A lot has happened over the past month. I frankly had no idea what to write about. I was overwhelmed by the sheer amount of information that I had consumed. I am going to make some claims and opinions. Some disagree with them. However, it is still a free country, at least for the near future. The first point I want to bring up is essential. An economic recession is coming. It will be bigger than the 2008 crisis.
I believe the United States will experience an economic recession in the next year or two. I base this claim on the fact that we are waging a trade war with our neighbors and allies. Mexico and Canada, may I remind you, are responsible for more than 40% of our imports. We as a nation are burning bridges that will take years to repair and they will never fully recover. The United States has once again become the laughing stock of the globe; however, it is more dangerous this time.
Trump’s use of tariffs as some form of psychological manipulations is explicit and disturbing. Trump uses them as if they are playing cards. In a sense, they are. However, he is gambling the fragile global economy on it. The world has become more and more integrated. Consequently, tariffs are seen as more of a hindrance to trade rather than a facilitator. Because the world is run on capitalism, society functions solely on competition. If we attempt to eliminate that competition, everything becomes 10x more expensive. People are going to lose their jobs, their homes, and their livelihoods.
Trump has not once and will never consider the 99% in his decision making. The “federal cuts” he and his bootlicking puppy, Elon Musk, have been making this past month clearly demonstrate this. In an attempt to eliminate government waste, the Department of Government Efficiency has removed tens of thousands of positions. These positions are important to our government. What sticks out to me the most is the national parks. A multitude of rangers, paramedics, locksmiths, and employees were let go. The people who make $40,000 a year are not the issue. The real problem is the top 1%. They have decided to strip the United States of all of its integrity and destroy everything that we hold dear. Immigrants are not taking regular American jobs, it is our government that has turned against us.
The Trump Administration has caused significant harm to the United States in less than 4 months. This impact is more important than any other presidency since the foundation of the United States. We have elected people who turn their backs on those who need us most, explicitly looking at Ukraine. When President Zelensky of Ukraine visited the White House last week, he faced criticism, bullying, and harassment. Our own President and Vice President berated him for not being “thankful”. We have become a joke of a nation. We criticize and belittle a democratic leader fighting a war against a dictator. Donald Trump refuses to call him a dictator. Yet, he decides that President Zelensky is a dictator for not allowing Russia to control Ukraine.
I have personally never been more disappointed as an American. This is not the America that I grew up in. The world that I grew up in was tolerant of every human being. It didn’t matter their position in politics or their ideologies. Frankly, everyone respected each other for being human. The United States has had a lot of issues. We still need to figure them out and solve them. The Trump Administration has pushed us not only 60 years back. Now I fear we do not have the strength in our government to go back.
Those whom we have elected to represent us have failed us. We, the people, must fight back for our democracy. We must fight tooth and nail until we are all equal. Only then will freedom be genuinely achieved. We cannot live under an oppressive rule. A man with a fake tan tells his little goons that the people are nothing more than workers. He claims that we mean nothing. This is the land of the free. It is the home of the brave. If we do not stand against tyranny, then who do we become? If not liberated or equal, then what are we?