Ten Predictions
Aug. 25th, 2026 11:49 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
penpusherAre these actually "predictions" as much as they are "inevitabilities?"
1. The "war" with Iran will still be going on by the time we reach "election day," and will likely escalate, since Congress has done nothing to challenge the reasoning the Executive branch has presented for these actions. More money, more troops, more death and more distractions for trump.
2. trump will continue to claim we have to continue putting pressure on Iran, even though he also said we already won and obliterated their military. The reasoning will not change - it'll still be to prevent Iran from having a nuke and/or because Iran is blocking the Strait of Hormuz, and that will be enough.
3. There will be at least one but possibly more announcements about a threat against the president which will serve to drastically increase security and to ratchet up the sense that the country is not safe, even for POTUS.
4. trump will find cause to send military into particular American cities, again. This could be a terrorist threat, protests by opponents to his actions (or candidates that he supports) or some similar reason. Again, this is in prepearation for Marshall Law to be instituted.
5. trump will continue to try to align with leaders like Kim Jong Un and maybe even bring Putin back, since we haven't seen trump discuss the Russian in quite a while. It's almost as if the Ukraine war just disappeared like the Epstein files (and no, neither did). Will we see trump visit North Korea or Russia before the end of the year?
6. No relief from the high prices of gas, groceries, and other essential items, and many more tariffs will be applied, removed and applied again between now and November, keeping everything unstable. Prices will continue to rise incrementally, and may jump depending on how the war progresses.
7. trump will continue to treat our allies as enemies, as he attempts to force them to do everything he wants them to do. Remember: trump doesn't actually have friends, so he doesn't know a thing about what friendship is or how to treat someone who is your friend. That will show a lot in the next few months.
8. trump will continue to hold "special events" that he will bill as being "patriotic" when, in fact, it's just another grift for him to get more money for himself. There is never enough money in the world for trump and he is attempting to get it all (or at least more than his former pal Leon has).
9. trump will "test the waters" on the concept of canceling the midterm elections, if it seems likely that the Republicans will lose the SENATE. The more severe those senate races seem to be for the GOP, the more likely trump will try it, because, of course, if the Senate becomes Blue (and if somehow the Dems will EVERY senate race) trump is toast.
10. Congress and SCOTUS will stay relatively cool, not necessarily supporting trump's agenda as obviously as they have done previously, but after the midterms (assuming we have them) are over, watch out. Either way, prior to the swearing in of the new House and Senate, they are going to go HARD LINE on everything they can before the end of the term, and it's going to hurt.
Yay.
1. The "war" with Iran will still be going on by the time we reach "election day," and will likely escalate, since Congress has done nothing to challenge the reasoning the Executive branch has presented for these actions. More money, more troops, more death and more distractions for trump.
2. trump will continue to claim we have to continue putting pressure on Iran, even though he also said we already won and obliterated their military. The reasoning will not change - it'll still be to prevent Iran from having a nuke and/or because Iran is blocking the Strait of Hormuz, and that will be enough.
3. There will be at least one but possibly more announcements about a threat against the president which will serve to drastically increase security and to ratchet up the sense that the country is not safe, even for POTUS.
4. trump will find cause to send military into particular American cities, again. This could be a terrorist threat, protests by opponents to his actions (or candidates that he supports) or some similar reason. Again, this is in prepearation for Marshall Law to be instituted.
5. trump will continue to try to align with leaders like Kim Jong Un and maybe even bring Putin back, since we haven't seen trump discuss the Russian in quite a while. It's almost as if the Ukraine war just disappeared like the Epstein files (and no, neither did). Will we see trump visit North Korea or Russia before the end of the year?
6. No relief from the high prices of gas, groceries, and other essential items, and many more tariffs will be applied, removed and applied again between now and November, keeping everything unstable. Prices will continue to rise incrementally, and may jump depending on how the war progresses.
7. trump will continue to treat our allies as enemies, as he attempts to force them to do everything he wants them to do. Remember: trump doesn't actually have friends, so he doesn't know a thing about what friendship is or how to treat someone who is your friend. That will show a lot in the next few months.
8. trump will continue to hold "special events" that he will bill as being "patriotic" when, in fact, it's just another grift for him to get more money for himself. There is never enough money in the world for trump and he is attempting to get it all (or at least more than his former pal Leon has).
9. trump will "test the waters" on the concept of canceling the midterm elections, if it seems likely that the Republicans will lose the SENATE. The more severe those senate races seem to be for the GOP, the more likely trump will try it, because, of course, if the Senate becomes Blue (and if somehow the Dems will EVERY senate race) trump is toast.
10. Congress and SCOTUS will stay relatively cool, not necessarily supporting trump's agenda as obviously as they have done previously, but after the midterms (assuming we have them) are over, watch out. Either way, prior to the swearing in of the new House and Senate, they are going to go HARD LINE on everything they can before the end of the term, and it's going to hurt.
Yay.
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Date: 2026-08-28 12:54 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2026-08-28 04:37 am (UTC)But 10 might be the most likely of all, because none of these punks will have anything to lose at that point, and if the Dems happen to get some decisive wins, they'll definitely want to get as much damage in before they leave, and if they win, they're all set up to provide two more years of suffering for their own benefit.