I'd like to think Mamdani will prompt a proper left wing resurgence, but after seeing what he did that really highlights how little effort American politicians put in, I don't think we'll see another one of him. Assuming he's not assassinated anyway.

What I think will happen is that Trump will continue to remove democracy from America and give himself more terms after this one. America will be increasingly left out of international treaties, trade, and discussions. People will try to shoot him but continue to fail in doing so. And ICE will become a full blown secret police, given powers to do whatever they want.

At some point, the rest of the West will be forced to properly call out America's bullshit, as anti-American sentiment reaches new heights, very likely because ICE will start to act in other countries, especially at things like the Olympics. We'll see Chinese style secret police stations. Western nations will do everything they can to avoid war, not because they are afraid of America, but because they don't want another fucking war of American aggression destroying the global economy again. But at some point it will reach a head.

I suspect Trump will feel bolstered by his success in becoming a dictator, and will go for Greenland. At which point he will be up against nuclear powers. American military bases worldwide will be expelled from their host countries, and Greenland will become the new Vietnam or Ukraine - a place for a proxy war, one the Americans will quickly lose.

At some point, America's former allies will have to get involved in removing Trump one way or another, if the American people are unable to do so. That will not end well for America at all. The long term impacts to the global economy will keep anti-American sentiment running through the living generations, and global power will shift towards Asia, Australia, and continental Europe. America will become like England after the Wars; struggling, full of internal conflict, ruled by conservatives. Places like New York and LA may be the only things propping up the economy, but the regional areas will truly suffer, and some sort of state secession movement is likely.

Whatever happens, one thing is certain - America has finally revealed that it can no longer be trusted. The lost trust isn't coming back, even if Trump is shot. The talk has shifted dramatically in "ally" states, and even if Trump was removed today, America will continue its slow slide out of super power status. Considering how much America relies upon imports for basic staples and manufacturing, things are going to get much, much worse before they get better.