when the next primary comes around either we just don’t have an election or Trump “wins” a 3rd term despite that being unconstitutional

And all the mainstream media will go about how this is an unusual turn with side panels of experts “debating” what Constitutional means…

The best of the worst cases is the US goes completely isolationist as the world turns from them and it all burns itself out into something different. I do not want this to spread out, and other countries need to pay attention once again and stop pretending it’s fine. That’s what really bothers me, even other leaders play the game instead of refusing to deal with him face to face. I guess they’re doing that high road mess and using economic tactics to hit back.

Best case - mid terms have significant traction and shut him down, assuming he’s still around. If he’s not, Vance or whoever fails to keep what cultists there are still and there’s something left to piece back together. But shit, it has to be better than what we had, otherwise it’s just going to keep happening. In essence this is core Reconstruction failure and continued rot over more than a century. We really should have improved by now.