The election of Donald Trump was about as large an historic earthquake as the world has seen since the 1930s Great Depression and World War II.

His election to a second term upends many of the bad policy decisions and harmful DEI practices of the previous administration which was installed by deep state operatives in the stolen 2020 election. The power of the person sitting in the White House Oval Office is immense and can have influence over people, business, politics, and affairs not just in the United States, but around the world.

Here's a bullet point listing of what to expect in various areas of interest.

• Military: A couple of things to expect from Trump as Commander-in-Chief would be winding down the conflict in Ukraine and a general slowdown in military activity in the Middle East. Already, with the cease fire announced in Lebanon between Israel and Hezbollah, the effect of Trump's influence behind the scenes can already be seen. For more than a year, the Biden administration did nothing to stop Israel's genocidal tendencies in Gaza and on the West Bank against virtually defenseless Palestinians.

Once it became clear that Trump would soon be directing foreign policy, Israel backed down its attacks into neighboring Lebanon. Just how Trump, through back-channel negotiations, helped accomplish at least a temporary end to hostilities in the region (though action shifted to Syria soon after) may never be fully known, but speculation has it that he was a prime mover.

Further along, once Trump is seated, expect U.S. foreign policy to revert back to the kind of even-handed, respected diplomacy that stops well short of war. Trump views war as ultimately destructive and of benefit to nobody other than arms manufacturers. He's likely to influence military matters in quit ways by making peace between rivals rather than pursue belligerent policy. Th world should be a more peaceful place, at least for the next four years.




• Economy: Overall, the world economy is splintering into East and West, though that does not necessarily imply East versus West. Global trade has been hampered by sanctions and conflicts, threats and posturing, much of it by some of the dullest politicians ever to grace the offices of the great powers. Outside of Russia's Putin and Xi in China, world leadership has been gutted by simps and idiots in high places, such as Trudeau in Canada, Macron in France, Starmer in Great Britain, and Stolz in Germany. Having a demented Joe Biden beside them at various conferences and G7 meetings made Western leadership look more like a clown show and allowed the emergence of BRICS and other international alliances to thrive.

Trump's proposed tariffs will probably do more harm than good initially in the United States. Prices on many imported goods, especially those from China - which includes everything from toys to smartphones and just about anything made of plastic - should rise due to tariffs. Prices for food and services, on the other hand, both of which are largely produced and consumed domestically, should stabilize, and, in fact, reverse course. Food prices should decline over time in most of the world, except for countries that are dependent on large-scale food imports.

In the services sector, companies out of the U.S. that provide computing or logistics services may suffer as the international community seeks better deals elsewhere.

Generally speaking, inflation won't be as much a problem as the mainstream media has been projecting. U.S. consumers will have the choice of paying more for goods produced overseas, substituting, or delaying purchases. Europe, which imports a good deal of energy and food, will continue to suffer at the hands of greater powers: U.S., Russia, China, India.

Energy prices in the U.S. will remain low and probably decline further as the U.S. is - if need be - energy independent. The same is true for Russia and the OPEC nations. China and India have solid ties to energy needs with Russia and produce much of their own, via coal plants and solar. Europe will continue to pay through the nose, thanks mostly to being blind-sided by the U.S. and the destruction of the Nordstream gas lines from Russia.




• Quality of Life: With fewer wars being waged and some degree of stability in political affairs, most people will achieve a higher quality of life overall. Not having to worry about being blown up is a blessing for everybody. With abundant energy resources, food can be mass-produced for less and near-term La Nina forecasts for much of the world favor better growing conditions in large food-producing areas.

Freedom of speech is an area in which politicians and bad actors (yes, same thing in many cases) exert inordinate amounts of control, but Elon Musk's operation of X.com has had a positive influence in many parts of the world. Stifling freedom of speech and expression is an ongoing conflict between individuals and corporate power that's not likely to be settled any time soon. The deep state neocon types will not give up control practices easily and will likely resort to even more underhanded tactics than in the past now that their sacrosanct control of information is threatened.

The medical community outside the U.S. and Europe is largely well-intentioned. Positive outcomes in health and wellness in most countries around the world has been improving thanks to advances in medicine the past 100 years. There is no reason to believe that people should be denied medical attention should they need it. Most major diseases have been eradicated in most of the world and unless you're an executive at a major pharmaceutical company, there's little need for people to be dependent on pills, treatments, or most vaccines.

Having Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (RFK Jr.) heading up the Department of Health and Human Services within the U.S. government will have profound effects on people's lives in the U.S. and beyond.




• Entertainment and Lifestyle: Times of peace and prosperity are generally good harbingers for living the good life. Once artists consider themselves free of constraints, they can enjoy creating art, music, theater, and crafts that appeal to humanity's softer sides. Without overarching mandates of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) by a vocal minority hampering expression, eyes and ears are open to more variety in humor, satire, color, sound, and good vibes.

Technology is evolving into a third state of individual choice at a rapid pace. Following the inventions on radio and television, the internet opens up new, exciting vistas for the global community. Sharing ideas out in the open leads to a happier state of affairs for everybody.




• Education: Internet and advancement in telephonic communications may contribute to an upheaval in how education is acquired and advanced. It's no longer necessary to attend classes in person as virtual education continues to devolve the traditional roles of teachers and students. Countries that embrace technology and value eduction of their populations will outpace those that remain in the "old world" backwaters.

Such rapid development in communications and teaching will benefit the poorest countries the most, lifting them up from ignorance to enlightenment while empowering future generations. The kids of today will emerge as workers and leaders of tomorrow, endowed with vast resources to reach full potential.

Learning language and math skills has not been a priority of many countries in Africa, Asia, and South America, but, as the bounds of technology reach for new markets, advancements in education will follow. This is a slow, long process that may take decades to produce tangible results, but established countries could fall behind their emerging counterparts if they continue to insist on standards that do not keep up with the pace of human evolution.

Americans would welcome more freedom of choice in public education and they may soon get it if Trump's plans to decentralize or destruct the Department of Education materialize.

Having freedom to make one's own choices on one's own terms bestows on individuals a sense of pride, responsibility, and self-worth that cannot be measured in currency. In people's hearts and minds resides all power to make the world a better place. Governments and their leaders come and go. Human rights remain.

Continental Takes

North America - wracked by inflation and four years of imposed tyranny, the only direction for America is up, and, when America wakes up, the rest of the world - especially the neighboring counties of Canada and Mexico - better get showered and shaved in a hurry. A huge wave of prosperity is about to be unleashed in the United States. The adjacent countries to the immediate north and south would be well-advised to pay attention and hop aboard because the train is leaving the station.

South America - It would be nice to think that South Americans could free themselves of influence by the U.S. and, to some extent, that is happening because China has been making economic and political inroads into the continent for many years. Through its Belt and Road initiative (BRI), China is bringing infrastructure projects and technological advances to countries across the continent.

200 years after the Monroe Doctrine implied U.S. foreign policy of "talk softly and carry a big stick", China is making progress through the use of cooperation and empathy with economic and trading partners on a continent rich in resources.

Asia - There's probably going to be no better place to be than in parts of Asia for the coming decades. By side-stepping American and European sanctions and forming a more tightly-knit social community that trades not just goods and services, but plans, ideas, and futures, global power has shifted to the great continent. China and India will soon surpass the United States as the world's great economies, with ample assistance from Russia, the resource-rich largest physical nation in the world.

BRICS is now more than 15 years advanced and is evolving into its rightful role of an alternative to U.S. hegemony. That trend is not about to change, but only grow in size and global importance.

Europe - In a word, "screwed". Europeans have used up all of what was left of good will in just the past few years by pursuing policies that favored only itself but ultimately will exacerbate its decline. The citizens of Germany, France, Spain, Italy, and England are among the most overtaxed and underserved in the history of the world.

Europeans, for all their worldliness, seem to have no sense of fairness or identity. Having been colonizers for centuries has that effect on people, but those days are over. Witness France's expulsion from Niger and the rest of the Sahel in Northern Africa as proof of the end of empire and colonial exploitation.

Africa - As countries emerge from colonial oppression, expect major structural shifts in how Africans conduct themselves in terms of trade, culture, politics, and economy. The land is rich in resources and is generally the least developed area of the world. Big developments are taking place as African nations search for their true identities and break the mold of European intervention.

The Middle East, at the crossroads of Asia and Africa, has developed economically at a faster pace than most countries in Africa, but progress is being made rapidly in Ethiopia, Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon, Chad, Sudan, Morocco, Libya, and Egypt, just to name a few, and their experience will be shared with countries to the south. China, Russia, Europe and the U.S. are all vying for power, control, and resources across the continent. Conflict between them, involving local populations, is bound to occur. When, why and how remains to be determined.

Australia, Indonesia, Pacific Rim, Southeast Asia - Economies are booming in these countries which have ocean access to China, India, Africa, and North and South America. Production of raw materials for export is among leading industries in many countries from Malaysia to Thailand, but cultural roots in these countries are deep and very much populist and nationalist. These are also advanced economies at the forefront of global trade, often overlooked by the United States and far away Europe.

While BRICS has not made significant inroads until recently, Southeast Asia may become the most important element to global trade and economy within a very short time. Within the next five to 10 years, more than a few of these countries may turn to gold-backed currencies, supplanting old school debt-based fiats, in a future that relies on lessons from the past.