This has me worried and slightly panicky as all this could hurt my family and I. I'm Canadian and a retired IT guy, less by choice and more by ageism in IT hiring. Seeing and knowing that forced early retirement could easily come in this industry, I saved throughout my career and am now comfortable. But my plans assumed having healthcare and investments in an economy that wasn't tariffed into the stone age in an attempt to force us to bend a knee.

It's more likely this is just old man ramblings at a press conference and/or as a distraction from the real actions they will blitz through in the first days, i.e. the Bannon playbook from 2016

With all the the worry about the bad things Trump 2.0 will bring, we forgot how much insanely stupid stuff he says just so people will talk about him and he can see himself on TV. The dude is a reality tv star first and foremost

Dude is jealous that Putin gets to expand. If the Ukraine war ends during the Trump II administration with land taken by Russia, the envy will really set in.