After "re-branding," post-WWII Germany and Japan were able to re-join the international community within ~20 years. Maybe America can at least begin its rehabilitation after the 2026 mid-term and 2028 presidential elections. But in 2029 the US will need a Marshall Fund to help our poor people and will be asking for lots of forgiveness from our old friends and allies. The next Democratic POTUS will rescind Trumpf's imbecilic executive orders, but will Congress repeal all of the terrible legislation from 2025-2029? How will a Democratic Congress claw back the titanic amounts of wealth siphoned off by the Trumpf junta? How many needless deaths will occur between 2025 and 2029 that a Democratic Congress can't bring back to life? This is not just an issue of re-branding, but re-construction.

#10: Agree. US society will have an hourglass shape with a large bottom for the masses. The Trumpf junta is stripping away federal programs and the civil service that helped people rise to a more secure middle class. About military service, the oligarchs and their children will avoid it, like Dan Quayle being over-billeted in an Army National Guard unit during Vietnam, Dick Cheney, Mitt Romney, Dotard Trumpf, Jack Dempsey during WWI, and "Dubya" purposely flunking his flight physical to avoid going to Vietnam with his TXAANG unit. All of these above, though, are happy to send someone else's child to war.

#12: Hi Doc: Yup, who the hell wants to keep hearing "but I didn't vote for this?" Someone on DR wrote this apologia is the equivalent of "I was just following orders." Americans don't want to read or hear this irritating mantra again. We'd rather hear or read: "Please forgive me, Doc, I voted for this" or "I apologize Coriolanus, I own this."