Politics Post your predictions for the next 4 years of Trump's 2nd tenure as President

Actually my first main point was that everything with a microchip will not double in the next 4 years.
The CHIP ACT acknowledgement as a good thing just shows that I can agree with somethings that this admin does. It is very few I agree with, but there are some.

Care to debate how EVERYTHING that uses a microchip will double in price or more, which again was my first point.

 

Lawyer who is helping Kennedy pick staff for department of health and human services has formally petitioned FDA to revoke approval of polio vaccine.

 

I moved 2/3 of my 401k into bonds when he got elected right after the bump faded.

 

Trump is weighing idea of abolishing Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Those wretched government bureaucrats who guarantee your bank deposits will be there.

 

The solution to making bitcoin as safe as a bank account is just to make bank accounts as dangerous as bitcoin.

 

Still waiting for someone to explain how EVERYTHING is going to double in price that uses a microchip which was my first point.
I guess I will go for another stroll through the weeds.......Some of you should try putting down the keyboard and go for stroll too.

 

Did anyone actually say double in price?

 

Still waiting to hear how a very inexpensive microchip is going to double the price or more of a refridgerature, microwave, or coffee machine

 

OK...My post about tech imports doubling in price is just solid speculation based on what happened when the pandemic happened globally with price gouging etc....if you think overseas tech giants are going to maintain cheap prices for anything containing microchips, you are welcome to invest in their stocks. We'll see who's right when those threatened import taxes are implemented but as of now, they are not implemented so it's your speculation vs mine. You are more than welcome to argue my point. My wife had a career in Taiwanese import export business for years and we follow the Taiwan news daily ...I'm sure you have more of a pulse on the tech industry than we do eh? Good luck with your choices. The computer chip for your vehicle will go way up in price whether you find it cheap today or not. My mechanic thinks they're already way overpriced as it is. I don't know where you source them ever being "cheap" but you seem to have what I'd call unwarranted confidence in Trump's isolationist tax policy threat and I think it's a train wreck about to happen. For the record, my speculation was not intended to fish for an argument..thankfully Pelosi has been lobbying the Taiwanese chip industry to make the US it's #1 trade partner for decades. Something she should get a lot of credit for and Joe has taken it to the next step with joint manufacturing plans. What Trump plans is not conducive to cooperation with overseas tech manufacturers.

 

I did

 

Thank you.

 

What you said was everything was going to double in price if it had a microchip in it. I was pointing out that that is not true.
It is fear mongering whcih is what so many people do on this board.
Car chips and advanced chips are not cheap, but a huge percentage of chips are simple and not very expensive, and are not the main driver of the price of the product.
Yes it sounds like your wife has a great grasp on the Taiwan export business, not doubting that, i also have 34 years in chip manufacturing business.

 

and this is sensationalized labeling ...I hardly instill fear in anyone on a Blazer forum but hey..one never knows I guess. I did make the dreaded blanket statement so guilty as charged. As I said, we'll see how prices change with tariffs if anything actually comes from it or if it's just a veiled threat by Trump for the sake of bluster. The Taiwanese media is not apparently as optimistic as you seem to be about trade relations. Their president did not get an invite to the inauguration though.

 

Who was conned....Biden originally got elected by hiding in his basement. Then magically got 6 million more votes then any president ever. Where are those extra 6 million voters now, then didnt vote for Harris or Trump..they just disappeared and voting numbers are back to normal levels, not the 1 off of the fraud Biden election. And then the American people were conned that Biden was of sound mind during his presidency and this is so clearly not the case.
Both camps ran on fear mongering. Harris very clearly ran on Trump will be a dictator. He will take all rights of everybody not white or rich. Problem was people saw the bullshit that was going on and had enough.
Trump won, Harris lost and it wasn't close.

Biden is still not putting America first as he is auctioning off the border wall pieces that we know Trump will be using to build the wall.
Why is he intentionally costing tax payers money when he could just hold it until Trump uses it.

Back to my walk amongst the weeds