All too true. Yet who better than Trump to navigate through a disaster? Of necessity, major cuts in federal spending will not just be necessary but also may be broadly acceptable to the country. Trump at least has the right instincts: protect politically popular federal spending like Social Security and Medicare but cut other programs, at least for a start.
All true, the one major part I worry about is in order to enact major cuts to spending, which is required, you need an agreeable congress, even if Republicans take control, I have little to no faith in their ability to put thru major cuts to spending.
As for spending cuts being broadly acceptable to the country, that is probably right, but it was broadly acceptable to not keep funding the war in Ukraine or pass FISA renewal, but Republicans did both by a large majority, meaning they went directly against what their voters wanted, which is one of the reasons why I’m very skeptical on their ability to rein in spending.