It is clear that America is now on a path to becoming a country like Russia. Trump appears to have appointed himself for life, with Don Jr to take over the family business (US economy).
Sure, their economy will decline and, over time, become increasingly backward, but that will take a long time.
For the next 10-20 years at least, they are very dangerous with all the weapons they have built up.
Trump is a wanabee dicatator - who admires Putin. He wants to be Putin, and now he is...
America's path from the best Democracy is now certain. History will look back to try to determine what caused the best Democracy of the 20th Century to decline.
My own take is that globalisation destroyed America. It made the rich richer and the poor poorer until, ultimately, Democracy just became a charade. Lobbyists replaced politicians as the power was centralised in fewer hands
Everyone else laid the platform, and Trump - the opportunist was then able to put the final nail in the coffin of this once shining example of Democracy.
I think the only option is to try removing America from the global trade system and start banning its products—especially Big Tech, which is a security risk. If these companies can use generative AI to read corporate and government information, we need plans to remove them.
The irony "Make America Great Again" is the opposite of what made America the greatest Democracy of the 20th century. MAGA has been duped by a conman who was able to infiltrate an already corrupted system.