RE: So Now This Is Getting Interesting.
December 16, 2016 at 5:09 pm
(This post was last modified: December 16, 2016 at 5:09 pm by Tonus.)
I expect him to be sworn in and serve his full term. I expect that the damage he does will be minor at first and it's the long-term effects that we will feel the most. I would not be surprised if the markets dip over the next 12-18 months, not because of anything Trump does but because a correction is inevitable and the sooner it happens the better. That does mean that the economy could rebound in 2019/2020 and Trump might look like a genius and be on his way to a second term, but that depends on him not committing any embarrassing gaffes or displaying a stunning lack of awareness in dealing with some issues. I'd be surprised if he makes it through four years without looking like a dangerous clown at least a couple of times, but that could also make him even more likeable to his supporters.
"Well, evolution is a theory. It is also a fact. And facts and theories are different things, not rungs in a hierarchy of increasing certainty. Facts are the world's data. Theories are structures of ideas that explain and interpret facts. Facts don't go away when scientists debate rival theories to explain them. Einstein's theory of gravitation replaced Newton's in this century, but apples didn't suspend themselves in midair, pending the outcome. And humans evolved from ape- like ancestors whether they did so by Darwin's proposed mechanism or by some other yet to be discovered."
-Stephen Jay Gould
-Stephen Jay Gould
