In a second Trump presidency, expect:
- a scorched earth approach that could fundamentally reshape America and the world for the worse. "America First" will mean isolationism that abandons allies, fuels economic volatility, and drains American power abroad.
- Massive deportations won’t just disrupt millions of lives; they’ll dismantle industries, fracture communities, and create a humanitarian disaster that will tarnish the U.S. globally.
- Trump’s soft stance on Russia will only embolden Putin, with Trump likely abandoning Ukraine to destruction and threatening European security.
- A domino effect could follow -- China eyeing Taiwan, emboldened by America’s retreat, (and they are eying Okinawa islands, as well ) seizing control of the semiconductor industry and holding the U.S. at technological gunpoint.
Please add Progressive Predictions for the Coming Trump Dictatorship
The additional IRS agents will be terminated, hiring will stop, funding for the IRS will be cut.
The percentage of wealthy taxpayers being audited will plunge to almost nothing. Meanwhile, people that claim the EITC will see audits increase, dramatically.
Huge changes in overtime regulations. Work full-time and make more than $16 an hour, no overtime pay for you. All hours worked will be paid at straight pay.
Under the guise of employee flexibility employees can be required to work 60 hours this week and twenty next week, but it will the employer that has the flexibility. They can require it, they can deny an employee request.
The ACA will not be eliminated, the open enrollment window will tighten, funding for advertising and assistance will be virtually eliminated, millions more people will become uninsured.
The calculation of the annual increase in Social Security benefits will change, increases will decrease significantly, they will not keep up with inflation.
The poverty rate will increase, especially among children. Literally, millions of children will lose their free lunch benefit, SNAP benefits will be cut drastically. Food insecurity will explode at a historical rate.
Life expectancy will decline, as it did under the first Trump administration. And, just like before, that decline will be most prominent among white men without a college education. Fueled by drug overdoses and suicides, and again, most prominent among white men without a college education.
Trump will attempt to cut a deal with Russia over Ukraine. He will ask for a ceasefire and the establishment of a DMZ, along with assurances that Ukraine cannot seekmembership in NATO for two decades. Putin will accept the deal, Trump will declare himself a hero. Russia will pullback and rebuild, institute an additional draft, rearm, and Ukraine will cease to exist before the end of Trump's term.
Iran will become a member of the Nuclear arms community, they will not agree to the non-proliferation agreement. North Korea will help them solve their trigger problem. More than likely, the Middle East will be glowing in the dark before the end of Trump's term. Israel will become even more emboldened. The Arab states will fight back.
Trump will initiate his plan to increase tariffs on Chinese goods, significantly increasing their costs and contributing to widespread inflation. But worse, retaliatory tariffs on US agriculture will devastate farmers. And this time, well the government won't be stroking them any checks. The small, independent, multi-generational farmer will become damn near extinct, large agricultural conglomerates will rule the market, most of them owned by foreign companies. I have been down this road personally. I can see the writing on the wall.
Trump will shut down the border, but that is just the border. And it won't be anything he does. Who wants to leave a third world country to enter another. Infant mortality, and especially maternal mortality, we are already at the border line, Trump will push us to a third world country status. Nigeria will have better numbers by the end of his term.
The stock market, well it will be a goldmine for those that know how to operate. Short term calls, long term puts. The market will initially almost explode, additional corporate tax cuts fueling that price increase. But market conditions will deteriorate rather quickly, inflation, consumer loss of buying power, there will be a recession before the end of Trump's term, maybe even a full blown depression. I mean this shit is textbook Macroeconomics.
