I have low expectations of the Trump administration because he is filling positions with lifelong politicians and rich guys.
You already know what I think about politicians.
As for rich guys, I don’t think they can relate at all to the struggles of normal Americans. People like Trump, Elon, Vivek, Thiel and Rogan and other high profile Trump supporters have no concept what it is like to worry about grocery costs going up, affordable housing, insurance, car repairs or the myriad other expenses that affect most citizens.
A few, like Rogan, may have experienced being broke at one time, but decades of living as a multimillionaire have sheltered them from that world.
The rich guys rant about “free speech”, “Twitter”, “bureaucracy”, “government interference”, “wokeness”. What they don’t rant about are the things they really want – lower taxes, less regulation for themselves, fewer restrictions for themselves and more money, power and advantages for themselves.
This is why I won’t be disappointed when nothing material gets accomplished by this administration other than breaks for themselves and their rich supporters. I don’t expect the world will end or that the US will collapse. I expect, pretty much, the same old sh** that I’ve been seeing for most of my life. The rich will get richer. The poor and middle classes will get a few measly benefits. And most of us will get lip service.
If I sound cynical and jaded, it’s because I am. I’m sure there will plenty of good and bad things that happen for all of us over the next 4 years. 99% of them will have nothing to do with who is president.