The Orange Man is an economic machine just by virtue of being.
The “earned media” economy around President Donald J. Trump likely tops out at about $10 billion a year. That’s more than the GDP of Montenegro.
The books, podcasts, news outlets, political advertising, lawyers (always the lawyers), and even hedge funds forking over $100,000 a month to gain laser-fast access to his Truth Social posts in hopes of fronting the market.
While that will personally make Trump plenty of money for the rest of his life (a true stable genius of branding), his impact on specific economic regulations as president, specifically those that touch technology, is much more fascinating.
One astonishing fact of his second (or third?) stab at the presidency, now more than ten years since he entered political public life, is just how much Trump has embraced “the future” as president, more so than his predecessors.
We’re not talking about his forecasting about America’s prospects or even his investments (which could take up 40,000 more words). Rather, I mean his willingness to be open to almost every new innovation as president.