They think this is a joke; America's future.  They running the nation into a brick wall and they don't care.  The reality of this destruction from within seems to be invisible to them and their order givers.  Did the American people vote for the end of freedom as we know it, did they vote for a coup, did they vote for a gang of America Haters to break us down to this?  History does not play with odds, either we are going to continue as a free nation or we will go the way of WWII Germany, blinded by evil.  Why strain our leader with double crosses, impromptu break away drama, and then to close the deal after making a mess of our image to the economic world.  That might have been the strategy all alone; destabilize the US and the world will follow.  Who stands to gain if depression tightens it grip on the world now?  The answer is simple; the Henchman and his crews bosses.