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I'd like to have a serious discussion on legitimate concerns regarding the upcoming Trump presidency. I've got some friends and family who aren't handling this well, much like the 4B and other sky screamers on Tik Tok and the MSDNC. I would like to have a rational discussion with them, and with you. Doing so IMO involves acknowledging legitimate concerns they may have. To that end, please state on an actual concern that the Left might have which is potentially valid. I'd like to acknowledge these in such discussions. Here, I'll start, for @The Real timschochet 's benefit: If Trump institutes the tariffs in the way he's described, it would likely cause a significant increase in prices for a lot of everyday goods. I've argued that this is part of his "art of the deal" to get China to negotiate, but that is my opinion only, so this is a valid concern. I don't want to limit discussion, but I'll say right now that "he said he'd be a dictator on day one" is dumb and not going to make the cut, since this is childish and has been debunked. I'll collect rational concerns in the following post. TIA!
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Economy - Dow is 43.5k, Inflation rate is at 2.9%, Unemployment rate is at 4.1% with 161M people employed, GDP growth is 3.1%. The US has the best economy in the world among the G6. Illegal border crossings - 44k December 2024, lowest level since July 2020. Crime - Violent crime rate continues to fall back to 2019 levels We will revisit these metrics quarterly as Trump puts his footprint on America.
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1) Close the border - Crossings are already down to the level from his first term but let's see what "close" means and if anything gets done here. 2) Launch the deportation campaign - 50/50 3) Pardon the J6ers - I think this is likely but then again, he doesn't care about them so he could just forget about this. 4) Tariffs - 25% Tariffs on all imports from Canada and Mexico and 10% Tariff on everything from China. Seeing how this will wreck the economy I doubt he actually does this. 5) End birthright citizenship - lol 6) Drill baby drill - Could happen but would be symbolic, won't have any kind of immediate impact 7) Cut funding to all schools with vaccine mandates - Not happening. End the war in Ukraine - Not happening on day one but he will cut funding which will lead to Russia slaughtering more Ukrainians and taking over their country some time this year
