What are your political predictions for 2019?

In the U.S., I expect more stalemates and gridlock as the great deal maker continues to flounder when it comes to bringing people of different minds together to strike deals, especially considering his inexplicably monumental struggles to make deals and stick to agreements when his party had control of both the House and Senate. I expect Democrats to spend more time and energy investigating the president than on actual policy now that they’ll have subpoena power. I expect multiple partial shutdowns as posturing over immigration continues throughout the year while the great deal maker fails to make any deals on that front. I expect the Congress to continue abdicating its primary responsibilities while posturing and complaining that the courts and executive branches are overreaching by filling the void they’ve willingly created. In other words, I expect dysfunctional business as usual in my country.