We continue our thought experiment. This is not a prediction of what is most likely. It is designed to give the Winter Christian a scenario to ponder, so that they can ask themselves whether they would be prepared to navigate this kind of extreme outcome faithfully.
The hypothetical so far:
Donald Trump is sentenced to prison, rightly or wrongly, before Election Day, while Joe Biden is forced out for “health reasons” as new scandals unfold;
Kamala Harris is forced to resign immediately, leaving the Speaker of the House, Republican Mike Johnson, nominally in charge, but in reality, the Pentagon Collapse Group and the CIA fight for the reigns of the State Department;
Trump is pardoned by Mike Johnson and available on the ballot for Republicans, giving orders as the unofficial president, and in order to avoid splitting the vote, he takes on Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his running mate; while Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is put forward by the Democrats as a candidate with Bernie Sanders as the bridge to leftist populism;
As this happens, a new “pandemic” is announced by the WHO, along with major cyberattacks by the NSA, and World War 3 in the Middle East;
With so much chaos, Israel launches a full assault on the Temple Mount and provokes the Islamic world into war… which never quite becomes real;
Radical “Christians” wage domestic terror campaigns in the USA to create “The Storm” — leading to a type of Civil War.
Parallel administrations
Despite the insanity, the election still happens. Critical infrastructure is hanging on, and voting stations are protected by the National Guard despite riots and domestic terrorism in swing states. But nobody can report the results, because the voting never really happens. Both parties claim to have won, and so there are two incumbent presidents and nobody in the Oval Office.
Both “winners” are moved to bunkers and send broadcasts to the nation, calling for unity while completely condemning the other party’s criminality. But broadcasts are affected by the ongoing cyberattacks, not to mention high-level sabotage from within. Google and Big Tech try to censor all information from the Trump team, while alternative media is used to transmit Trump’s messages and coordinate strategy with their loyalists. Elon Musk’s “X” becomes the platform of the Trump administration, even as Musk himself is bogged down in investigations, lawsuits, and boycotts.
There are now parallel administrations, with conflicting reports and orders being given by both sides. Mike Johnson and the Republicans legally hold power and support Israel with the military, but without a clear Commander-in-Chief, nuclear war is a daily paranoia.
But no nuclear bombs are launched.
With the help of NATO and the capitulation of the Arab nations, Israel successfully captures the Temple Mount and begins building their Temple. Israel’s cyberattacks have crippled the energy and defense systems of multiple countries, and they in turn support Trump.
On the other side, the mainstream media claims this is all the work of right-wing extremists, fascists, and Christian nationalists. Having effectively lost control of the military, they focus on punishing Christians back home. Fundamentalists are scapegoated as the root cause, with the United Nations and the Vatican teaming up to validate a new Inquisition, led by anti-Zionist Jews who have been menaced by antisemitism from both political ends of the spectrum. Average people are encouraged to report “extremists” to authorities, and the police are deployed to quarantine them and investigate their properties for weapons, “prepping” supplies, and so on.
In this post-election world of paranoia, Trump has no control over domestic affairs, and The Rock has no control over military actions. Veterans and patriots back home are singled out as high-risk threats, but join militias to resist FBI, FEMA, and FDA agents trying to mess with them.
A machine with no grease…
Meanwhile, the economy is broken. The United States is the biggest machine in the world, and the grease that keeps it moving dries up…
Every scandal and crisis is accompanied by stock market panic;
Several major banks become insolvent;
Only the biggest hedge funds survive, gaining all the more power;
Bitcoin and gold skyrocket exponentially;
Cities, states, universities, and all small businesses are ruined;
Conservatives flee major cities and try to create sustainable farming communities using the help of the militias, while the leftists riot, rally, and beg for Universal Basic Income;
Congress and the Senate are suspended, as Martial Law is declared by Trump, so no budgets or laws can be passed normally;
A new private umbrella corporation called the “World Trust” is formed by BlackRock, StateStreet, and the other massive hedge funds to buy up everything, including federal properties, parks, and highways, on condition that they find a way to restore a functional civilization;
Trump forces the Federal Reserve to print trillions of dollars a week to fund the military and funnel money to Israel, making the US dollar worthless.
Hysteria and miracles
Normally, the economy drives 95% of people’s behavior. The moment the economy no longer exists, religion takes over. Psychopolitics ensures that political figures will be infused with religious significance. Actual churches will become a battlefield of competing narratives, as they suck up the last dimes of desperate people, who still think that churches will provide for the poor and needy.
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