For the sake of discussion, that's say Trump wins. Campaign rhetoric aside, what can we expect?
These are my opinions, some of you might disagree.
Border - He will return to same policy he had in his first term. By and large, it worked. I do hope his administration looks into streamlining immigration and citizenship for those who are pristine and want to come here, behave and work. We need the workers for when the economy recovers.
Economy and inflation - I do believe he'll do the right things and the economy will start to get better. But it's going to take some time. An awful lot of damage has been done that can't be repaired immediately. I do expect venture capital to loosen up, and hopefully spur investment and growth. Fixing inflation won't be a quick fix either. Honestly, our current inflation is only partly because of Biden's policies, it's also because of all the COVID policies and the handouts. We need some social change, which will take time. One of the major factors in inflation is oil prices. I do think Trump will immediately "open the taps", but will the oil companies step up to restart drilling and fracking? I wouldn't blame them for being cautious about investing huge money into cranking things back up after how the Biden administration screwed them. We'll need to see some momentum on inflation before the feds will cut rates, and a rate cut is needed to help with business growth and especially the housing market. So yes, I think Trump will do the right things, but it won't be an overnight fix.
Foreign policy and world events - Again, it will take time for some of this to work out. While other world leaders may or may not like Trump, I think they respect him in that they know he won't screw around. Can he stop the war in Ukraine as quickly as he says? I seriously doubt it. But I hope he will put some accountability into us supplying Ukraine with weapons and money. And I do thing Putin will be more concerned about pissing Trump off than Biden, but not sure how far that will go. Israel? Trump will give them what they need to end that crap quickly. China, Taiwan? Who knows?
Social and religious issues - Trump will not push or support the woke movement. I don't think he'll try and squash speech or idea, but he won't champion the weirdos like the left does. Trump has put a lot of effort into reaching out to minorities and I hope he continues that. He will be pro family and supportive of religious freedom. I doubt he will push the abortion issue from the White House, he'll allow the states to handle it as he should. I'm not concerned about him in this area.
Congressional cooperation. If the GOP gets control of congress, I suspect they will support him far more this time than they did before. This is Trump's party now, they will work with him. Hopefully, the GOP will work to solve some of the problems we have.
The swamp - I think the plan was to drain the swamp in his second term, and that's why they took Trump out. I do expect that Trump will do a lot of house cleaning in the Justice Department and Armed Forces. Not necessarily retribution as some have said, but just what needs to be done. I think most of us here agree that there's a lot of rot up there that needs to be cut out.
I'm not the least bit concerned about Trump harming the "Democracy". The guy and party he would be replacing are the real threat.
Deficit and Debt - It's gonna get worse before it gets better. We've got to take the chains off the economy and reshape society before we can start to turn that around. It will take some time, and a congress who gives a damn. So, you tell me.
Social unrest will increase because the people who funded and supplied the riots before will do it again.
But I'll say this...after what has happened under Biden; if Trump can turn this around, the Democrats won't be winning many elections for awhile. And that's OK with me, except the GOP tends to get sorry when the pressure is off.
These are my opinions, some of you might disagree.
Border - He will return to same policy he had in his first term. By and large, it worked. I do hope his administration looks into streamlining immigration and citizenship for those who are pristine and want to come here, behave and work. We need the workers for when the economy recovers.
Economy and inflation - I do believe he'll do the right things and the economy will start to get better. But it's going to take some time. An awful lot of damage has been done that can't be repaired immediately. I do expect venture capital to loosen up, and hopefully spur investment and growth. Fixing inflation won't be a quick fix either. Honestly, our current inflation is only partly because of Biden's policies, it's also because of all the COVID policies and the handouts. We need some social change, which will take time. One of the major factors in inflation is oil prices. I do think Trump will immediately "open the taps", but will the oil companies step up to restart drilling and fracking? I wouldn't blame them for being cautious about investing huge money into cranking things back up after how the Biden administration screwed them. We'll need to see some momentum on inflation before the feds will cut rates, and a rate cut is needed to help with business growth and especially the housing market. So yes, I think Trump will do the right things, but it won't be an overnight fix.
Foreign policy and world events - Again, it will take time for some of this to work out. While other world leaders may or may not like Trump, I think they respect him in that they know he won't screw around. Can he stop the war in Ukraine as quickly as he says? I seriously doubt it. But I hope he will put some accountability into us supplying Ukraine with weapons and money. And I do thing Putin will be more concerned about pissing Trump off than Biden, but not sure how far that will go. Israel? Trump will give them what they need to end that crap quickly. China, Taiwan? Who knows?
Social and religious issues - Trump will not push or support the woke movement. I don't think he'll try and squash speech or idea, but he won't champion the weirdos like the left does. Trump has put a lot of effort into reaching out to minorities and I hope he continues that. He will be pro family and supportive of religious freedom. I doubt he will push the abortion issue from the White House, he'll allow the states to handle it as he should. I'm not concerned about him in this area.
Congressional cooperation. If the GOP gets control of congress, I suspect they will support him far more this time than they did before. This is Trump's party now, they will work with him. Hopefully, the GOP will work to solve some of the problems we have.
The swamp - I think the plan was to drain the swamp in his second term, and that's why they took Trump out. I do expect that Trump will do a lot of house cleaning in the Justice Department and Armed Forces. Not necessarily retribution as some have said, but just what needs to be done. I think most of us here agree that there's a lot of rot up there that needs to be cut out.
I'm not the least bit concerned about Trump harming the "Democracy". The guy and party he would be replacing are the real threat.
Deficit and Debt - It's gonna get worse before it gets better. We've got to take the chains off the economy and reshape society before we can start to turn that around. It will take some time, and a congress who gives a damn. So, you tell me.
Social unrest will increase because the people who funded and supplied the riots before will do it again.
But I'll say this...after what has happened under Biden; if Trump can turn this around, the Democrats won't be winning many elections for awhile. And that's OK with me, except the GOP tends to get sorry when the pressure is off.
