... its fate in balancing on a razor's edge. A bloody civil war is not beyond the realm of possibility. Thanks to the Roberts Court of Fools, there are few, if any, legal options for restraining Trump's darkest desires, and Republicans are all in with a Christian Nationalist hellscape of unending terror.
But the grotesque incompetence of the Trump regime could be their undoing, and our faint glimmer of hope. Trump has surrounded himself with idiots who couldn't pour piss out of a boot if the instructions were on the heel, and they prove it several times a day. Their insufferable arrogance is certain to give the oligarchs pause. As vile as the oligarchs are, I suspect they're fast approaching a Come-to-Jesus moment, where they say, enough. How they'll bring this Confederacy of Dunces to heel remains to be seen, but a crippled world economy is not to anyone's advantage, so they're the ones to watch.
But the Bear fucking the Elephant in the room is the ringer everyone is pretending isn't there. Putin and his FSB are an existential threat both to us, and the rest of the world, so don't turn your back on that bunch. A face-off between Russian and American oligarchs would leave not just the world of men in ashes, but the entire planet.
There's so much insanity going on at once that predicting an outcome is not a safe bet right now. I try to be optimistic, but that's just whistling past the graveyard these days.
Popcorn, anyone?

We are in unknown territory and I do not know how this story will end.

We have been in a cold civil war since the Reagan era.
A war waged against Americans and Democrats by the PutinGOP.

Yes at some point, it may become a bloody hot civil war.

The GOP will not stop until someone stops them.

Yes I too have been wondering if the billionaire minders and bribers will reach their limit.
They wanted the Trump Crime Syndicate to ensure they pay zero taxes, have no regulation,
get lucrative govt contracts. And stop any programs that help Americans because the billionaires
think all the money in the world belongs to them.

Instead they get a mentally ill, cognitively impaired POTUS who is taking a wrecking ball to the US
economy and US business model, and destroying the successful American brand. US businesses
cannot plan anything, business is going away and they are dead in the water.

How long with the rich and business interests put up with the orange F wad?

I would say reality has hit them and hit them hard.

How will they stop Trump?

Or will they let the monster they created devour them?

Yes Putin and his oligarchs may also grow weary of Trump.

I would think the US and Russian oligarchs would unite.
Power is no longer confined to national borders but reflect the monied global interests.

I wonder how long the Russian money class will put up with Putin.
He is destroying Russia and its economy.

I try to be realistic. I have no data right now to support optimism.
But there is always room for a wild card to show up and move us in a better direction.

I don't think Putin is going to have a cake walk.

... I would think he'd take a long step back and reconsider such an ill-advised adventure. But his ego is a black hole, and his arrogance is limitless. He seriously underestimated Ukraine; underestimating Europe's strength and resolve would be a fatal mistake.
He micro-manages his military, and doesn't listen to field commanders, and they're all scared shitless of him. He has also exhausted his supply of cannon fodder, and he's buying materiel and ammunition from North Korea, so invading Europe has got to be a long-term goal, not an immediate one. He lies constantly to the people of Russia, but they're onto him, so a volcanic grass roots revolt is a real possibility. We can only hope someone tosses him out a window.