Will European and Asian consumers be able to keep the audio Industry alive until Trump's career ends?
It starts to be a brand by brand (and location by location) issue - as an example... Voxx is (was) a US company (now taken over by Gentex also a US company) - it owns a range of brands, including as an example... Magnat
Magnat is a well regarded speaker company with good market penetration in Europe... but basically unknown in North America.
Trump's economic blundering, is unlikely to affect Magnat
Klipsch is primarily North American - with the Heritage speakers mostly made in USA... but for their more mass market ranges, much is (was?) manufactured in China - penetration of Klipsch into European or Asian markets is patchy...
So there we have two speaker brands, owned by the same group - with very different exposure to Trumpism.
USA brands, which moved most of their manufacturing offshore, are the most exposed, followed by Non-USA brands for whom the US market is a critical % of their sales.
Brands like Quad - who have never had substantive US market penetration, are probably completely unaffected.
Having said that - the economic mayhem driven by Trump has broader implications, including the potential for a global recession or even depression - and if that happens, then consumer/luxury goods (like our hobby) - will suffer badly, as we will all put away our pocketbooks and hunker down.
