America, as a functioning democracy, is on its deathbed. The Constitution is no longer worth the parchment it is written on, and the country is sliding headfirst into authoritarianism with all the grace of a drunk at closing time. Trump, back in power and unshackled by even the pretense of playing by the rules, is doing exactly what he always intended, dismantling every check and balance that once made the United States more than just a flag-waving farce.
Project 2025 lays it all out in terrifying detail. Purging the civil service of anyone who is not a sycophant. Concentrating executive power to the point where Congress and the courts become decorative. Reshaping government into a machine that exists solely to serve one man and his cronies. Now, we have the spectacle of Trump flatly ignoring court rulings and deporting Venezuelans without due process, as if the judiciary is just an inconvenient advisory board. That is not democracy. That is dictatorship in action.
This is no longer a slow erosion of democratic norms. It is an open dismantling of them. The United States under Trump is heading for a totalitarian system where elections are manipulated, dissent is crushed, and the law is whatever the ruling faction declares it to be. The midterms will be the next big test. If they are rigged through suppression, if opponents are arrested, or if courts are overridden, then the last pretence of democratic legitimacy will vanish. At that point, civil war is not just a risk. It becomes a logical outcome.
If an insurrection arises against Trump’s blatant destruction of the Constitution, his response will not be that of a democratic leader restoring order but of a crime boss crushing a rebellion. His entire political career has followed the Mafia playbook. He demands loyalty over competence, enforces silence through intimidation, and punishes anyone who dares to break ranks. His enemies list grows daily, with judges, prosecutors, journalists, and political opponents facing relentless attacks, both from him and from the mob he has radicalised. This is not governance. This is an organised crime syndicate seizing control of the state.
Behind all the culture wars, nationalist posturing, and authoritarian theatrics, Trump’s America follows the same economic model as Putin’s Russia. He has already gutted the working class, stripping them of protections, stagnating their wages, and dismantling labour rights under the guise of economic nationalism. Now, he is setting his sights on the middle class, ensuring that his billionaire capos can continue siphoning GDP upwards to the already super-rich.
His tax policies serve only the wealthiest, ensuring that billionaires and corporations escape taxation while middle-class families face rising costs and shrinking paychecks. His deregulation agenda enables corporate monopolies to tighten their grip, crushing small businesses and concentrating wealth among his loyal donor class. His trade wars, far from protecting American industry, have driven up consumer prices while enriching a select group of insiders who know how to play the system. The result is a country where fewer and fewer people hold an ever-growing share of wealth, while ordinary Americans are left scrambling to survive.
Putin has perfected this model in Russia, where a handful of oligarchs extract the country’s wealth while the state silences opposition, controls the judiciary, and ensures the economy serves only those at the top. Trump is following the exact same script. The economy is no longer a system for growth and opportunity but a racket designed to funnel money to those already in power. Just as Putin rewards his loyalists with lucrative contracts and state privileges, Trump has turned the American government into a machine for enriching his cronies while stripping everyone else of economic security.
With Pete Hegseth installed at the Pentagon, Trump has positioned himself to weaponise the military against dissent. If an uprising against his rule erupts, the response will be swift and brutal. The Insurrection Act will be invoked, National Guard units will be federalised, and opposition groups will be crushed under the banner of law and order. His propaganda machine, led by Musk’s digital empire and DOGE Black Shirts, will ensure that resistance is framed as terrorism. Mass arrests and indefinite detentions will follow, with independent journalism strangled by censorship and algorithmic manipulation.
But Trump’s grip on the military is not absolute. If commanders refuse unlawful orders, the armed forces could fracture, leading to state-level defiance and the breakdown of federal control. Democratic governors may refuse to deploy their forces against their own citizens, resulting in entire regions rejecting Trump’s rule. At that point, America ceases to be a single, functioning nation. It becomes a battleground of opposing factions, some enforcing his dictatorship, others resisting it outright. Armed conflict becomes inevitable, with Trump relying on his most radicalised supporters and a purged security apparatus to enforce control.
Even if full-scale civil war does not break out, resistance will not disappear. Underground networks will form, using cyber warfare, economic disruption, and sabotage to undermine the regime. Trump, much like a Mafia boss, will respond in kind. The state will be turned against the population. Opponents will be hunted down, detained, and silenced, while government institutions are reshaped into weapons of repression. America’s decline into an authoritarian state will be complete.
The rest of the world cannot afford to look the other way. If the United States insists on joining the ranks of failing autocracies, it should be treated as one. Diplomatic isolation must follow. Trade restrictions must be imposed. No more special treatment for a country that no longer upholds the values it once imposed on others. America cannot be allowed to become a fascist state while the world pretends it is still a democracy. If Trump and his enablers succeed in consolidating their grip, they should do so alone, severed from alliances that still uphold democratic norms.
The United States is at a crossroads. Either it reverses course, or it becomes the kind of regime its own leaders once condemned. If it chooses the latter, the world must act. A rogue America is as much of a threat to global stability as any collapsing empire in history. If civil war follows, that will not be a warning sign. It will be confirmation that Trump’s America is not just undemocratic but ungovernable.
The irony is that Trump is not intelligent enough to have orchestrated all this. It was done by others, and Trump's incalculable narcissism and desire for revenge was the perfect vehicle for their designs. However, they won't hesitate to get rid of Trump should he prove unreliable even to them - by any means.
The media barons are complicit and we in Britain need to wake up to the nonsense Farage is peddling, as his aims are identical to Trump.
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