re: #273 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))

That was a planned “catastrophe”. I am just imagining a Katrina-like scenario in which Trump could get up and blame the administration while making big promises about how he will fix it and prevent it from happening again, etc…

to a backdrop of armed militias fighting national guardsmen sent to restore order and basic services…

It’s hard to predict how something like that would play out, credit- or blame-wise. I’m more worried about a major terrorist attack, such as at the Olympics—which will have essentially no security other than plutocrats’ bodyguards—giving the right wing their screaming points through the election.