Here it goes....
Claims from last year are in purple.
Towers of Ilium got a late start to the predictions for this year, which means that events in Iran are only dealt with in a superficial way. Editorial staff doesn't anticipate more major surprises, just a slow burn.
-Iran wasn't significant in terms of news. As for major surprises, well, there's THAT.
-Trump survives through the year---there will not be enough, if any, Senate vote defections to remove him from office. This is an easy prediction, but this blog needs to have at least one success.
-Correct--and easy.
-Trump will not be elected for a second term.
-Correct--but closer than it should have been given the circumstances.
-Biden will be the next president of the United States.
-Correct, despite the Trump and Republican idiocy following the election. (still ongoing)
-Ruth Bader Ginsburg will die and Trump will get one final pick for the Supreme Court.
-Correct. Although Barret, like Gorsuch and Kavanaugh, have no interest in carrying water for Trump in a personal way.
-Republicans will retain control of the Senate
-TBD by Georgia elections, but Towers of Ilium stands by this claim.
-Democrats will retain control of the House
-Correct--but GOP picked up some seats.
-A major weather event will impact the east coast of the U.S.---prior to the presidential election. Federal response to this event will be incompetent and hurt Trump, but not significantly.
-Correct several times, but overshadowed by Covid.
-Attempts to make local zoning regulations more sensible will persist on multiple fronts across the Unite States this year. There will be some minor advances.
-Uncertain, and not particularly relevant.
-Architecture will be boring.
-Correct, mostly.
-"Construction Technology" is a dead end.
-Correct--overshadowed by Covid, but online meetings have significant limitations.
-The Dow will close above 35,000 by year end.
-Nope, but above 30,000---which means almost nothing.
-There will not be a recession. Growth in the U.S. will average 2%
-Nope, but contingent on Covid.
