What is next

This is kind of like the storm. You are riding out the storm right now. A view of the news results in only madness. The madness is the storm.

It is also like a ship. A ship without a captain is doomed. A ship with a bad captain is like a ship without a captain. The captain has to be strong and sure. Without steady leadership, the ship will be lost.

All of this sounds like defeatism. Or a clamoring for dictatorship. But it isn't. I won't join the madness.

Basically you have to keep your own head within the madness. If the ship sinks, and it surely will, then you have to find a way to survive.

The US is going to lose its leadership role in the world. That is almost a certainty now. There is a lot of de-dollarization happening with the BRICS countries leading the way. Because of poor leadership in DC, this unfortunate event is going to go down. That will mean worsening economic conditions here in the US. Inflation will get worse. The Federal Reserve has already lost control. It will be powerless to end inflation and powerless to spur economic growth. There will be "stagflation". Stagflation is the combination of inflation and recession. There's really nothing to prevent it, because of the failed policies this administration has taken has made it all but inevitable.

This government will be forced to live within its means if there's any hope of gaining control over the worsening situation. Congress should do this NOW, but it looks like they are refusing to take the lead. Again, there's no leadership. Neither party is up to the task. The madness is everywhere it seems.

The final blow may be a war with China. This country is not prepared for such a war, and likely will not prevent the Chinese from taking over Taiwan. This will be the death blow for USA leadership. The dollar will collapse. Those holding dollar valued assets will see their wealth dissolve into nothing. We will be a poor nation. There will be a brain drain. The miscalled Education Establishment has been hard at work destroying what good that there still exists. Recovery will difficult, if not impossible.

If we are lucky, we won't be nuked into the Stone Age. Or worse.

What could prevent all of this? Maybe a miracle, but I wouldn't count on it. A possibility exists, but it is only a possibility. The possibility is that people will come to their senses. It doesn't look good at the moment. You can only come out of the storm of madness if you come to your senses. All of what the madness means is that things will fall apart in a very big way. The cure is a return to sanity. That to me looks like the miracle needed.