Unfortunately exactly that is one of the more likely outcomes. Trump is already toying with the idea of selling off federal lands and privatizing essentially all government services except for the military. The one saving grace is that he can’t touch state run services directly, but his Republican governor sycophants are more than happy to follow his example. It’s essentially the recipe for every dystopian cyberpunk ever with a handful of megacorps taking the place of the government and providing basic services like police and EMS but only to the rich.

Yeah it’s 90% wishful thinking glued together with a tiny smattering of reality. There is some merit in a few bits and pieces of the article, but I’m also certain that is not at all even remotely the thought process driving Trump’s decisions. I’m also equally certain things will not be playing out like the author is desperately hoping they will.

What is going to happen is Trump is going to absolutely tank the US economy, possibly badly enough to qualify as the second great depression. What happens after that is pure speculation but nothing that’s good for the US unless by some miracle this finally kills off the Republican party and the neo-liberal branch of the Democrats (which sadly these days is less a branch and more a trunk).

In my experience dealing with my deeply Republican parents it’s something like:

• Chinese/China -> Communism
• Socialism/Socialist -> Communism
• Government Program -> Communism
• Anything that helps people who aren’t rich -> Communism and/or Woke
• Anything the Democrats do -> Communism and/or Woke
• Any company that does something that isn’t the most evil/amoral thing it could possibly have done (rarely happens) -> Communism and/or Woke

He’s an absolute moron but he’s also the poster child of failing upward. As long as you’re rich in the US it’s nearly impossible to actually fail. He’s squandered most of the wealth his sleazy father left him, but he still has enough left over to be completely insulated from the consequences of his actions. His children won’t be as fortunate unless they’re a lot smarter than he is and actually manage to make some money instead of constantly losing it.

It’s also about destroying US soft power in general. Putin wants an isolated US so he’s having Trump torch every bridge with every ally the US has. Any country that the US has a friendly relationship with is in the firing line.

Right now he’s pretty laser focused in on about a 5 year period in 1940 and a certain country in Europe. Unfortunately I don’t think he’s actually read how that particular story ends though.

Hmm without seeing what was said it’s hard to say if this was justified or not. Certainly some of the things mentioned would warrant at least a warning about using work tools for personal discussions, but some of the other examples given don’t seem particularly problematic (except that the current administration has decided to launch a jihad against specific ideas and minority groups).

No, it won’t. They’ll just relocate to China, or maybe a super yacht out in international waters. They’ll continue milking every last cent out of the US until it’s a dead dried up husk of a nation and then they’ll just move to the next one. Their supporters are too stupid to realize where the end of the path they’ve been told to walk is going to take them, and they’d rather blame anyone else but themselves for all the problems they face. So no, a space race with China won’t fix shit.