Appoint Fox News host as Defence Secretary, give Elon control over Treasury, dismantle USAID, cut US manufacturers off from global supply chain, get America retaliatory tariffed by the entire world, turn all allies into enemies.... Preparing the battlefield for which side?
Hard to tell if the Tariff will hold. I think Trump is going with the stick than carrot method. We will see how many will double down being vassals, planning to be temp vassals while planning to break away , or the ones that will not stand down.