Lets pretend a foreign nation could instill an agent into the President position.
Thought exercise what sort of things would they have them do to bring down this country. Now I think there are really only 2 countries who could pull it off, and both would want different things. China I thing would do it monetarily, continue to buy the debt, and sell us shit. Russia is the more interesting one.
I would guess, one thing would be to destabilize NATO and pull back from supporting it. Stop trade with other countries (we have little trade with Russia so no impact to them). Then I guess it would be to ruin the research and brain development, so kill higher education and scientific research.
What would you do as POTUS if you want to destroy America for Russia?
I donāt see this scenario as a foreign nation bringing down US, but one or more individuals with info to blackmail the POTUS. Itās not Russia or China, but perhaps Putin and oligarchs with a peepee tape (for example). Any one can blackmail a POTUS.
Or not blackmail, an offer to grease the wheels of an offshore business deal (like Trump Gaza or Trump Resort in Vietnam).
And ābring down this countryā is too vague - people with power want specifics like crash the bond market, or put women back being Mom in the house, white first education, drill baby drill, etc.
Because the hard left hates democracy? Would such a candidate chisel away at our election system and run for a third term? Would they openly break the law and pardon their friends?
Only one side of the political spectrum now thinks they do zero wrong, and has zero-ability for self-reflection, nor desire to do so, and all the desire to punish their political enemies to the max, and glory in it, no matter how low they stoop.
The other side constantly self-criticizies, tries to enact policies that mitigate it, and in fact are being demonized by the other side for being too self-effacing and not erasing the errors of our country from our past.
Itās not even close. I absolutely want the side that self analyzes and corrects. And tries to see past their own point of view.
Can you even imagine what MAGAs would be saying if Obama even joked lightly about being a 3rd term president? Yet itās normal talk now, even though Trump is dead serious in his aim to stay and we all know it.
You donāt need to be an āideologueā to be appalled that he is actively marketing and peddling this BS on his official Merch site.
Knowing full well that his true MAGA base will lap it all up. And then that swell will be the exact thing the party feared ~28 months ago when he decided to make his comeback. His official announcement to run was so low energy. But then the support built.
Is it likely? At this moment I still say 50/50. But it is meant to paralyze everyone else with the option available to him to shift into high gear if he so chooses. Iām 100% certain he desires it.