If you thought Donald Trump's return to the White House in 2024 meant America was finally going to turn a corner, this week’s midterm election results may have given you reason to reconsider.
I'm writing this from St. Kitts, where I'm in the middle of our Family Legacy Mastermind. I've been busy with the group, but my colleagues have been keeping me updated on the election results as they've come in.
And I can't help thinking about the countless conversations I've had with Americans who were genuinely optimistic about what a second Trump administration might accomplish.
Some were so optimistic that they decided to put their Plan-Bs on hold while they gave Trump a chance to right the ship.
They were hopeful the Trump administration would deliver on its promises to rein in government spending, restore fiscal discipline, reduce Washington's involvement in their lives, and put an end to America's seemingly endless (and mostly senseless) foreign interventions.
On the other side of the coin, many of my clients and members of our community smartly moved forward with their international diversification plans. They understood that planning around political cycles was short-term thinking and that the fate of the West wasn't going to change simply because someone new occupied the White House.