The fact that makes Bitcoin everyone's favorite when it comes to investments is that it recovers its price even if there is a drop. A 20% drop isn't small when an asset loses this much value, its investors will start to panic, newbie investors of Bitcoin panic as well, some will even sell their coins at a loss when they see such a drop because they think it's going to drop further and they don't want to lose more money, so they go ahead and sell their assets without getting any profits.
However, those who understand Bitcoin and the market would understand that things will normalize very soon and there is no need to panic, so they stay calm. Those who have more money would usually invest more at times of drops or corrections because they know it's only going to benefit them.
So I agree that the excitement wouldn't end as long as the price of Bitcoin is volatile because the volatility keeps it entertaining and exciting for those who understand it well.
Bitcoin hasn't changed the world, but it's definitely been talk about differently, and is now taken much more seriously than it was a few years ago. Trump is just speculating on this to get the votes of Bitcoin loyalists, but I'm not sure he'll maintain his enthusiasm for Bitcoin if he wins the election.
It's no longer news that most politicians uses the area of interest of the masses to make campaign promises but we need to be optimistic that with or without political influence Bitcoin is still gonna gain more recognition and popularity in the upcoming years therefore our excitement about Bitcoin shouldn't know any bound because we are gearing towards an era of financial freedom.
Bitcoin has a long way to go, it still has to go through the most important phase of the cycle, this was the bullrun, so I think its reaching the last ATH is just the beginning, perhaps this became possible only thanks to the approval of the Bitcoin ETF, otherwise it would have been impossible before the halving. I think that Bitcoin will start to grow in the fall, perhaps closer to the US elections, you need to follow the news, when there is a lot of positive news, then everything should start.
Does it mean if it wasn't for the approval of spot Bitcoin ETF by the United States SEC that Bitcoin wouldn't have gotten a new ATH before the halving event? I mean Bitcoin was literally growing rapidly before Spot Bitcoin ETFs were approved so I believe it would have still reached a new ATH before the halving, remember that after the spot Bitcoin ETFs were approved that it didn't have much effect on the price, it was after sometime that the price started skyrocketing and was able to get a new ATH of $73k.
Your idea of staying glued to the news is a nice one because the news that will come up before or after the United States elections will surely have impact in the price of Bitcoin. Therefore we ought to be watchful of the outcome.