Trump recently imposed tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China, and plans to do the same on the rest of the world on April 2. These actions mean only one thing – a trade war, which for some unknown reason Donald Trump decided to start, hiding behind his patriotic beliefs that America is being “used” by everyone.
“You may even get tired of winnings” – said Trump on his election rally about economic prosperous of Americans during his office back in 2016. However, stock market and economy are begging to stop. American economy lost billions and dollar is going down. This is not what you expect from the promises of “being tired of winnings”.
Experts agree, American economy will face recession this year and this is inevitable during Trump presidency. But why he deliberately shrinks the US economy?
It’s not a secret, Trump is inspired by Putin and is proud of his friendship with him. “He called me a genius”- Trump said that dozens of times. And it seems like, Trump wants to copy Putin’s political system, where his loyal oligarchs control almost every sector of economy, and political opponents are eliminated. This is impossible task in USA, where economy is dispersed, dynamic and fast growing. There are too many players, who can resist to such desires.
Trump has the habits of a dictator – he has created a cult of MAGA around himself. His administration is fully loyal to him, compared to edition of his previous term. He sincerely hates opposition media (they just fact-checking him) and now trying to silence students – the core of any dissent at all times. The next step is persecution of their political opponents and closure of undesirable outlets. Not a single voice against his will. Putin took the same steps in the 2000s, slowly usurping power in Russia.
So, Trump’s plan seems very clear: reduce economy, help your friends concentrate money in their hands, and using their influence to lobby your political goals. Simply, like in Russia. And now we understand, why he invited almost every American billionaire to his inauguration – to make them loyal. The Trump’s art of deal.
However, it may sound like a conspiration theory. And I agree. But what other options do we have? First and simplest – they are blind and not competent, not able to see obvious signs from market and understand dangers of such policies. The second option – Trump is a foreign intelligence agent whose goal is to harm and destroy the United States. So, the first option sound not so crazy now.
Democrats must act now, because every day of such actions is destroying the core of America – free market and freedom of speech. If there would be no strong actions from opposition, US is at risk to wake up under MAGA dictatorship. Even if Donald Trump will be unable to perform the duties of the president due to his age, JD Vance is preparing to finish the goal of his Master.
