The evidence is there. The tools for removal are few and too slow. Economic sanctions by other countries is possible but diplomacy is erratic. The military has been usurped, purposely. Armed rebellion is too fraught. Mass protests and demonstrations peter out before they can make headway. Each of Trump’s enablers are too greedy to combine their power against him. We are left where we started. He has only his health to worry about. We have only his lack of health to hope for.
"...we will no longer varnish danger with polite phrases, nor soothe ourselves with the false comfort..."
OK? I hear you.
Elections will not save the United States. Not the midterms. Not the next cycle. Not any near term cycle.
The Right/The GOP is largely lost. That is already understood. The deeper delusion is on the Left: the belief that voting alone can reverse what has already been consolidated. It cannot. We are far past that point.
Democratic leadership has proven incapable of confronting power. Appeasement, caution, and proceduralism have defined the Dems response while the Supreme Court was captured in plain sight. The people who allowed that outcome will not suddenly become decisive.
The United States is carrying roughly $38 trillion in debt, much of it held by NATO allies, Canada, and China.
Canada and European creditors unload U.S. debt at scale and crashing us into a wall in a valiant effort to save us ALL. . . is most likely the only way forward
Yes, those countries would absorb major damage. But the U.S. would absorb collapse and we will all survive.
External pressure is the only remaining lever.
A controlled loss of U.S. economic dominance — paired with a shift of power toward Europe, Canada, and even China — may be the only way to halt the internal decay here.
But the situation no longer allows comfortable solutions. The path we are on does not end in reform. It ends in something much worse.
As a Democrat I am a fan and have been for some time. I have no huge allegiance to any one party; I grew up in a Republican household, became an Indie then a Democrat. There are good people on all sides.
This POTUS must be removed asap. He is insane and now he is making not just the USA insane, but the world as well. From my childhood Catholicism, it is a grave mortal sin on the soul.
But thank you for taking him on. Been a fan for some time; I always enjoy your intelligence and masterful skills in writing.
Well said. We have finally arrived at the point where the last resort must begin being thought about and planned. It is now reckless to pretend we haven't arrived at that point. The Republic cannot be allowed to be led quietly like lambs to a slaughter.
Civil War, Rick. This will have to devolve into civil war. The first American revolution was just that...a civil war between those loyal to a king and those who wanted self-rule. The only difference now is we're fighting oligarchs backing a puppet. They have their hands so far up his ass, they can grasp his undigested Big Mac. How we fight them is by destroying their machinery; by taking down the systems that make them money. General strikes. Sabotage. Guerilla warfare. That's how the French Resistance did it in WW2, and how the Viet Cong beat is in Vietnam. If we don't rise up and fight now, we'll never have that chance again.
The evidence is there. The tools for removal are few and too slow. Economic sanctions by other countries is possible but diplomacy is erratic. The military has been usurped, purposely. Armed rebellion is too fraught. Mass protests and demonstrations peter out before they can make headway. Each of Trump’s enablers are too greedy to combine their power against him. We are left where we started. He has only his health to worry about. We have only his lack of health to hope for.
"...we will no longer varnish danger with polite phrases, nor soothe ourselves with the false comfort..."
OK? I hear you.
Elections will not save the United States. Not the midterms. Not the next cycle. Not any near term cycle.
The Right/The GOP is largely lost. That is already understood. The deeper delusion is on the Left: the belief that voting alone can reverse what has already been consolidated. It cannot. We are far past that point.
Democratic leadership has proven incapable of confronting power. Appeasement, caution, and proceduralism have defined the Dems response while the Supreme Court was captured in plain sight. The people who allowed that outcome will not suddenly become decisive.
The United States is carrying roughly $38 trillion in debt, much of it held by NATO allies, Canada, and China.
Canada and European creditors unload U.S. debt at scale and crashing us into a wall in a valiant effort to save us ALL. . . is most likely the only way forward
Yes, those countries would absorb major damage. But the U.S. would absorb collapse and we will all survive.
External pressure is the only remaining lever.
A controlled loss of U.S. economic dominance — paired with a shift of power toward Europe, Canada, and even China — may be the only way to halt the internal decay here.
But the situation no longer allows comfortable solutions. The path we are on does not end in reform. It ends in something much worse.
Thank you!
As ever, Rick, you voice my inner determinations and hopes. Thank you!
Wow…. Exactly as I feel.
Well written and every American regardless of persuasion or party needs to read this article and then follow their convictions.
A tour de force, Rick Wilson.
As a Democrat I am a fan and have been for some time. I have no huge allegiance to any one party; I grew up in a Republican household, became an Indie then a Democrat. There are good people on all sides.
This POTUS must be removed asap. He is insane and now he is making not just the USA insane, but the world as well. From my childhood Catholicism, it is a grave mortal sin on the soul.
But thank you for taking him on. Been a fan for some time; I always enjoy your intelligence and masterful skills in writing.
Article II, Section 4 of Constitution is our only nonviolent HOPE!
Augh. Thank you.
Bravo! This essay should be required reading for every member of Congress, particularly the GOP members.
Writing to sitting democrats to do something ? LMAO. Unless they are replaced, we are doomed.
Well said. We have finally arrived at the point where the last resort must begin being thought about and planned. It is now reckless to pretend we haven't arrived at that point. The Republic cannot be allowed to be led quietly like lambs to a slaughter.
Well done.
This was posted to Substack in August 2025. Same tune, different lyrics. https://donbarkman.substack.com/p/the-2025-declaration-of-independence?r=6gv5s
Agree with every sentiment expressed but a grammar check would have been useful. An exceedingly minor quibble but poor writing weakens an argument.
"This is the type of arrant pedantry up with which I will not put." Winston Churchill
Care to cite an example or two?
Civil War, Rick. This will have to devolve into civil war. The first American revolution was just that...a civil war between those loyal to a king and those who wanted self-rule. The only difference now is we're fighting oligarchs backing a puppet. They have their hands so far up his ass, they can grasp his undigested Big Mac. How we fight them is by destroying their machinery; by taking down the systems that make them money. General strikes. Sabotage. Guerilla warfare. That's how the French Resistance did it in WW2, and how the Viet Cong beat is in Vietnam. If we don't rise up and fight now, we'll never have that chance again.
Can I forward this to my senators and congressman?