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What If Trump’s American ‘Golden Age’ Is A Sunset?
How ironic would it be if "US exceptionalism" in all its various manifestations peaked in 2024 and began to wane during the first year of Donald Trump's promised American renaissance?
That's a rhetorical question. It'd be very ironic indeed if last year in fact marked the zenith of American dominance and if history remembers 2025 as the first year of a long sunset.
Sunsets can be "golden," but I doubt that's what Trump meant when he spoke of a "golden age" during his second inaugural.
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White non-Spanish speakers have not reproduced themselves for years. Clearly the Trumpers are on the downslope.
The roaring 20’s have definitely made a reappearance in this century. As we enter the back half of this decade that has seen, financial excess, a pandemic, and the election of a no-nothing rich man (twice) who’s lack of understanding of the Federal government is only dwarfed by his inability to hear any form of criticism; one has to ask if history will continue repeating itself.
Tariffs, lack of regulation in questionable investments, corruption, rampant substance abuse and use, and a disillusioned nation hellbent on nationalism and protectionism do not bode well.
Does that mean the end of American exceptionalism? Who knows, it could be that, or it could be that watching this whole thing fall apart is the event that drives a resurgence of American ingenuity and patriotism.
I wonder if anyone has analyzed or intends to track the effect of foreign cash flows due to tarriff’s? I think there are competing factors at work.