Quote Originally Posted by steelreserve View Post
I'm not too interested in making nice with a bunch of vindictive people who have been crazy-eyed and frothing at the mouth for the past four years, calling anyone who disagreed with them fascists and vowing revenge. Sorry, but the left burned all those bridges and pissed on the ashes, and no, it wasn't "both sides doing it."

Can't take it back - they wanted a bitter divide and they got it. Just one more in the long list of reasons why most (legitimate) voters look at the Democrats and want no part of that train wreck.

By the way, from the side that wants to "be better" and have "healing and unity," I have yet to see a single actual constructive prediction here about anything that the illegitimate government will do to improve things. Just more bitter condescension and name-calling. Way to win hearts and minds. I thought this was your big chance to enlighten everyone.
Fair enough, though it was easy sticking to the negative talking points when the thread was started basically doing just that.

Here's some non-attacking predictions then:
- Covid numbers will drop or get under control by mid year, when vaccines start being available to the public.
- $1400 stimulus checks will likely get passed and likely an extension of aid for unemployed workers. More likely to happen since there's slightly less resistance in the senate now with republicans losing the majority.
- Trump won't get impeached by the senate, I doubt one single yea vote will be from the R side. Despite McConnell's tough talk against Trump, when push comes to shove, he will never vote in line with anything on the Democrat side.
- US relations with NATO allies will probably improve. I mean they have to lol.
- S&P will be up 10% over the year despite Trump saying we'll all be 'very poor' if he loses the election.
- Travel is going to be crazy once everyone is vaccinated, likely in 3rd-4th quarter of the year. Airports will probably be more crazy than ever, especially the next holiday season. Should create an economic boom.
- Trump will continue to be an influential voice on the right, for better or worse. Because of that, the personality of the GOP won't change much in the next 4 years. People will still be raising Trump flags, and even if Don doesn't run for office again, the next presidential candidate for the GOP will be the most Trump-like they can find. Or maybe even Don Jr. lol.
- Trucker jobs will start to be lost due to automation, but immigrants are going to be blamed for it

Unsure of:
- Middle-east foreign relations. Of course this is always an 'unsure', but just because we have a different president, doesn't change the fact that Iran is still pissed at us
- Tech companies & Nasdaq will continue dominating in the stock market. The pandemic proved that a lot of jobs can effectively be done remotely. The demand for IT related professions and services will likely go up.
* Because of this increase in remote work, some high-income earners from blue states will buy property in rural areas, driving up the home prices there. Democrats will be blamed, but this is basically just the free market and supply-demand chain in action.
- The AI arms race with China will start becoming a talking point in the media (likely closer to 2024). There are a lot of ethical issues regarding this, but one thing's for certain, AI will surpass human intelligence eventually, and whoever harnesses the technology first WILL be the world leader.