While you are funny and I did smile. It is his tax  

It may be one of the correct moves made by him.  As it looks like a big factor in the slowing of difficulty since Oct 2018.

For all of us other then sellers of new gear anything keeping difficulty in check is okay by me. This also helps non European countries along with anyone not subject to the 27.6% tax.

Still have to think a lot more of the gear would be sold if USA dropped to 2.6%