Trump’s most challenging year

When Trump came to power, more or less unexpectedly, I marked 2020 as the most critical year for his presidency. Trump went through an endless number of severe crises, from Russiagate, the Mueller report, sex scandals, Ukrainegate, impeachment, to name a few, but he survived all of that, and honestly, I think 99,99% of us wouldn’t.

He showed tremendous resilience, and we explained this in his analysis.

2020 is specific because his BaZi Chart is attacked on so many fronts. The Metal Rat year is Donald Trump’s ultimate enemy because it clashes with his two Horses, harms the Goat, and clashes with Yang Wood. This means that his entire Chart is in disarray, and it will be tough for him to grasp stability during 2020. After the impeachment failed, I naively thought he would sail through the election year and win a second term in November. I couldn’t imagine anything worse than impeachment, which he successfully endured, but I obviously underestimated how severely Metal Rat would affect him. The coronavirus brought an entirely new set of challenges for him; it took everybody by surprise.

Rat vs Horse = Turbulences in the economy

In Trump’s particular case Rat represents Water, which means money, therefore Rat vs Horse clash will affect the economy, because Trump is a leader of the country and his destiny reflects the country’s destiny, to a certain extent. Rat vs Goat represents harm, and because it’s his home branch, the harm is affecting him locally, which in this case means his country. This harm will also ruin his relationship with the ordinary people, leading him to lose general support during this period.

On top of the Rat this year, we have a Yang Metal, which is clashing with his Yang Wood, which is probably the most critical Element in his Chart. This particular clash will considerably shake his image and political influence.

Did you notice that Trump has had very little trouble with foreign countries this year? It’s because his year pillar, Fire Dog, is unaffected, meaning that the main problem for him will come locally, from Horse and Goat.

Coronavirus – The faceless enemy

The Coronavirus pandemic is turning into a significant problem for him. People are in a state of panic, the economy is tanking, and he is not handling the whole situation very well. He is essentially an entrepreneur, and entrepreneurs mostly deal with people, either as customers, partners, competition, etc. The virus represents a threat he has never encountered before, and his approach is very much entrepreneurial, which is not appropriate for the situation.

He is reacting like a typical salesman, by being overly optimistic and cutting corners on important information and data, which really annoys people. When he does that with the stock market, most people can turn a blind eye, but when he does it with an actual pandemic, it freaks people out, and rightly so.

Overall, his chances of winning a second term in November have been spoiled. Still, the good news for him is that neither Biden nor Sanders looks strong enough to beat him, so I still believe that Trump will come out victorious, but most likely badly wounded, especially on the image front. It’s only March so that it will be a long year for Trump, America, and the rest of the world.

Regarding particular months, Horse, Goat, and Rat months will be crucial for him (June, July, and December). He needs to get this pandemic under control soon because if it gets worse during the summer, his reelection chances will drop significantly.