Poke the the U.S.A. with a fork, we're done!

[Michigan Swampbuck]

I do not believe there is any way back for the USA.  Whilst Trump is making some moves, I see it as quite similar to 2017 in his first term.
Lots of talk, but the deep state is intact and are embedded so deep they hold the reigns of power regardless of elections.
Trump can throw stones for 4 years but he's not going to have an impact - and I rather suspect the Republicans will lose the house in 2026 - and the remaining two years will be just investigations and impeachments, followed by Trump and many around him going to jail in 2028.

Sad, but i feel true.

We are on the downhill side of the peak of our civilization. I'd say past the peak of our culture or empire, but this is global now. We have become a global culture, or at least a culture with major global influence, so it isn't like one culture dies out and is assimilated by the rest, but the entire world culture, civilization itself, dies out leaving a vacuum to be occupied by something else. In my opinion at any rate.