Examining the Worst-Case Scenarios for Followers of Trump

There’s a lack of faith from Republicans in Harris’ capabilities. She has largely underwhelmed in her role as Vice-President. This Harris scepticism extends to the floating voters of America.

Now, ordinarily according to international affairs specialist Ian Bremmer, that would result in a Trump US election win. Delivering his State of the World 2024 address, Bremmer turns his focus to his home country: “The US elections are now less than two weeks away. I’d say, thank God, but no one’s looking forward to this.”

He continues: “I have no idea who’s going to win. I mean, if you made me bet, I think it’s Trump. I’m saying that to you, not with a lot of conviction, but just because most elections this year are change elections.”

“70% of Americans say they’re not happy with where the country is going. It is very hard to vote for the sitting Vice President when that many people say, I want something different. Trump is something different.”

There’s an anti-incumbency movement in world politics. Rory Stewart mentions this in the acclaimed The Rest is Politics podcast. In the event that the incumbent is not voted out in the US, this is where disgruntled voters should look into investing in a new residency or second citizenship.

So, the first worst-case scenario for Trump followers is the election of someone they consider incompetent. Politics has become more tribal in America with any respect between Democrats and Republicans largely dissipated. For those who aren’t true Blues, another 5-year Democratic term is a nightmare outcome.

Harris’ Plan to Tax the Rich

Trump HWNI fans will feel a Harris victory hard, in their pocket. The Tax Foundation describes itself as “the world’s leading nonpartisan tax policy 501(c)(3) nonprofit.” It’s a harbinger of doom when predicting what a Harris win will mean from a taxation perspective.

Its Wednesday, October 16, 2024’s Kamala Harris Tax Plan Ideas: Details and Analysis is a 17-minute read. This comprehensive summary states that: “On tax policy, Harris carries forward much of President Biden’s FY 2025 budget, including higher taxes aimed at businesses and high earners.”

Later, it alleges that “her tax policies would raise top tax rates on corporate and individual income to among the highest in the developed world, slowing economic growth and reducing competitiveness.”

Waking Up to 5 More Years of Liberal Elite Control

As much as Democrats are apprehensive of the Heritage Foundation, Kevin Roberts’ organization is accusatory over the way America’s traditional values are under attack from a liberal elite. Roberts’ own foreword to the Mandate for Leadership is an all-out assault on a ‘woke agenda’. An agenda that spells danger to the Foundation, to the extent that “the very moral foundations of our society are in peril.”

The Heritage Foundation’s Mandate for Leadership project dates back to 1979. A “20-volume, 3,000-page governing handbook containing more than 2,000 conservative policies to reform the federal government and rescue the American people from Washington dysfunction” guided the transition from the Democratic Jimmy Carter to the Republican Ronald Reagan. It was, in the eyes of the American right, a salvage operation that they were helming.

Post US Election Residency and Citizenship by Investment Solutions for American HNWIs

Now, there are American HNWIs on both sides of the political divide in the US. So, whether Harris or Trump is elected President, there are going to be disappointed moneyed Democrats and Republicans. The US election has the potential to both rock and shock American citizens into investing in a new residency or second citizenship.

There are 5 Citizenship by Investment programmes for American entrepreneurs to choose from in the Caribbean. These centre on the Eastern Caribbean region, and there are more similarities than differences. Investors can take their pick from the programmes offered by Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St Kitts and Nevis, and St Lucia.