Why did Obama use "WILL"? Obama made this statement before the elections: "No matter what happens, the sun will rise in the morning" (he was referring to the possible election results, so he meant: "whatever the election result is, the sun will rise in the morning"). This can't be a "WILL" meaning a "willingness" to rise by the sun, of course, nor is it (I THINK) a "WILL" meaning "pure prediction" (pure predictions imply an "uncertainty" (OR DO THEY?), but the sun rise is an absolute "certainty"). For "absolute future certainty" English speakers usually use the present (the sun rises in the morning, the sun rises at 6.30 tomorrow). So I thought of 2 possible reasons: 1) "WILL" was used in the meaning of "natural behaviour of things" ("the sun WILL rise in the morning" like "ice WILL melt at 0 degrees"); 2) the sentence is "figurative", so the speaker focused on the real meaning, that could be : "even if we lose, one day we'll regain the power" (this is uncertain, so he used "WILL"). Can anybody help me?