In the United States, nothing terrifies the new right quite like population decline. According to Bloomberg, one well-regarded population estimate warns that 2026 is primed to be the year of the first real population decline in the 250 year history of the United States. On one hand, population decline is to be expected in advanced market economies as GDP grows. Yet for the United States, the acceleration brought about by Trump is cause for alarm. More on Trump: Trump Says the Military Deployed a Secret “Discombobulator” Weapon in Venezuela