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Fiendish Thingy

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3. All true, and why I said yesterday Trump would be impeached and removed- by Republicans
Mon Jan 12, 2026, 10:21 AM
12 hrs ago
The European Union is the largest single market in the world, and they will weaponize it. Europe will likely move to call in U.S. debt and dump their dollar reserves, sending the value of our currency into a death spiral. The U.S. economy, which relies on the dollar being the global reserve currency, will collapse. Inflation will make the post-COVID spikes look like a rounding error. Your savings will be worthless before the ink dries on the invasion orders.

Corporate America will face an extinction event. U.S. companies will be expelled from the European market. Apple, Google, McDonald's, and Tesla will see their assets seized or their operations banned. Trillions of dollars in market capitalization will be incinerated in minutes. The stock market will not just crash; it will close. We are talking about the complete de-globalization of American industry, cutting us off from the wealthiest consumers on the planet.


This would cause a corporate uprising, with CEO’s storming the White House with torches and pitchforks, demanding Trump’s head on a platter. If they couldn’t convince the Republican goat rodeo in congress to remove him immediately, all eyes would turn to Vance and the multimillionaires in the cabinet to enact the 25th amendment (they only need 13 out of 25, so the die hard loyalists like Bondi and Hegseth could fuck right off), which would buy enough time for the house and senate to find their spines.

Let’s just hope the Republicans send an emissary (I nominate Lindsey Graham!) to have that heart to heart, Goldwater to Nixon chat, before things get to the no-turning-back stage.

Thanks for posting - I just wish the author had a better platform than Facebook.

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"The first domino to fall is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization itself" kentuck 12 hrs ago #1
Not just Putin but blue-wave 9 hrs ago #20
For the love of God . . . Scubamatt 4 hrs ago #58
I've been screaming from the rooftops... GiqueCee 21 min ago #66
Good analysis. Horrifying that this is who we are now. Every once in a while, the magnitude of that Scrivener7 12 hrs ago #2
All true, and why I said yesterday Trump would be impeached and removed- by Republicans Fiendish Thingy 12 hrs ago #3
It's nice to imagine that angrychair 10 hrs ago #13
That is clearly inaccurate Fiendish Thingy 10 hrs ago #15
You have a lot more faith angrychair 9 hrs ago #22
sadly, agreed Cosmocat 9 hrs ago #30
I take no joy in agreeing this is the likely way it will play out Cosmocat 9 hrs ago #29
What is the mechanism? dpibel 10 hrs ago #17
The mechanisms are in the constitution Fiendish Thingy 9 hrs ago #23
Yes. I gave a quick summary of the 25th dpibel 9 hrs ago #27
I just reread all my comments in this thread, and I don't find the word "immediately" anywhere Fiendish Thingy 9 hrs ago #38
I guess you missed my edit dpibel 8 hrs ago #41
You should contact the major book publishers Fiendish Thingy 7 hrs ago #48
LOL dpibel 7 hrs ago #49
I guess I should be flattered with all your attention Fiendish Thingy 7 hrs ago #50
It's funny when nitpicker becomes nitpickee Qutzupalotl 3 hrs ago #59
Think the JFK mechanism Joinfortmill 6 hrs ago #54
Doubtful Cosmocat 9 hrs ago #25
Somewhere Lindsey Graham just *eed in his pants.... Jack Valentino 1 hr ago #64
We know what would happen to Piggy Jr' Coldwater 12 hrs ago #4
It sickens me to my core to know that piece of shit believes he will one day be President... Moostache 9 hrs ago #34
Fact of life Timewas 11 hrs ago #5
None of this is going to happen. Glaisne 11 hrs ago #6
It's not my analysis. I know the US has a long-standing treaty regarding the military base Ocelot II 11 hrs ago #7
It's the worst case scenario, so it is a useful warning thought crime 9 hrs ago #31
The U.S. has ONE base only. Breaking the NATO treaty will be an unlawful order to the U.S. Military. The NATO Treaty is ancianita 10 hrs ago #8
i hadn't thought about it this way MadameButterfly 9 hrs ago #33
But the US military has. ancianita 8 hrs ago #40
Tim Kaine was similarly confident MadameButterfly 8 hrs ago #45
Cool. What Congress thinks or votes on adds validation for a decision that is the U.S. Military's alone; ancianita 8 hrs ago #46
As Trump has shown in just the past week, treaties can be torn up or ignored. Nt Fiendish Thingy 10 hrs ago #16
We cannot afford this. bluescribbler 10 hrs ago #9
The people of Greenland&Canada should launch a class-action lawsuit against the US for tRumps terror campaign against us Fords Crackpipe 10 hrs ago #10
And Vladimir Putin will have gotten everything he wants, and he won't even have had to leave the building. Aristus 10 hrs ago #11
Every so often, I think of Susan Sarandon Ruby the Liberal 1 hr ago #65
A very clear, concise, and I believe correct accessment. Thank you Ocelot II flashman13 10 hrs ago #12
See the first word? It's IF. That makes the piece a total hypothetical. Not an analysis. The fact that it's on a social ancianita 8 hrs ago #44
Don't be trying to school me. I suppose you think the world will thank us for for attacking an ally. flashman13 2 hrs ago #60
Pfffft school you? about a hypothetical not being logical? Believe what you want. ancianita 2 hrs ago #62
Yep, that's Putin's plan that Trump is carrying out. Break up NATO and destroy the US economy from within. Fozzledick 10 hrs ago #14
We should not be taking any of this lightly angrychair 9 hrs ago #18
As someone said on another forum. . . Stargleamer 9 hrs ago #19
I have always thought something drastic would have to happen to make people wake up. Katinfl 9 hrs ago #21
Obviously this is a worst-case scenario, and all things that COULD be done by the EU and other NATO members. Ol Janx Spirit 9 hrs ago #24
Good points about Europe's response but MadameButterfly 8 hrs ago #43
Well, just like the "hold my beer" guy...he's thinking something.... Ol Janx Spirit 6 hrs ago #52
I don't think anything will disavow him because of his mental illness MadameButterfly 5 hrs ago #57
This is all well and good to explain to a thinking man usedtobedemgurl 9 hrs ago #26
I don't know Cosmocat 9 hrs ago #28
Static analysis. bucolic_frolic 9 hrs ago #32
I will finish your essay: ret5hd 9 hrs ago #35
Yep, mission accomplished. This is the real goal, not Greenland. Irish_Dem 9 hrs ago #37
The other thing that could happen is that there is little or no reaction. Irish_Dem 9 hrs ago #36
My crystal ball is foggy. BarbD 9 hrs ago #39
Kick. N/T Upthevibe 8 hrs ago #42
Britian has just said in one of this a.m.'s bulletins on DU that they would put troops in Greenland now. If true, SWBTATTReg 8 hrs ago #47
This sums it up CousinIT 6 hrs ago #51
The Russians own Trump. Joinfortmill 6 hrs ago #53
I would like to see NATO Members OhioTim 5 hrs ago #55
Is anyone telling this to Stephen Miller and tRump? joanbarnes 5 hrs ago #56
Sounds to me like Corporate America better get their shit together and reign in their puppet.nt Trueblue Texan 2 hrs ago #61
Chilling that the donor class hasn't gotten their shit together to stop him Ruby the Liberal 1 hr ago #63
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