LA has the troops on the street against the wishes of the governor. San Francisco has also seen outbreaks of violence against the masked intrusion of ICE operatives in some areas. Could this spread to other blue states (red ones seem to have had less ICE activity!). The red neck morons love the violence and maybe itching to join in. So almost 50% of Americans will continue to support Trump, despite the economic downturn. If the violence spreads to the cities of the east and mid west like Chicago, New York and Philadelphia, and even Washington we may see widespread deployment of troops. Trump is already planning a gratuotous display of military hardware and troops akin to Red Square. The knuckle draggers will love that. Whether we will reach a situation when Starmer feels it necessary to comment is unlikely. But whether Trump can continue to undermine the US Constitution with impunity is yet to be seen. Irony would have to be written in capital letters if California applied to join Canada! Just a dream of mine!
However Trump is unstable enough to consider invading Mexico if he can concoct a story for himself that Mexico is the source of the unrest and then invade? Is this a result of my fantastic imagination? I can only hope so. More likely is invasions of Greenland and Panama to assuage the bloodlust he is incubating.
I am not sure how his rich backers will react – spending on arms is always popular with the military-industrial complex, especially if combined with tax cuts and hyper nationalism. A civil war would be different as it could endanger their assets. Also would China and Russia take advantage of a weakened USA to expand their territory and influence. It is unlikely to come to this – as Trump is also known as TACO! However the nation is becoming more divisive. I found it interesting that when I visited schools in the USA they had the flag on the teachers desk and even the home I stayed in had the American constitution on the bedside table. It must have been for show, but what would I put there for an American visitor? (answer – a glass of water? – certainly nothing like that!).
Hopefully all will settle down and abnormal reality continue.