Meanwhile people in Japan are just walking around the promenade, checking out the cherry blossom trees blooming, enjoying their quiet and peaceful lives, and probably the NSW2 news too. Gosh 'normal' sure sucks, doesn't it.
Pfft, Wanting things to be “normal” is for apathetics, conservatives and moderates. Their time is over- the reactionaries are in charge now. And after they tank the economy and there is a backlash, the progs will take over, who will then

things up in their own special way. Rinse and repeat for years and years, until maybe someday voters stop listening to the political lunatics and mind virus peddlers in their toxic social media feeds (lol, unlikely).
We are all sitting on backlogs like dragons guarding a hoard of gold, so now is the time to dig in to it. Other hobbies will remain affordable so we can still entertain ourselves during these self-inflicted dystopian times. The weather’s getting good and a yearly state park pass for the whole family costs less than a video game. They are replenishing fish populations right now everywhere, so go get a rod and fishing license and catch yourself dinner a couple times a week. Hell, I even bought a beehive, supplies and a queen and her colony last year for a fraction of the cost of the switch 2 price. I got more honey than I’ve ever seen in my life, was able to give it away as bday and Xmas gifts, and now I am even brewing mead like my viking ancestors. And there is nothing more zen than doing my weekly beekeeping.
Now is not the time to spend a grand on a new system, games and accessories anyway. Things are about to get rough in the economy. The reality show clown in the white house literally had one of his back-office employees use ChatGPT to come up with these tariffs and upend the global trade system, while he went golfing for the weekend. This is who is in charge right now.
(And *SHE* had no business being in charge either, having not won a single primary, being chosen as VP on the basis of skin color and gender above all else, and being complicit in covering up the severe mental decline of the former Skeksis president for years. So don’t get too smug libs)