The pokemon economy impacting a country of 124M is entirely different than a country that has a population of 2.5x that. The US can barely get their act together with crime as it is, no one will waste their time with him. Plus, who’s more foolish? The fool, or the fool who follows him?
Everything will be okay 
Mass store closures, severe drops in collectible values…
Finneon has the best cry in all of pokemon.
Certainly unique. And I do like it… 
There are multiple things here, but the most important, I think, is the interests of those in power, not the size of the poulation. Right now, there’s little interest in regulating the hobby market. twice, three, five times now(?) they’ve put off enacting a 600$ requirement for ebay sales reported to IRS. @Paulkemon is right. They’re not doing any regulation of pokemon anytime soon. Now if we hear that Trump tweeted “These bad guys, very bad, are using this shiny cardboard - except for Charizard, everyone knows he’s the best, and did you know they have one of me? Very cool - using it to cheat big, and hurt our great nation…” Then maybe we should expect some legislation. Tried to keep it inoffensive. 
Are you referring to the card in my pfp? 
If it wasn’t a grail in 2025, it’s not a grail now
Truke
It’s funny how grail has become this term used for something that’s totally acquirable. No one has ever found the holy grail… so, should anyone be posting their “I finally got [my grail] card!” posts? Sure it’s cool, but it’s not a grail, if you got it.
IDK if This is what you meant, @wisewailmer , but I like it. I think we’re spoiled today, even with the prices as they are, except for current modern. That stuff is common as campbell’s soup…
It’s often more fulfilling to buy artworks you like than buying a card just because you like the pokemon. If you dan get both, great, but sometimes my favorite cards are pokemon I would never touch in a playthrough just because the art is great