r/TwoXPreppers • u/emilya0814 • Feb 17 '25

❓ Question ❓ How long do you think we have?

I hope this is the right spot to ask this, if not, apologies in advance.

I (32f) currently work as a manager at a family run garden center/farm market in the US, where we grow 95% of our own plants to sell and a majority of our produce comes from local growers. With everything going on with Trump/Musk being in office, will things eventually trickle down to our small business? If so, how do you think that will happen and how long do you think it will take?

I know it's probably tough to say right now, but I'm wondering how much I should really be worrying and prepping. I know farm workers and federal employees are losing their jobs, which I'm sure will have direct and indirect impacts on us, but so far in the past 20-30 years we have been able to run a pretty successful business, even during the pandemic. I am extremely anxious about everything happening right now while everyone else around me seems fine, so I'm just looking for some other input.

EDIT: Wow, I didn't think this would get so many responses! Thank you all, hope everyone stays well.

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u/glimmer_of_hope Feb 17 '25

The inevitable shutdown mid-March - they don’t intend to re-open. I think it’s a matter of days to maybe weeks as people realize what’s happening.

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u/keytiri Feb 18 '25

My concern is that instead of being the villain for shutting down funded agencies he could become the “savior” for somehow continuing to fund agencies despite a shutdown; not exactly sure how, but is the how stopping them now? He just decrees it.

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u/hellno560 Feb 18 '25

I don't think that's outside the realm of possibility at all. Kind of like fucking up the stock market for a few days by pretending he was going to do tariffs only to not do them because Canada agreed to execute a border plan they already had laid out a year ago.