Did he ever join the war effort in the old comics like superman did?

I have no idea what the spark is going to be, but its coming.

Historically there will be a false flag attack on some important military or government structure. Trump will blame liberals, despite it being obvious shortly afterwards that they bombed themselves intentionally.

Thats why immediately after 9/11 there were conspiracys that "Bush planned 9/11". Not saying I agree with that, but I understand where the idea comes from. It's an old tactic that goes all the way back to at least Ghengis Khan.

It's even happened in American history. Blame the Maine on Spain.

So, maybe expect a military base, or the statue of liberty to be bombed. And then trump will say he needs full military in the streets. He doesn't, but he'll say that, and he'll get it.

The only question is, as the Army marches through the streets, will they be goose stepping?

They already have their civil war. I've seen Minneapolis

ICE pretty much has all the employees it ever will. Even with the inflated budget they're having trouble recruiting gestapo. They're concentrating their efforts in Minneapolis because they don't have the resources to do it anywhere bigger, much less everywhere at once.

So they're all-in trying to get violent kickback so they can justify the Insurrection Act, because that will allow them to deploy troops, which the courts keep blocking.

Marital law == dictatorship. As far as I have read, that's the plan, then there will be no more elections and he can use the military for anything he can dream up. He's very worried about the midterm elections. Many signs are predicting the end of the republican majority in both sides of congress.

There is another way that does not involve violence, but it'll require a coalition. Several states will need to band together and withhold funding.