I don’t know what to think about the future anymore.   We elected a buffoon. The 35% of Americans who think he walks on water and are so incredibly ignorant are going to suffer. Maybe more than the rest of that percentage who understand who Donald John Trump truly is. But probably not.   The damage he has done in less than three months in the Oval Office is catastrophic. His tariffs have cost more than six trillion dollars in several days. These are staggering losses. People will lose their businesses, homes, savings, and lives. Everything.   As I understand it, six trillion is akin to what the United States paid for World War II, which lasted nearly four years.   My company imports its goods from China. There is, or will be soon, a tariff on Chinese goods set at 104%. That is unsustainable for the company I work for and practically every business in America.

Companies reliant on Chinese goods could go out of business as they cannot pay the steep and unforeseen tariffs that are now in place. As companies go out of business, the country will start hemorrhaging jobs—which will begin to impact even service sector jobs as Americans tighten their belts and cut back on discretionary spending.

In sum, things are about to get really freaking ugly.   We bought me a new iPhone because I needed one (I had the oldest one) and in anticipation of everything going up, especially electronics.   Necessities are about to double or triple in price. Trump is a vindictive, unserious, volatile little man who should be rotting in jail, not golfing every other day. I’m sure we will learn about how he stole the election in the years to come. Musk and others manipulated machines. I’m sure of it. Maybe that’s just wishful thinking.   Of course, that’s all predicated on their being a tomorrow. Or free elections. Or a country.   It’s hard to get worked up about Illinois Basketball transfers, the latest season of White Lotus, or the state of Star Wars when the world is crumbling around us. I don’t want to be right about this.   I don’t know what to think about the future anymore.