I am going to predict the general destruction of large parts of the US government in the current situation.
Trump/Musk will not stop. The courts wont stop them. Congressional Republicans wont stop them. Congressional Democrats wont stop them. And then, when the Trump/Musk shitstorm has passed, no one will be able to put Humpty Dumpty back together again.
First, Elon Musk and his fanboys and Trump with his orders will continue to violate the law and the constitution. They will fire people right and left, destroy Medicare and Medicaid, USAID, the Veterans Administration, DEI everywhere, the NIH, CDC, whole chunks of science, academia, etc. Who will stop them? Well, we can be sure that the Republicans in congress will not stop them and will not defend the constitution. As for the Democrats, they could potentially hold up the budget and shut down the government. But I dont think they will based on past experience. They are too weak and living in another universe. And even if they do, my guess is that Trump and the Republican congress will just ignore them and declare their budget law. Who would stop them? The courts? Not likely. Not only is the federal appeals system filled with complete jokes like Cannon, any court ruling would be appealed to the Supreme Court and we all know what that means. Nine tenths of the time the Supreme Court will support Trump and Musk even if they hide it a little bit to make things look a little better. Then the stupid press will suck down on that and talk about how Trump/Musk did not get everything they wanted, even though, of course, they did get everything they wanted. The DOJ and the FBI will attack any judge or officer who opposes this administration and people will be, in general, intimidated into compliance. Then of course there will be new laws, and who will fix them or go against them? Not the Democrats, that is for sure. Not the Republicans. Not the courts. If there is even the slightest protests that can be looked at as violent: say someone blocks a freeway for more than an hour, then Trump will declare a military emergency and call out the national guard. Besides, it is clear that Americans are too weak and dont really care enough about liberty to do anything. Not only does that mean that the Federal govt is wildly disabled, but many state governments will be as well. As I understand it, states like California will be thrown into chaos by a variety of actions that Trump/Musk will do. Again, who will stop them?
Moving forward, again it is not at all clear who will attempt to fix this catastrophe. Even if there is a clean sweep of Congress and the White House in 4 years most things will not be fixable. The Democrats dont have the will to take a stand. Remember Lejoy at the USPS? Biden couldnt even get rid of one person, and he had cause. Sure we can create a new USAID organization, maybe, or restore the NIH, maybe, but those research programs are already dead. The people in the third world are dead. Ukraine is destroyed. China will just pick up the slack. The Iron Dome will not be built, not really, because it is not practical to do so except in very specific geographical areas like Washington and Mar-a-Lago. It is far easier to destroy and fire people, then to get the budgets and hire people. By that time, there will be hundreds more Trump lovers on the federal courts, and the Supreme Court will be refreshed with two or three more Alito/Kavanaugh clones. Which means that any lawsuits will be dismissed.
So its a fait accompli. America will be diminished, the rich will get richer, silicon valley will do whatever the heck it wants with AI and so forth.
Of course, I could be wrong. The American people could stand up and the Republicans and the Democrats, working together, could remove Trump from office. Do you think that is a realistic possibility?
