I'm cautiously optimistic (as Morgan said). I have high hopes but low expectations.
Harris was a mess! She wanted to tax 'unrealized gains'. That alone would have bankrupted many Americans, even the wealthy ones. It was completely absurd. Most people didn't even know about that and/or didn't realize what that meant. When I explained it to my mom, she didn't believe me.
I'm thinking something bad might happen between now and maybe mid-February. After that if nothing big and bad happens, I'll feel a little better. I'm not completely comfortable with the way the future might shake out, but it's gotta be better than what the alternative was. If Trump sets things back on the right path then there's probably going to be some financial pain, but at least there will be a good reason for it. That's better than the last 4 years when there was financial pain due to utter ignorance and incompetence with no relief in sight. I'm willing to take some pain to get back to real America for my kids' sake. As such, perhaps some new technologies (like a cancer cure) will make the process a whole lot easier to bear.
I like many of the people Trump has picked to oversee certain areas such as Patel, RFK Jr., Hegseth, etc. There are also some that I'm not so crazy about (including Elon) but are still better than what is there now or what would have been there with Harris. If Patel guts the FBI and shines a light on their shenannigans, that'd be great. If RFK Jr. sihines a light on Fakki, Gates, and Big Pharma, that'd be great. If Hegseth gets a good handle on gutting out the DEI rot in the MIL, then that'd be great. If Trump shines a light on all the money laundering that went on with Ukraine and other entities that the American people have been bankrolling for generations, then that'd be great. Maybe if all that money was not laundered and perhaps used to fund things for the citizens like SS, MC, and infrastructure then Americans wouldn't need to pay such high taxes.....yeah, that'd be great. IF DJT gets rid of the IRS like he said he wanted to, that'd be great too!
I don't necessarily think and expect all of those things to happen, but at least those people are talking about it and promising to do something about it. That already is far more than what was promised by the Dems. So, even if this admin does absolutely NOTHING, it's better than the alternative. Still, I think some of those things are going to get done and I do have high hopes but am prepared to be disappointed.
I see an opportunity to make things much better than they were, but DJT is only a man. He is not fallable, but he sure is better than what we have now or what we could have had. I will give Trump the benefit of the doubt but I will still maintain my own lifestyle the way I always have which means being prepared for an uncertain future. The will of Jesus will be done.....no matter what.
