>>392002>Trump is either not willing or not able to deliver on the expectations created by his campaign and the reforms needed to stabilize the USA.I legit don't understand this view, only explanation I can think of is a natural inclination towards pessimism for some people, or people having unrealistic expectations to begin with. Trump is pretty diligently working to do what he promised and has been mostly successful so far.
>too many migrants to deportHe's still deporting a ton of them. It's going to take awhile, especially with all the legal bullshit that needs to be untangled, but things are moving in the right direction.
>DOGE cuts are a drop in the bucket compared to social security, medicare, defense, and debt interest>every spending cut is fought out in courtThis was to be expected. At this point it's more about getting the trains running on time.
>the Ukraine slaughter continues, funded by the US and run by US officers on the ground in Ukraine. Germany and UK are not doing it, though they are being falsely blamed to make it seem the US is not that involved.>Gaza continues unabated>No deal with Iran>China-Russia-Iran and that entire huge connected landmass of Asia is mostly alienated from the US and working togetherThis would be the case no matter who was president. These countries are unstable shitholes that are going to hate us one way or the other.
>Ukraine shows that America's and NATO's weapons and tactics are obsolete>Russia simply DGAF about anything the West can do. sanctions only help their economy because now they make their own things which they used to import, while still exporting their oil directly to China and India.Debatable actually, there's propaganda coming from all sides and it's hard to tell who's "winning" at this point. In the long run Ukraine is probably fucked either way; Zelensky is a delusional retard who honestly thinks he can win a war off attrition and Putin is unlikely to accept any peace deal if there's any chance of Ukraine eventually rearming. There was never going to be a peace deal, best thing Trump can do is mitigate the damage and keep us out of any serious fighting. This is yet another situation where things would be the same regardless of who was president, but we're much better off with Trump than we would be if we had a president who actively wanted a war with Russia.
>the economy has bifurcated between those who have and those who have not. the have nots encompass not only bums and welfare queens but many from a middle class background, educated and high functioningYou just can't stop listing things that would be the same regardless of who was president. This is the end stage result of 80+ years of excessive borrowing and bad fiscal policy, it's not going to turn on a dime. Again, things are at least moving in the right direction now.
>tariffs and trade deals have been difficult to implement and the results are actually promising but no one explains this to the brainwashed hypnotized publicI think Trump is actually handling all of this pretty well. He has a pattern where he sets unreasonably high tariffs to force the other side to negotiate, then backs off when they come to the table, then when he doesn't like what he hears from them he goes back to threatening high tariffs again. It's the same negotiating strategy he used in the 80s and 90s to cut real estate deals. My prediction is that it will cause some chaos in the short term but pay dividends in the near long term. Most people don't understand basic economics, but once things start settling down and trending positive in a couple of years people's views will turn more positive, same thing happened with Reagan.
>the consequences of not fixing these things are dire - the Democrat suicide march could very well continueI agree that if the democrats end up back in power it would be bad news, but I think you underestimate just how bad a walloping they took in this last election. They're down across the board, they're even losing ground with minorities and women according to the polls I've seen. It will take them awhile to recover.
>perhaps most importantly, the bond market freaked out a month or two ago at a time when interest rates are already upwards of 5%I don't pretend to understand the economy at a nuts and bolts level, but it seems like markets are constantly freaking out over dumb things and will settle down eventually.
>the expectations were created that he was the genius hero who would save America and the world.This is the whole problem as far as I'm concerned. People who had unreasonable expectations of him to begin with were always going to be disappointed, and its their own fault for setting the bar so high. For my part, I think Trump has met or exceeded everything I was hoping for from him, in fact he's exceeded my expectations mostly, and his second term is a huge improvement on his first. I'm extremely happy with his performance and I don't see how things could realistically have turned out better.
Important thing to keep in mind is that there are a lot of problems with the macro situation that can only be managed, not changed:
>there will probably be a major world-war type conflict breaking out in Europe over the next 5-10 years>we are not getting out of debt any time soon>only realistic way to cut spending in a way that will make a difference is to kill medicare and social security, which is politically impossible as long as there are boomers alive>there is going to be short term economic chaos either way>the middle east will continue to be a chaotic shitholeWith that in mind, it's important to keep electing leaders who can deal with the situation realistically and in our favor. Keep us out of any serious wars that break out, manage the economic bullshit as best we can, get rid of as many immigrants as possible, dismantle globalism piece by piece. The day to day results will be a mixed bag, the important thing is to keep moving in the right direction.