It’s the Russian way. And the US is now a Russian vassal state.

Also known as the Medwedew move. But I doubt Trump will manage one full term, let alone two.

40 years and while that was definitely an important part of it, it was mainly half a million people protesting on the streets of every major city.

But they can also be ended with protests. See East Germany.

Also that he demands absolute loyality but gives none.

Oh yeah, that’s way worse! But it doesn’t make me very optimistic about Germany’s future either, even without the Trump tragedy.

Yeah, that’s also wild.

Our current government literally just collapsed today so… yeah.

Yeah, that’s the tragedy of it. Even in a country where it already happened once and millions of people died because of it, there are people eager for another run at it.

I’m German, and non-Germans always find it weird that most of us don’t have a very strong sense of national pride and are even very critical of our country, sometimes maybe even excessively so.

We have learned what uncritical, unreflected national pride leads to. What the price is to not confront the dark side that every society has.

And now, sadly, the US has to learn the same lesson the hard way too. I only hope the US and the rest of the world can come out of it with as little bloodshed as possible. But I fear for the worst.

“Remember, remember the 5th of november.” has a altogether new meaning now.

Also, rolling back the little the US did to combat climate change, making sure the climate catastrophe will only accelerate in this century.

By the end of the century, the US being a fascist state might not even matter because civilisation as we know it will break down anway, with worldwide temperature rising as far as 5 degrees above preindustrial standards (that’s the worst case scenario of the IPCC).

Which makes a solid case for communism.

Germany will follow suit and we will get a conservative hardliner (and sexist boomer) with CDU’s Merz who once voted to keep rape in a marriage legal. He will pave the way for the real fascists from the AfD, who will feel a lot more emboldened now.

I agree that he probably won’t last the four years but even if he does he is already too senile to set any policy. He was also already more than happy for others to do the actual work of creating policy because he’s incredibly lazy last time.

So I think Vance (and Musk) will be the real rulers behind King Trump. I don’t think either is really that much interested in religion and racism but both are incredibly sexist and/or transphobic. So sadly a lot of horror and pain will be delivered to women and transgender people. (Which doesn’t mean immigrants are safe.)

Musk will also push for deregulation/privatization of technology so that he can become even richer. This will lead to more monopolization/enshittification and stifle innovation for years, maybe decades. Vance will go along with it due to the Thiel-connection.

Additionally, Putin has made sure that Musk will also champion his interests even if Trump is unable to due to senility. The US will become a de facto ally of Russia and a geopolitical enemy of Europe in a similar vein as China (meaning not openly).

The military-industrial complex will quickly warm to the new reality of an autocracy and the US will start a new war somewhere. Probably in the Middle East. Maybe not within the first four years though. It will be used to distract from a crashing economy and the very real climate catastrophe (mirroring Ruzzia).

I wish all of this were ideas for an alt-history book and not a possible scenario for our future.

As a German aware of my country’s history I can only shake my head in sad recognition and try not to feel utterly hopeless not only about the future of a once-great country but the entire world.

We’re in the endgame now.

His death will almost cancel out that of Robin Williams.

As a German, I have to sadly tell you that that’s not enough.

It’s important to teach media literacy and critical thinking too.

Young women. One shouldn’t underestimate the incel vote.

This has all happened before and will probably happen again. The German Nazis were also opposed to vaccines.

Of course, only no vaccines for the rabble. They themselves would still enjoy all the newest medical treatments.

He couldn’t be more mask-off if he was sieg-heiling across the stage with a funny mustache.

Anyone who doesn’t see him for what he is is willfully ignorant at this point.