

Considering a megaquake in the northwest would be the single greatest disaster in American history, the knock on effects would force him to give a shit. He’d probably downplay and neglect it till the end of his days, but the economic impact would cripple the nation. If anything could grow regional differences that would allow for civil war and Balkanization, it’s millions of west coast residents dying and the survivors being shafted by the federal government.
That said, the chances of a Cascadia fault line quake during Trump’s administration aren’t that high. A starvation triggering economic depression caused by tariffs, overspeculation into AI, and mass divestment from the US is all but guaranteed.


Machine learning is an extremely useful technology that will be used for generations to come and has allowed for multiple advancements before chatGPT was a household name. “AI” is a marketing term used by businesses that dreams of an absurd future where labor is obsolete. Capitalism cultists are so enamored with the idea of getting rid of workers that they’re pouring trillions into projects that will never produce what they want. As wiser countries simply use machine learning as a productivity enhancing tool, they’ll pull so far ahead of the US that it’ll never catch up.
We’re about to witness the biggest redistribution of global wealth and power the world has ever seen. Instead of simply settling into a role as one of many major powers in a multipolar world, America gave up because the rich wanted more than everything.