Predictions for 2018

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-Ryan and McConnell will announce that they are going to push for entitlement "reform", while Trump pushes for an Infrastructure bill. Trump starts bashing McConnell and Ryan via Twitter, resulting in Ryan and McConnell abandoning Entitlement "reform" and pushing the President's Infrastructure plan. It fails due to Conservative Opposition from Republicans and opposition from Democrats due to it being a handout to the private sector and not addressing the real issues with our infrastructure. No other legislation passes.

- The Mueller investigation continues and Members of Trump's 2016 campaign staff are indicted and Don Jr. and Jared possibly get indicted as well. Trump pardons his son and son in law while throwing everyone else under a bus. His approval rating then falls to 30%. By year's end, it still continues, giving everyone outside of Trump's staunchest supporters that there was possibly collusion between  him and Russia. Talks of Impeachment start to circulate.

- Tensions increase throughout the world thanks to the actions of the Trump administration but no major crisis or war breaks out.

- The Economy begins to decline in the fall of 2018 and the Stock Market possibly crashes as well.

- Democrats retake the Majority in the House by 2 or three seats. The Senate splits with Democrats gaining two seats Nevada and Arizona while losing one seat in either Missouri, Indiana, North Dakota, or Montana. Paul Ryan (if he's re elected, which most likely he is) not only declines to run as Minority leader, but also resigns from Congress all together like Gingrich and Hastert did after 1998 and 2006 respectively. Nancy Pelosi runs for Speaker again, and wins (although doesn't go unchallenged), but also makes clear that she will not run for re election in 2020. She spends that time finding someone to succeed her as the top House Democrat.  Mitch McConnell barely gets elected as Senate Majority Leader and then also announces that he will not run for re election to the Senate in 2020.