3 Policies That Could RUIN Trump's Presidency

[@Ohtiaraa]

Love your content because you're not afraid to confront harsh realities and bitter truths. A lot of conservatives online tend to be overly optimistic and not considerate of historical factors.

[@NickTheEnlightened]

I guess I'm kinda in that "weird" camp where I'm both extremely optimistic about the next 4 years, yet am also keeping my expectations in check and reserved. Part of that may just be cynicism on my end (after all, it feels like this is the first time in a VERY long while in which there is genuine hope for the U.S. and that the Overton window is finally starting to tilt in the other direction), being that I'm so used to disappointment and very little if anything changing for the better to where I've almost come to expect it no matter who is president. But there's also a part of me that also is truly just skeptical of how much the GOP and even Trump himself are real. Obama's phrase about Biden, "Don't underestimate his ability to f*** things up" can just as easily apply to Republicans, and we've seen in the past that they're very good at taking a great thing they have and letting it go to waste. So ultimately while I have high hopes for a second Trump term and it seems like nature is healing, it's still up to time to tell.

[@Ohtiaraa]

@@NickTheEnlightened Yeah, I agree. Very insightful comment. This is the first chance the GOP has had in decades to make real change but I also can't underestimate their ability to snatch defeat when they are lingering above the jaws of victory.

[@absolutezero951]

as a leftist......this isnt exclusive to conservatives unfortunately

[@Ohtiaraa]

@@absolutezero951 Yeah, it’s curious, isn’t it? It’s almost as if the moderate, ruling guard wants to conveniently ignore the working class concerns of both the left and the right…

[@I2MMDL]

@@absolutezero951 Well that's a given. You can't go much further than center-left without believing some kind of biased revisionist history.

[@gabbyprincip1575]

The cracks might already start showing up, at least from elons side since the entire right now hates him and he acts like an angry little kid when things dont go his way

[@MerlinTheCommenter]

No, not the entire right. Just that tiny vocal groyper community of dorks. They’re done.

[@Makarosc]

Thing is things are going his way Trump is on his side

[@kosinusify]

But how long will Trump be on his side? Both do have admittedly large egoes, so it's probably just a matter of time until they clash. The question is, will Elon stay in government then?

[@elijahlees8655]

​@@kosinusify Musk could hurt Trump in 2026 by funding democratic candidates.

[@camera2178]

That might be an exaggeration 😅

[@wyattsomething9780]

Alaska “sold to Denmark for beer money” 13:14

[@MonsieurDean]

Glad someone caught that 😂

[@kingeling]

Beer > bering strait control, fish and oil

[@liminal_criminal]

How to negotiate with any northern european country:

[@cpeir8460]

Not wrong... Not wrong

[@corrinflakes9659]

@@kingeling Beering strait

[@bigkroner766]

Elon is one of these inefficient government contractors. The whole idea of DOGE is a scam.

[@AnimeOtaku2]

People paying attention in 2013 🤝🏻 People paying attention in 2024 "DOGE is a scam"

[@gabbyprincip1575]

An office called "government efficiency" having two bosses give it away immediately

[@MattHuarez-yh9zj]

Yep. Literally every single othe department has a single head. Trump has no idea what he's doing.

[@kingsly3690]

​@@gabbyprincip1575 2 bosses that won't get paid and your friendly neighborhood libtard cenk uygur and a couple of youtubers will help government efficiency. (DOGE is hiring ppl from the internet, someone already posted their application)

[@dabdillon6318]

the whole idea of DOGE is to take someone who doesn't care about making more money (so they can't easily be compromised with like insider trading) and make it so that the government is run more efficiently. The US government is extremely inefficient and wastes a ton of money. For example, one of the first things that Biden's infrastructure bill did was put in a small stretch of heated side walks...... That should not have been done, especially not by the Federal government. Yeah its inefficient to have congress and DOGE be doing the same thing but congress hasn't yielded results so Americans are unhappy with our wasteful spending.

[@bigkroner766]

18:59 this is why it’s hard to take even the smartest, good faith and most reasonable conservative KZbin channels seriously. Trump has been the most explicitly pro Israel president of my lifetime. The idea he’s gonna moderate on Israel is absolutely not engaging with reality

[@Th3Adjuster]

its literally a big slap in your face that this youtube channel is just UH satire UH for patreon supporters

[@daltontruett5308]

what are you talking about not only Joe Biden being one of the most pro Israel president almost ever, there is also Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon as well both being probably more then Joe Biden during that time. Donald Trump, yes probably up there with being pro Israel, is most defiantly not the most in your lifetime unless you are like 11 years old.

[@joshuacolemon542]

came here to say the same thing.. This guy is either delusional or purposefully spreading misinformation.

[@asianman8752]

@@bigkroner766 I have seen a lot more bs from dem channels, it's funny you call conservatives unreasonable but never look in the mirror. I know trump probably won't be as anti Israel as he should be but he will cut off some aid.

[@kingsly3690]

Benjamin netanyahu and trump got a long pretty well but there policies with Israel is just as close as kamala's, Bernie sanders said that he disagrees with kamala's stance on Israel but trump is far worse but still trump is anti war and this is all speculation trump will probably do a cease fire on Jordan/Israel/Palestine and come with an agreement with the newly elected Taliban leader and talk it out with netanyahu

[@Brambrew]

"Everbody wanted to know what I would do if I didn't win." [Moment of silence] "I guess we'll never know." [Crowd cheers]

[@MattHuarez-yh9zj]

That dern voter fraud didn't really turn up this time 'round, huh?😂😂😂

[@Brandon69674]

​@@MattHuarez-yh9zjtoo many poll watchers this time around

[@QuantumAscension1]

@@MattHuarez-yh9zj Yeah, or maybe you were just delusional in 2020 and couldn't accept reality that Trump was unpopular. Occam's razor?

[@ServusDomini13]

I can't wait until this video gets taken out of context, clipped up, and presented as truth on Twitter

[@NickTheEnlightened]

Or TurdSky 🤣

[@buolindo8795]

The victim complex goes so hard

[@Diego-gg1rc]

It’s not that popular of a channel

[@aliesmat07]

😂😂💀 don't give him attention​@@Diego-gg1rc

[@konstantynopolyt6770]

What is really going to happen: Turns out Trump was just joking all along and the only thing getting passed is another tax cut for the rich

[@SeanDailey-dy8tn]

Evidence?

[@KWheel_]

@@SeanDailey-dy8tn his previous term

[@Luxia-f1e]

@@SeanDailey-dy8tnthe last 40 years of republican policy vs their talking points

[@SeanDailey-dy8tn]

@ evidence?

[@daltontruett5308]

@@KWheel_ i looked at his previous tax cuts and yeah a tax cut of a total of 3% for the upper 1% and a total of 14% on the middle to low class seems a lot better then, joe bidens 0% tax cut for the upper 1% and 4% for middle to lower class. But i just do the research ig.

[@legaullonapoleonien8760]

2:04 Trump is a HOI4 player confirmed.

[@Jakezillagfw]

😂

[@ChampionSeif]

Lmao

[@brastionskywarrior6951]

The trump cabinet needs a hoi4 gamer as secretary of defence

[@georgelloyd9364]

@@brastionskywarrior6951 I have finished a playthrough as Trump on The Fire Rises (HOI4 mod). Does that count?

[@dohminkonoha3200]

My experience as AtomWaffen will help American people to solve every problems😂🎉

[@eezaak21]

Giggles....you think the USA is going to cut military spending in a time when global conflicts are ramping up? Oh my sweet summer child.

[@ajmc7461]

Right lol or when he said if Trump “somehow” gets rid of income tax. 😂

[@I2MMDL]

A military spending cut is not a military downgrade, it's a matter of how much is being spent to accomplish the military's duties and what exactly those duties are under an administration willing to massively downgrade foreign policy for the sake of domestic policy. In other words, better management, less responsibilities, more use of what we have in concentration on what we're most concerned about. That's a recipe for better ability to respond with the military while also decreasing the cost of feeding it.

[@andidyouknow8208]

Have u read the title

[@WeTube-mf1it]

​@I2MMDL It’s not about efficiency or ROI, it's about producing ludicrous profits for the arms industry donors that own both parties.

[@FazeParticles]

It’s possible

[@Barbossa778]

I don’t think Trump is actually going to end up implementing tariffs. His previous administration he used rhetoric to generate the “trade war” which ultimately ended in renegotiation of existing trade deals. If history is any indication then I would think a similar outcome would be produced this time around.

[@donaldlee8249]

@@Barbossa778 his previous administration had to make a lot of compromises, but this time around trump’s grip on government is a lot firmer

[@MacDog850]

@@donaldlee8249I also think the Republican and even some Independents are on his side this time around, and I also think Trump understands DC better alongside that

[@lxstcheckll9348]

He will used tariff, just depends on amount

[@lxstcheckll9348]

@@donaldlee8249he sued last time last term

[@lxstcheckll9348]

@@MacDog850what😂😂😂😂

[@tom-dznuts]

Pouring money into “modernizing” the military, when it’s already the most modernized military in the world, will cause anger on both sides of the isle. No matter what, we are about to see unprecedented federal spending at the hand of the executive.

[@bry10101]

As a member of the military I can tell you we got plenty of money, we just spend it on the dumbest shit. $10k soap dispensers $150 for nuts and bolts you could get for 75¢ at any hardware store. It's absolutely insane.

[@Liberatingamericans]

​@@bry10101yup they got useless friends and relatives to keep from working an thats one way of doung it. Federal government over paying on everything needs to be stopped.

[@tom-dznuts]

@ as an officer for 14 years, I can tell you that we do not spend that for over-the-counter products. Your S6 can buy from Walmart for that. But if you’re looking for aviation-grade or military-grade nuts and bolts, you’re going to pay what aviation businesses pay due to the higher standards and requirements put into the manufacturing process. Everyone says “the military industrial complex” but nobody cares to look into mundane diaper manufacturers who make more than the top 5 defense manufacturers combined. The fact that people like you think an Ace Hardware bolt goes into an F-22, thus, we overspend, is insane. Especially when also having a conversation about how technologically advanced our military is. You don’t complain about the cost of a mountaineering D ring from a rock climbing store, then use a key chain “D ring” clip from Walmart as a comparable substitute. People’s lives depend on the 500 lb rating. That’s exactly how you get headlines like “35 die in plane crash caused by $5 screw”. Pay the industry standard for the parts. …and don’t just make up expenses.

[@bry10101]

@tom-dznuts leave it to an officer to act like a self righteous ass hat. Typical. I've literally seen it with my own eyes where my unit over paid for simple parts for Humvees. Ligma Sir 🫡

[@tom-dznuts]

@ so, with your own eyes, you’ve seen my statement in action, verifying what I said? Alrighty… the kind of hard thinking “flex” I’d expect from someone who thinks “my own eyes” are the genesis of military and economic decision-making.

[@nathansamuelson]

On a side tangent, Trump managing to negotiate prices broadly for Medicare/Medicaid could be a more impactful cost reduction than Doge going on a random firing spree.

[@jakerummy]

Cutting Medicare/Medicaid is not “negotiating”.

[@CMDRScotty]

As someone who studied computers the American Government is so out of date, they still have computers operating from the 60s-90. They are paying people to maintain computer systems like COBOL when I went to get a degree in Computer Science I never took a single class in COBOL, 1970s IBM computer systems that use an 8-inch floppy disk that can only hold 80kb of data, they still use Microsoft. NET, and Windows Server 2003. They are very outdated it's a real IT nightmare and modern universities and degrees don't offer a single class on how to maintain fix or update the government's computer infrastructure.

[@smashdown958]

Source: trust me bro

[@paulmeilak9946]

@@smashdown958 But they are not wrong.

[@smashdown958]

@@paulmeilak9946 source: I saw it in a dream

[@prettyboyjeremy]

​@@smashdown958He's not wrong. Only thing I say don't update the nuclear launch computers keep them on Floppy disk and physical keys

[@Rainin90utside]

Old computer software is often extremely secure and sufficient for its purposes. It can also be a disaster changing to new software / hardware. My workplace changed its inventory system from some ancient thing and it is still hated by everyone compared to the old-ass outdated software.

[@Sir_Seach]

I would like to see videos on Trump’s territorial ambitions and the best case scenario for the second Trump administration

[@nashwagemakers]

Trump isnt gaining or robbing greenland. That would push all of europe towards china. irreversably

[@terreniskelley7191]

What if everything goes wrong for Trump...Blame the libs, blame the media, blame everything and everyone that disagrees with MAGA. Accountability is non existing here.

[@sirwannabeguy4886]

Good idea, we ought to do that. Thanks for the advice!

[@reaperz5677]

​@@sirwannabeguy4886I mean you already kind of do that. Just look at any policy failure in 2017-2021 - it's always just blamed on the "fAkE nEwS" or "LibErAlS" in one way or another.

[@liminal_criminal]

Huh. Doesn't the opposite side already do that? I know my parents and a lot of the people I work with do, and they're hardcore leftist-lib. Like, the type that think we should have those gay p*rn books in schools. 😬

[@ラーメンのボス]

Liberals have no accountability in any event so 🤷‍♂️

[@MattHuarez-yh9zj]

​@@sirwannabeguy4886no advice needed. Standard maga practice.

[@FaerieDragonZook]

Two other things to note: Trump has stated that loyalty to him and willingness to cater to his whims is the most important quality he is looking for in his administration. Actual capability to perform the job is secondary. This could lead to a generally more incompetent administration that increasingly turns toward corruption and grift in the worst case. Regardless of whether the capacity to afford it exists, the multibillionaires and big businesses who funded Trump's campaign are going to demand their payback in the form of large corporate and high-income tax cuts, just like the multitrillion dollar tax cut from Trump's first administration. This has the potential to balloon the deficit and push the real-money pain from these policies back onto the working class through increasing inflation, fees, and reductions in quality assurance from deregulation. Tariffs would not be anywhere close to helping to balance this issue and would tend to only exacerbate inflation.

[@DreyZ-gv8cv]

This comment looks like a 14-year-old with no understanding of economics trying to look like they have an understanding of economics. How are they going to demand their payback? Your main point has no basis. There's nothing they can do to demand anything from him. Don't you realize that we rely on deregulated labor and no quality assurance for the goods that we consume from other countries? Deregulation makes producing goods CHEAPER when it is done here while reducing the pollution and climate externalities that exist within third-world slave nations if companies decide to start producing here because of the lower taxes. Be honest with yourself and admit you've never took an economics class

[@alesh2275]

Rubbish

[@idrathernot_2]

I voted for Trump, but that's only because Harris would be so much worse. I have zero hopes fat boy is going to actually make things any better.

[@alesh2275]

@ then Trump is your President now.

[@MattHuarez-yh9zj]

​@@alesh2275the world's richest man literally has rallied behind him. It is the actual truth.

[@AmericanImperium1776]

I don’t think Trump intents to enact more Tariffs than normal, but rather using them as a threat to get better deals with countries like Mexico and Canada. P.S. Can you make a video on the North American Union idea?

[@umapessoaaew5535]

Dumb righist

[@umapessoaaew5535]

@@AmericanImperium1776 An American Union can only happen under a liberal mandate.

[@donaldlee8249]

I believe this is wishful thinking from a lot of Trump supporters who knows a bit of micro economics

[@ImTitan16]

Yeah because if he really wanted to be thst radical on tariffs, he would have done so in bis first term. Hes just doing what he did before

[@NickTheEnlightened]

That's what I'm thinking as well. People forget that Trump is a master negotiatior. We saw in his first term what can happen once he rubs hands and gets other leaders to accept the ultimate best outcome for the U.S. And honestly all the tariff fear-mongering is nonsensical anyway. A lot of it comes from people who don't understand tariffs at all, aren't aware that we already have a lot of tariffs in place and that Biden even kept many of Trump's first term tariffs, and/or are just simply afraid of change because they've been cast under this neolib/neocon spell for so long that they can't even begin to imagine a reality outside of it.

[@ImTitan16]

Trump losing in 2020 was lowkey better for him

[@jotfohm4644]

Don't they still deny that?? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@msgtvarela]

Ooh, careful there. The magas might still eat you alive for saying that.

[@useritiswhatitis4655]

This is his third term, he never lost. - 🤡

[@asdv-gm4yy]

He lost in 2020? I thought the elections were rigged

[@lxstcheckll9348]

Yeah kind of was

[@avus-kw2f213]

6:19 Big Tariffs on China will not be devastating , Big Tariffs on Mexico will not be devastating But Big Tariffs on both will be

[@lxstcheckll9348]

We did big tariffs on China before it wasn’t devastating. And prices eventually went down, it don’t went back to normal price but still went down. Overall all taxation is tax on the consumer

[@michaelsurratt1864]

@@lxstcheckll9348 you do realize that 85% of the money we raised from those tariffs went right back to the farmers as subsidies so they wouldn’t go bankrupt.

[@newchannel-w6m]

In my humble opinion, freedom cities are the stupidest policy trump has. He essentially wants to continue the economically destructive practice of suburbanization, of building horrible car centric suburbs, with exclusionary zoning, with self driving cars, or worse flying cars. I am sure the average voter thinks these things are cool but these things are literally ways to waste huge amounts of money on, and possibly be more destructive than urban free ways. It would make far more economical, and practical sense to simply focus on reviving downtowns, by converting surface parking lots to buildings, and in fill development in areas of wasted land ( golf courses, fast food joints. ) This, and making roads in cities safer by lowering speed limits, and traffic calming. OH and getting rid of single family zoning nationwide. I do not understand why Trump does not want to do these policies, as they are actually great for the economic situation of the United States, unlike Freedom Cities, which sound like to me they will lose money and not be able to pay for themselves.

[@Svevsky]

I don't really see how speed limits will fix anything. Germany for example has no speed limits on autobahns, and this actually helps alleviate congestion by a lot. Also, abolishing single family zoning? Do you *want* a population collapse? We should encourage the founding of new families and make owning single family homes cheaper and easier. These massive dehumanizing apartment blocks are made for childfree alcoholic cat ladies (and cat dads) with no future and no legacy, and that demographic voted Harris

[@newchannel-w6m]

@ autobahn is a limited access national highway. I am talking about roads within cities, which people have to cross. Lowering speed limits and traffic calming can actually increase traffic flow because people aren’t constantly going and stopping. Abolishing single family home zoning won’t make housing only massive apartment blocs, the goal is to let the free market figure out which houses people actually want. In many major cities their is simply not enough room to build car dependent suburbs. Such as Los Angeles, Vancouver, and others. Even cities like San Francisco and New York City which are considered the king of density, still have many areas which ONLY allow one type of housing to be built. And plenty of kids live in urban areas and HAVE for thousands of years. It’s laughable that only in the last 70 or so years it has been considered a requirement to raise a family in a single family home. Kids actually learn a lot more independence in a urban area, as they can walk to school, go to the shop on the way home, go to their own activities without being driven around, etc, etc. Car dependent suburbs also literally can’t pay for itself due to how spread out everything is and still requiring services. And it’s not like single family homes won’t be built anymore, it’s just that other houses, like low rises, duplexes, mid rises and others will be allowed to be built as demand demands it.

[@badart3204]

@@newchannel-w6msingle family homes are the only form of housing with a fertility rate at replacement. This is reality. It’s not 1890 anymore as birth control exists so you can’t just rely on people wanting sex to replace the population anymore

[@solis1171]

You literally could not have skyscrapers with flying cars

[@solis1171]

@@Svevskythe population is not gonna collapse because of the lack of suburbs, suburbs are inherently destructive to local economies and really only help the oil and auto industries. The reason people aren’t dating or getting in relationships as much as compared to cities is cause everything is so far apart. You can’t promote relationships with the promise of owning a family home someday

[@olivierschraepen5451]

Now make: " What If Everything Went Right For Trump? "

[@mescalero_3309]

Do you want to see humanity fail horribly?

[@NickTheEnlightened]

I believe he said in this video that will be the next one he makes.

[@PieroMinayaRojas]

​@mescalero_3309failed bait

[@phiksit]

so... What if Trump succeeds in burning down america?

[@9eppr]

Nazi germany

[@Anakin1999]

I think you forgot one potential policy failure- H1B Visas

[@craigbenz4835]

Employers love H1B. If you get out of line even a little bit, then you're on the next boat back to wherever.

[@DeMar0805]

@@craigbenz4835but what about the jobs they are taking? Unlike the ones Latinos are getting, these are well paid jobs that Americans want.

[@craigbenz4835]

@@DeMar0805 I wasn't suggesting that H1B visas are a good thing, rather they allow employers to abuse workers.

[@typicalyacob420]

@@DeMar0805well, maybe Americans should be better at the things they do if they want their jobs

[@aliesmat07]

I bet he heard of them for the 1st time ever.

[@Bingbongbag]

What do you think about the recent debate over h-1b legal immigration?

[@genxploits]

Legal or not, American people born here cannot compete with mass swaths of Indians working for 5 bucks a hour

[@mrlarry271]

Well historically the second terms of US presidents are almost never as productive or free from corruption as the first was. Doesn't give me a whole lot of confidence that this is going to be particularly good.

[@Parallax3599]

Brother, some of his cabinet picks are the inexperienced ones, moreso than whoever congress would have them be replaced by anyhow. Especially if they are "establishment", which begets experience.

[@MohamedMukassabi]

I think the portion of policy that will most likely fail is protectionism. For tariffs, the problems are as follows. A) Local manufacturing is EXPENSIVE to the ppint that it's not worth it (partially because of regulations). B) There are not many unemployed Americans. We have a 4.2% unemployment rate, and because it's just a short time (4 years) for a large increase in tariff rates, it sucks.

[@MohamedMukassabi]

Also, tariffs because of illegal immigrants and drug trafficking is not the best way to solve this problem. You should've just stopped at the military and the border wall.

[@MohamedMukassabi]

Finally, does America want to be surrounded by Chinese proxies (Canada and Mexico) like Russia is surrounded by NATO? I think not. Just enforce tariffs on bad countries like China, but maintain free trade with friendly countries while also support policies that promote local maufacturing like tax cuts for businesses that establish manufacturing plants at home.

[@edward_fm]

If we create more manufacturing/trade jobs in the US im sure plenty of people would switch, because that subset of people who would switch are working independant contractor service type jobs like doordash and uber. These jobs are terrible but still count as employment, so the unemployment number looks low, but it doesnt matter because these jobs dont pay enough and lead to lots of taxes being paid on the part of the worker. Those people would much rather work a job with a retirement plan, ability to withdraw taxes, and these jobs would likely have health insurance and other benefits

[@mrsoisauce9017]

@@edward_fm you literally just ignored op’s first point: manufacturing locally is not deemed as being worth it by companies because it’s expensive af to do. The regulations will already be expensive to deal with, and it’d be a factory exclusive to the American market, since any tariffs that will be imposed are likely to result in retaliatory counter-tariffs that would make use for these factories outside of the US way too expensive to justify. Companies are far more likely to just take the hit in sales because of tariffs than they are to bring production back to America, and there are a shit ton of economists who agree with this sentiment

[@bear3616]

Trump needs to listen to libertarians. I know he may not like a lot of them for not supporting him (even though plenty did). Disagree with libertarians on foreign policy, drug laws, or whatever is fine. Libertarians are spot on when it comes to economics. Drastically reduce regulation. Cut as much subsidies you can. End those insane IP laws. Prosperity has almost never came about without economic freedom. Trump seriously needs to listen to Vivek.

[@psycoloco1113]

I like how in the thumbnail you put the dems as the NeoLibs but not the granddaddy of NeoLiberalism Ronald Reagan

[@freekout1]

trump and musk are going to have a messy falling out sooner or later. too much ego

[@jamiegamesalot3901]

Look, I tend to tilt left politically, but I love your content because it comes off as genuine. Unlike some members of my party, I can admit that Kamala was a flawed and at times incompetent politician, and I like to see that between the blurred lines, there are people on both sides of the political spectrum who was still be more impartial and analytical. Hoping for a great four years and a successful trump presidency because I root for America, not politicians.

[@HCG95]

I’m not a liberal but how anyone in their right mind thinks Trump will be good for this country and the average American is absolutely beyond me

[@MrEab2010]

neo-imperialism abroad combined with neo-isolation and a Know-Nothing attitude at home would be a freaking disaster.

[@anthonymontague756]

Eh, I think there are even more possibilities for things going wrong, and it's more likely than you might think. Some big options for cuts to federal spending are Social Security and Medicare. A lot of Republicans have been salivating at the idea of further cuts to these programs, and that could have a pretty significant effect on a lot of Americans day to day lives. Social unrest to some degree is also highly likely. There are a lot of things that could potentially kick this off, but a likey issue involves his planned deportations. If they go through even close to how he has claimed, you will absolutely see pictures and videos of weeping children and old people being arrested everywhere. There will also absolutely be overzealous police/border officials committing acts of brutality. Mass protests are almost guaranteed, and it could be BLM all over again. Trump responding overzealously could also very easily be construed as him being the tyrant and would be dictator he's accused of wanting to be.

[@chasedavis9707]

I would say that that the republican party has went from conservatism to nationalism with a conservative bent.

[@phiksit]

The party of Mangolini

[@bear3616]

A bad thing? Libertarianism and Nationalism will be the future.

[@NoCluYT]

@@bear3616 a short future it will be then.

[@SquealerDealer]

Few points > 8:05 that won't happen if Spending isn't cut. Trump wants to, and needs to spend money if he seeks to do what he says. Especially his mass deportation and border wall plan. 8:33 Chinese goods aren't perfect but to stay they're not up to standard is a massive stretch. 20:00 based on recent days I cannot see a reality where Musk, Vivek and Trump do not have a massive falling out.

[@javiermoretti1825]

Bernie Sanders voting with the GOP?? That's a good one!

[@WeTube-mf1it]

There is overlap here and there, though.

[@alexandru5369]

He could on an issue here or there i.e. capping credit card interest payments

[@senorGGG]

bernie already annouced he wants to work with trump on capping credits interests so..

[@javiermoretti1825]

@@senorGGG One issue out of thousands does not a trend make. You failed statistics, right?

[@senorGGG]

@@javiermoretti1825 I can tell that you're very obnoxious person, right wing and left wing populist leaders share similar ideology in that they believe the American people have been robbed by something/someone. Despite their notable differences in a political world full of anti-populist establishmentarians on both sides so it should come to no surprise that these two sides end up working together somewhat regularly especially since the democratic party has proven in it's undying loyalty to the establishment again and again.

[@abrahamlincoln937]

1:17 That’s your best “Hello audience, Mr. Z here in a few years! Keep doing that!

[@Alessandro.Muccio]

13:14 "sold to denmark for beer money", hilarious

[@marco477utep]

Trump," I will not start any new wars." Moments later,"we will invade Mexico." 😂😂😂

[@charlesjessie1733]

Instead of a wall, just annex Mexico. If we already have the people we might as well take the real estate.

[@msgtvarela]

lol what happened to trump starting no new wars?

[@entropy8634]

@@msgtvarelalike all his other promises

[@ラーメンのボス]

@@entropy8634salty you can’t push the gay agenda anymore? Cry harder.

[@Cloud30000]

If Putin can invade other countries without being considered a war, so can the USA 🇺🇸

[@emrouse02]

4:40 trump doesn't have a mandate. It's a difference of about 140k votes in 3 states. He didn't gain support over 2020.

[@Brandon69674]

Its a mandate, if a democrat candidate won as hard like that and won complete control of congress with the popular vote theyd call it a mandate

[@michealbrennan8107]

@@Brandon69674the thing is he only has a plurality of the popular vote and he has a very weak house majority

[@Brandon69674]

@@michealbrennan8107 not one single county in the country did kamala harris get more votes than biden

[@emrouse02]

@@Brandon69674 they wouldn't as it's a weak house majority with a difference of under 200k making the difference

[@Brandon69674]

@emrouse02 its literally the greatest electoral victory in 40 years

[@AmirSatt]

It would be funny if Trump goes full expansionist and gets coalitioned, forcing him to ally Putin lol

[@Boretheory]

Yeah and u end up with China and Europe allying which make for a much more terrifying alliance as Europe would be forced to start improving itself and the Usa would have basically crippled itself diplomatically and morally while China and Europe would have the high ground. Also Russia would be basically stuck between two giants.

[@umapessoaaew5535]

@@AmirSatt That would have been terrifying, an Axis of evil. The Democratic forces of the world would probably need to stick together if such a scenario came to fruition, an Indian-European-South American alliance.

[@piggysew797]

What a cursed timeline.

[@donaldlee8249]

If trump is forced to ally Putin, then a Chinese European coalition would be terrifying. Together they would account for 3/4 of world’s industrial capacity, and in the worst case scenario Canada or Mexico flipper side, it’d be game over

[@donaldlee8249]

Which is very unlikely, Russia today is basically a Chinese economical colony, just a step away from becoming a Chinese puppet. Chinese Yuan is the most traded fx in Russia, they export the majority of their raw materials and energy to china and imports almost all industrial goods from china, the perfect definition of a colony.

[@MidwestArtMan]

I think they could shrink the military budget a fair amount without losing much of anything by simply negotiating reasonable contracts with defense contractors. From what I hear, they'll just pay whatever the companies ask for, ballooning the costs massively.

[@mrsoisauce9017]

That’s because these defense contractors have people on the inside to ensure nothing happens to them. In this case, the government is literally ruled by big business

[@idrathernot_2]

He already is sinking his ship with the H1B P*jeet pipeline proposals

[@michaelsurratt1864]

Well, Elon Musk needs his sl*ves that he can work as hard as he wants and pay as little as he wants because he can literally get them kicked out of the country whenever it suits him.

[@blueberet0]

But what’s the alternative wignat? The US becoming an inefficient theocratic-nationalist oligarchy like India? Oh please. Choose one wisely.

[@ciarankelman]

​​@@blueberet0 What the fuck are you on about ? Countries can just exist , literally zero need to import infinite immigrants Mass migration is one of many policies that have hastened decline , America must return to policies and ideas that made it great - it must ditch the ones that destroyed it You wanna know the alternative? Literally just America as it was until the 90s

[@michaelsurratt1864]

@@idrathernot_2 musk needs his s l a v e s

[@idrathernot_2]

@@blueberet0 >the alternatives How about employing the half million laid off tech workers first instead of importing slave labor? You might as well advocate for chattel African slavery because paying tomato pickers is too much for the quarterly reports.

[@Mack.Flurry3]

Yeah, the guy talking about a soft invasion of mexico wants to reel America in lol

[@saudisinaudis]

Please cover Donald trump's territorial ambitions please. I think you would do it justice rather than listening to the spin war media

[@nick8243]

His presidency will be catastrophic. Come on. Tariffs, mass deportations, tax cuts for the rich, cuts to Social Security and Medicare, etc.

[@michealbrennan8107]

It wouldn’t be too bad if he hadn’t surrounded himself by fools like gabbard and Kennedy

[@jeffruebens8355]

Our son had me listen to Jordan Peterson talk about the online theft from old people. My opinion was he talked for half an hour without saying anything, since they want to lower taxes they cannot support police going after the scumbags, and it is all a bunch of hot air.

[@kingnaga619]

I think the H1-B visa issue could split the Musk/Ramaswamy half of his cabinet against the other.

[@BaoBun2125]

Great Video! Many great points were made~ Merry Christmas and Happy New Years!

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Love your content z! Thanks For this ❤❤❤❤❤

[@peterk7428]

I definitely want to see a video about Trump realizing an America that incorporates Canada, Greenland, and possibly integrating a few other territories as states.

[@alesh2275]

New states have to accede to the US in pairs where one votes GOP and the other Dems. This is to maintain the balance in the U.S. Senate.

[@michaelbindner9883]

There is no universe where Russia beats Ukraine without a peace deal. Most likely is that some ends Putin. Trump did tariffs when GOP lost Congress. Expect a VAT instead, with a separate subtraction VAT to distribute payments to families. That will also end high rate income tax, while cap gains taxes are shifted to an asset VAT of around 28%

[@A29adam]

can someone count how many times he said "worst case scenario"

[@sdagoth3037]

Eight times.

[@MattHuarez-yh9zj]

He doesn't want to upset his target demographic. He said so himself he's conservative.

[@juanvillalvazo1695]

Abolishing the income tax is delusional. We need it just to service our debt alone. In reality it will probably need to increase overall but especially for higher earners.

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Thanks For another year of amazing content 😊😊😊😊

[@NeoConsAreGreat]

My prediction for the Trump presidency is he will be a lame duck president like he was in the first term.

[@robertcourtemanche9185]

Carter was the president during the Bicentennial and that didn't help him one bit.

[@RTDoh5]

Carter was inaugurated in 1977. Ford was President in 1976.

[@rubencuesta-ray1320]

Ford presided over the bicentential and used that to his advantage during his run for president. Learn your history bub

[@logannichols5848]

Definitely seeing new deal level change. To me protection means not letting mega corporations fail, but I shall assume you mean not letting American corporations fail.

[@diegoyanesholtz212]

Old military equipment is already being donated to Ukraine, this is already happening.

[@kingeling]

Quality over quantity is how the French army operates. France isn't currently involved in too many conflicts, so I can see this happen to the US with Trump's reserved foreign policies.

[@Muhammad_Ahmad_]

Check your facts again because France is involved in a lot of conflicts in Africa

[@hishamalaker491]

What Liberals think is gonna happen under trump: I still hate trump though, he is a bit too Kosher.

[@umapessoaaew5535]

Whats Kosher

[@Perrirodan1]

@@umapessoaaew5535 Pro Israel, buddy with 'the elite'

[@Yuri_Mikhailovich_Kuznetsov]

@@umapessoaaew5535 ✡

[@thecatfather857]

@@umapessoaaew5535 In the context of people: Genuine and legitimate. I'm just going by Google results. Not sure why you'd hate him for that.

[@lxstcheckll9348]

😂

[@michaelryan3960]

4:09 😂😂😂 that’s not going to happen no offense. Bernie is too far left for the democrats, that’s why he’s an independent.

[@reaperz5677]

He kind of isn't, though. The only reason he didn't win the 2016 primary was due to shitty practices by Hillary, but he was otherwise, well, still part of the party. Like, Trump is part of the Republican party in this timeline, but there is a timeline where he just loses the 2016 primary for being too far-right.

[@andred7684]

I really hope and pray to God for you to get drafted if a war between the US, Canada and Mexico breaks out! 🙏🏻

[@Pedrotheporcupine]

Pray for our country

[@dragonborn7562]

I suggest merging Trump's territorial ambitions and the best case scenario video for that extra thick bird and stone sandwich.

[@SuccessMindset2180]

House of Representatives would be a limiting factor for delivering promises

[@craigbenz4835]

The house now has 218 Manchins.

[@solis1171]

@@craigbenz4835not all republicans agree with Trump

[@supertracker9823]

1:24 Is it just me or does mr z look like Luigi?

[@weilam03]

just you

[@supertracker9823]

@@weilam03 I swear he looks kind of like the UH ceo shooter

[@codenameulp1495]

I was just saying that to my aunt and uncle on Christmas Eve!

[@kingeling]

Holy shit

[@lxstcheckll9348]

Nah just u

[@JTL1776]

Now let's go. What if Trump gets everything he wants done for America.

[@manonjourney1]

He won't highly unlikely. Realistically just 50%

[@JoelLessing]

But what is that? He has never said what that is. Is it an empire of Greenland, the US and Panama, and Canada as the 51st state? Or, maybe it just means putting Liz Cheney in jail? Do you know? Because I sure don’t and I suspect, neither does he.

[@camera2178]

@@manonjourney1its a hypothetical bro

[@thetraveler264]

I didn’t support Trump as I have always been a Warhawk and strongly believe that our future will always be tied to a stable world created and maintained by US foreign policy and military strength. Okay that said, I honestly hope that Trump succeeds at his agenda and we (Americans) prosper due to his success. I eagerly await your “If everything goes right” video. We don’t always see eye to eye Mr. Z, but I have always respected your analysis and thoughts on different issues. Your videos have value to me.

[@sethrainey7105]

Love your videos been falling a long time I have used you for my political science classes but one thing I want to say is I was the third like and I love just watching the likes hang up one right after another

[@EricManzane]

One thing that Trump has done very efficiently, even before taking the seat, is unifying Latin America and Panama in defending the right ownership of Panama over the Canal, well done mister T,

[@Utsu-P_Enjoyer]

A bit concerned? Man i have people literally telling me America is over, its absolutely insane

[@SpyroTigerDovefan34]

Dems and leftists be like - this scenario is totally realistic and will definitely happen and if it doesn't then you're just a cultist

[@umapessoaaew5535]

Average Trump L

[@MahmudHasan-me]

Avarage Dem after watching: "Is rhis guy stupid or something? He pained the best case scenario as worst case"

[@pmpowalisz]

I am a moderate leftist who thinks the upcoming president is a great showman but otherwise egotistical and incompetent. The foreign policy worst cases are indeed unlikely, and DOGE could possibly work to our nation’s overall benefit (especially with the Dems getting a say). The mass tariff and deportation policies however will lead to every American facing economic hardships over the next year and any benefits over the coming years are simply not going to make up for it. There is also no way the damage could be realistically migrated either, including getting rid of the federal income tax.

[@vincentlu8856]

@@pmpowaliszGo pick the fruits then.

[@MattHuarez-yh9zj]

​@@vincentlu8856lead by example then

[@AdrianoFerreiraPaes]

Fell for it again Award. 300 billion to Israel NOW

[@TheFinalChapters]

Get rid of income tax? Are you insane? How are you going to fund the government? Selling gold sneakers?

[@Barbossa778]

Hopefully we don’t fund the government at all. The income tax will never be abolished, so don’t even worry about that kind of rhetoric.

[@umapessoaaew5535]

Getting rid of income tax is the first step to corporate dystopia... The final form of what Reagan started.

[@roninref5152]

Like any decentralizing proposal or integrity enforcing idea, it'll never happen. The federal government shouldn't be directly involved in the citizen's lives (like with the progressive income tax), so the actual way it should fund a modern state is through charges on the member states or taxes on core things that directly relate to its authority (such as a land value tax on the land it is protecting as its territory or tariffs or material coming in or out of its territory). Don't worry though, nothing ever changes, we will continue on the exact same trajectory as the we were decades ago, just the characters and details of the story are going to feel more ad libbed again.

[@Eodbatman]

The U.S. government survived without an income tax for well over a century. We could do it again.

[@historysuit9418]

2:44 I was like, “Is that a pig?”

[@DoDaDaDaDaCaDa]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@enochbooher6509]

Lol the idea that trump needs to convince people his first year is good is laughable bc people like to ignore things he did

[@MattHuarez-yh9zj]

Literally.

[@anthonymontague756]

I mean, it is a fact that if he screws up the first year he will lose majorities in the house and maybe Senate, and then spend the next 2 years as an impotent lame duck

[@connorhilchie2779]

Please do a video on what Trump has said about Panama and Canada. That needs clearing up desperately and people should know what to expect when they come up in conversation again Cheers from Canada(For now???)

[@senhorinhapereira334]

Unless force is used...don't see it

[@JamesR1986]

I strongly doubt that Trump's idea of cutting taxes to overtime, tips and Social Security is going to offset the cost of tariff's. These are all gimmicks which appeal to a very limited group. And replacing the income tax with tariff's is comically regressive.

[@donaldlee8249]

I think one rhetoric from trump is an interesting prospect, he said us and china work together can solve any problem. And indeed form an economical point of view a Chinese alliance would make the perfect sense. It’s also important to bring the Chinese on board to end the war in Ukraine. But given the ever more hawkish stance towards china at the capital hill, I think this is very unlikely, if not impossible

[@User7.057]

I’m glad someone is covering this who doesn’t have TDS

[@chiefbanana1093]

TDS is made up either way

[@MattHuarez-yh9zj]

Try Kyle kulinski. He has it but it's A LOT less than others.

[@adanactnomew7085]

I don't think that tariffs being okay because they will offset income taxes will fly with voters for one simple reason. Voters hate seeing the number on prices go up. In Canada, there is a Carbon Tax which applies to things like gasoline, natural gas, etc. The Government takes all the money it collects in these taxes and returns it to people with big cheques, the rationale being you get a stronger return the less you pollute. Many people (not everyone) get more in the rebates than they pay in taxes. Despite this, it's very unpopular, simply because a politician can point to a sign with gas prices and blame it on the Government. People want number go down. That's it.

[@Steadyaim101]

Abig part of what makes this unpopular is the bureaucratic burden on the system. Hundreds of accountants exist purely to process this act of taking with one hand and giving with the other. Canada famously has a big bureaucracy. Under Trudeau, it has grown by 40%. The public sector is by far the biggest employer in the country but its services are almost universally sub par and hated.

[@adanactnomew7085]

@Steadyaim101 I don't think the unpopularity of the carbon tax stems from some bureaucrats needing to run it. It's because of a perception of it taking their money away.

[@Michael-bh9ss]

Wtf? How much revenue does the income tax make? Trump would have to do tariffs of 60 to 80% to even come close to replacing that revenue. Dude please tell me how much we bring in on trade and how much we make on income tax. I'm for selective tariffs but across the board is silly. Also I know we are all afraid of "bit government" but tbh we don't have big gov we have gov ran by corps.

[@DBug17]

We pay into social security. It is 100% tax payer funded. To say it needs to be cut is completely misleading. It has nothing to do with our spending. The issue with social security has everything to do with people living longer while the retirement age stays the same. See the issues in France from a few years backs.

[@DumbCup]

19:54 ah yes because twitter definitely hasn’t lost most of its users and large swaths of advertisers

[@chesscomsupport8689]

Props to Jake Angeli for being willing to take a picture with Mr. Z, despite Mr. Z being a potentially controversial figure.

[@wansper9297]

0:06 should've had democrats say "He'll fuck up so bad no one will ever vote republican again" instead of "maybe it wont be that bad" Thats very hopeful in its own way

[@lacie5522]

Abolishing the income tax would be a big win, but I don't think it is doable.

[@valeriominelli3460]

I have a love/hate relation with the beautiful echo chamber this channel has created

[@Michael-bh9ss]

You're no economist. All foreign countries will hit back with tariffs of their own. No one will shut down trade over night.

[@deviousN]

What happened to the strong, independent woman that needs no man? Surely financial independence should be a part of their "bravery".

[@angemalaurie6074]

it is, feminist militate for equal payed leaves for mens and womens to allow couples to have househusband while the women work, both are good roles as long as they are chosen. Not sure what gave you the idea that feminist ask for women to not have work.

[@handlessuck777]

​@@angemalaurie6074🤓

[@Perrirodan1]

We are almost back to alternative history, now it's alternate future

[@rvail136]

Now stop showing your bias and do a video of a Trump best case senario

[@Rocketman-rm1fr]

Love your videos. I like that you show the cons and pros ❤

[@levihoffman5897]

Trump will certainly raise the military budget. He won’t want to upset military contractors

[@donalddesrosiersdsd5381]

Things are inefficient by design mostly because we have endless resources and have to give money away tocover everyone.

[@obirayner7603]

Never going to happen . Europe and the Commonwealth will retaliate vicious against U.S efforts which will cripple U.S foreign interest

[@Iamsnuggles]

I do agree with you. In his interview with the Times, he said that grocery prices won’t come down as much as he promised. So if that holds true, if it raises even slightly higher the 2026 midterms will hamper his ability to pass legislation.

[@chrisraines1564]

Couple things. Abolishing the income tax would be increadibly detrimental to the ability of the fed to moderate inflation and importantly deflation. It needs to be a thing just as a facts of economics. Secondly, the HTC is not a turkish puppet. Not even a little. And even if it was. turkey will not go to bat against isreal for them. There focus is the kurds not control of syria. Third you skipped the damage the threats against spending in nato does.

[@logannichols5848]

Also turkey is a NATO member. Israel is not.

[@AdmiralCupcake91]

Oh my. The sound effects you use make me think there are dozens of people showing up at my door 😬