Preparing for Trump
DAVID TAFFET | Senior Staff WriterTaffet@DallasVoice.com Leslie McMurray is preparing for the incoming Trump administration with trepidation.
In addition to new laws targeting the LGBTQ community introduced in legislatures across the country, she expects to see discriminatory legislation come out of Congress.
And, economically, McMurray said she expects the stock market to do poorly under Trump. So she has sold her stock portfolio and transferred her money into certificates of deposit, which are federally insured and guarantee a pre-determined rate of return. “What he’s doing with tariffs — I fear inflation — and we’ve just recovered from an inflationary period,” she said.
And fearing changes in federal rules, one trans friend of hers has renewed his passport three years early to ensure his correct gender remains listed on the document.
