaica, the Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Hawaii and Caribbean cruises.
They offer shorter flights, lower costs, familiar brands, mature infrastructure and destinations Americans already trust.
PNG offers something different: untouched islands, coral reefs, mountains, ancient cultures and communities capable of changing how you see the world.
Mention Cancun, Nassau or Hawaii and everybody knows someone who has been there.
Now mention Papua New Guinea.
Most people know almost nothing.
That is my greatest obstacle - and my greatest opportunity.
Opening PNG to American travellers through HausLink feels like standing at the bottom of Mt Everest.
But difficult odds have never stopped me.
One post at a time.
One booking at a time.
One traveller at a time.
And when we reach the summit, I want some of y’all to say:
“We started with AJ at the foot of that mountain - before the rest of the world discovered PNG.”
DM me if you'd like to be a part of this story.