In other words, the economy worldwide was already improving, and will continue if the new administration doesn’t ruin it.
“Rising trade tensions and further moves towards protectionism might disrupt supply chains, raise consumer prices, and negatively impact growth,” the OECD said.
Source: https://www.reuters.com/markets/oecd-warns-protectionism-risk-global-growth-outlook-2024-12-04/
He “told Trudeau that if Canada cannot handle his tariffs and secure the northern border, then it should simply become the 51st American state with Trudeau as its governor. A wildly insulting and condescending thing to say to one of our closest allies, Trump appears intent on isolating America and ruining our foreign relationships right from the get-go.”
“The meeting came days after the president-elect threatened a blanket 25 percent tariff on “all products” entering the US from Canada and Mexico – and an additional 10 percent tariff on Chinese goods.”
Back in 1986, Frank Zappa was on the TV show “Crossfire” and he described — way back then — how the United States was headed toward a fascist theocracy.
“When you have a government that prefers a certain moral code derived from a certain religion and that moral code turns into legislation to suit one certain religious point of view, and if that code happens to be very, very right-wing, almost toward Attila the Hun,” then you are headed for a fascist theocracy. – Frank Zappa
“President-elect Donald Trump is looking to grant massive tax breaks to America’s wealthiest individuals and corporations, beginning with an extension and expansion of his 2017 tax cuts, which primarily benefited the rich. In order to offset the loss of tax revenue, Trump’s economic advisers are considering a plan that would punish the poorest Americans by making it even harder to access Medicaid, food stamps, and other federal programs, according to a Tuesday report from The Washington Post.”
Of all the insane picks Trump has made, this one has the greatest possibility of seriously hurting the American people, and right away, not just in the long term.
RFK Jr. has been nominated to be Secretary of Health and Human Services. That would mean he would oversee HHS, the CDC, the NIH, the FDA, and more.
Why is this a problem? Because RFK Jr. is totally unqualified, believes vaccines are dangerous and ineffective, and he has spread plenty of DEBUNKED conspiracy theories about vaccines and medicine in general. He is anti-science and anti-vax. He directly contradicts the science-based research of most scientists and medical experts. He said that chemicals in the water were turning children gay! 
And he claimed that COVID-19 was “ethnically targeted” to spare Jewish and Chinese people! 
He has already said he wants to fire 600 people in the National Institutes of Health. Regarding the CDC, Trump was bad enough, undermining their research and preventing them from saying what needed to be said. RFK Jr. would ruin the CDC.
“The mission of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is to enhance the health and well-being of all Americans, by providing for effective health and human services and by fostering sound, sustained advances in the sciences underlying medicine, public health, and social services.”
RFK Jr. stands OPPOSITE this mission!
Here are a few quotes from people who understand:
“Robert F Kennedy Jr is a clear and present danger to the nation’s health. He shouldn’t be allowed in the building at the department of health and human services (HHS), let alone be placed in charge of the nation’s public health agency.”
“Donald Trump’s bungling of public health policy during the Covid pandemic cost hundreds of thousands of lives. By appointing Kennedy as his secretary of HHS, Trump is courting another, policy-driven public health catastrophe.”
“He’s a vaccine denier and a tin foil hat conspiracy theorist. He will destroy our public health infrastructure and our vaccine distribution systems. This is going to cost lives.”
“It is hard to overstate what a terrible decision this is. RFK Jr has no medical training. He is a hardcore anti-vaccine and misinformation peddler. The last time he meddled in a state’s medical affairs (Samoa), 83 children died of measles.”
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/14/trump-administration-rfk-criticisms
Russia is seeing a return to informer-based prosecution, where people denounce other people for dissenting thoughts. These “snitchings” that inform on others to law enforcement for statements against the war in Ukraine or other “political crimes” are landing people in penal colonies for years!
The way Trump fawns over Putin and wants to be like him, and the way he has said he will crack down on his political opponents, there is a very real possibility that this could happen in the United States.
As has been repeatedly explained before and after the election, Trump’s plans will most likely NOT lower people’s grocery bills!
“The food price inflation that stunned the U.S. — and other parts of the world — in 2021 and 2022 had complicated causes that are difficult to unwind, from the pandemic to the Ukraine war to avian flu. And many economists think Trump’s plans could actually make food prices rise.
“As of October, U.S. prices for food eaten at home were up 28% from 2019, according to government figures released Wednesday. But the growth peaked in 2022; between October 2023 and October 2024, food prices rose 2%, which was lower than the overall inflation rate.”
“Asked how he would lower grocery prices during a September town hall in Michigan, Trump said tariffs would help U.S. farmers. But David Ortega, a professor of food economics and policy at Michigan State University, said that food producers rely on imported goods like fertilizer, equipment and packaging materials. If they’re forced to pay more for those items, they will raise prices, Ortega said.
“U.S. farmers also could have trouble selling their goods overseas, since other countries would likely respond with retaliatory tariffs, he said. Around 20% of U.S. agricultural production is exported each year, according to the USDA.”
Source: https://apnews.com/article/trump-grocery-prices-inflation-economy-b69a367ebb7dafe416b8f99b94256cf5
CNN has reported that Trump is going to make Stephen Miller his head of policy. This is the same guy who tweeted “Yes. We started a new denaturalization project under Trump. In 2025, expect it to be turbocharged.”
“Denaturalization” means taking away the citizenship from naturalized CITIZENS. So if you don’t look like him, you could very well be getting your naturalized citizenship revoked. Then deported.
This is a guy who attended a white supremacists event in February 2022. He has already become known for advocating limiting citizenship of LEGAL immigrants and also has “made a name for himself for his vicious anti-immigrant policies, which include proposals to build mass deportation camps and deploy the military and the national guard to seal the border, promising a forthcoming reality of ‘large-scale raids’ and ‘throughput facilities.'”
Source: https://newrepublic.com/post/188254/trump-white-nationalist-stephen-miller-second-term-policy
You think the first four years were a public health disaster?
If Trump and RFK Jr. do even half of what they’ve said they would, our country is definitely heading for serious public health problems!
They’ve already said they would limit and control the FDA and the CDC. Overall, this administration will definitely continue its work of undermining science and scientific regulatory authorities.
Source: “Get Ready for a Catastrophic Four Years for Public Health”
https://time.com/7174381/public-health-under-president-donald-trump-rfk-jr/
If you voted for him, you supported what he stands for.
It’s not just about hoping he lowers your costs or ends abortion or puts Republicans back in power. You can’t say your one pet issue stands alone and everything else doesn’t matter.
He has repeatedly and loudly promoted and encouraged the following:
Whether you voted for him because you want cheaper goods or you think he represents your Christian values (even though he doesn’t seem to have any understanding of them and definitely lives his life in direct opposition to them), if you voted for him, then you also supported all the ideas listed above.
He stands for all those things and wants all those things.
And you voted for him.