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Speaking as an international citizen I think people don't fully grasp how bad things are about to get if Trump does implement what he's been talking about regarding trade.

Basically you can kiss goodbye to the world order of today. The US is about to vacate its seat as head of world trade (which China will immediately fill), it's about to leave Europe to deal with a rogue nuclear nation, and it's about to let China and North Korea take over the Pacific (through economic coercion).

The US will never get its position back in the world order. Once the world order has been changed that's it. Now the average citizen in the US probably doesn't give two shits about the world at large (hell a good chunk of Trump voters don't even seem to give a shit about their own citizens) but the US losing its influence is going to cause a lot of economic damage for the US itself.

Just to give a small example of one of the US economical impacts I suspect will happen. When Trump starts putting exhorbitant tariffs on all foreign media those companies are going to move to Europe/the UK to do business. When Trump goes after the entertainment industry for being "woke" the mega corporations that run that industry will, likewise, move overseas. Once they are set up there they will not return.

That's assuming the US even wants to turn back the clock in four years instead of doubling down and electing a Republican that reinforces everything Trump gets up to.

And believe it or not this is the happy scenario of a Trump presidency. Those following world affairs and the current geopolitical state of things are likely well aware we're approaching a possible World War 3 (indeed many a person has possibly already thought something alone the lines of "in three years time we're going to look back on the Ukraine war as the start of World War 3").

Trump turning the US isolationist letting all these powers run unchecked could very easily be the trigger.

I'd advise anybody who is planning any sort of major tech purchase (TV, game system, PC, laptop, whatever) to get those purchases done before February because that sector will be the first to go down the shitter once Trump starts implementing his agenda. I know that's my plan, I'm not American but I need a proper computer for my upcoming studies and my current one is on its last legs.