Logically that makes sense for an elongated timeline, but that also assumes the US doesn’t ramp up their actions, which sadly seems to be the case. So the question is “what then?”

The best answer seems to be what most smart countries are doing right now… slowly unwinding their dependency on the US and finding alternative suppliers for everything critical they need so they can get the leverage they need to criticize and resist. This has the added benefit of isolating the US economically, reducing its currency’s ability to influence things.

What Mainland China is trying to do: win over countries alienated or considered hostile by the Americans.

I think the wealthy will get US/corporate-friendly far-right governments in place in many of these countries before countries are able to isolate the US without collapsing their own economy. Seems to be the way things are going at least (far-right politics gaining support nearly everywhere).

I hate to say it, but there’s no fast answer to that question.

There's is indeed a fast and peaceful answer: vote third parties.

Friendly nations do not meddle in each others elections. Russia did to USA because they are NOT a friendly nation, and to sow discord. Israel does it to USA also because they are not a friendly nation, they are focused 100% on their own agenda, and that includes ensuring USA supports it.
Trump/MAGA has already intervened in elections in for instance EU, and that's because USA is no longer a friendly nation to EU.
But I seriously doubt most of USA's traditional allies will meddle in USA's election, because it's just not something you do as a civilized country, because it violates that country's sovereignty.

You're right this will (or should anyway) invite a major international response. But it won't be attacking our elections.

It'll be in international politics and economics.
Were I in charge of another nation, I'd immediately end all diplomatic ties with us. Deporting all US embassy/consolate staff and diplomats. Possibly even visa holders. I'd also end whatever exports my nation made to the US. Buying the goods from my nation's companies myself. If my nations banks had any money of US nationals, it would be frozen.

But that's just me. We'll see what they decide to do.

But who? The EU views Maduro as illegitimate, as does most of the US allies.

I'm genuinely curious what would happen if the US lost nearly all of their foreign investors and all/nearly all of their major trading partners. (I understand that this is highly unlikely, but so was the thought that another world war would happen and happen in less than 50 years. I'm also tired of holding my breath on these things...)

But mostly a major financial crash

This is realistically the best thing we can do as outsiders. Find other ways and don’t input foreign money into the war coffers.

I’m quite proud of the Canadian dip in tourism and how nearly all of the produce that came from the US at my grocery store now comes from Mexico and Peru.

The EU might have a rollout of the digital euro soon... Soon being 2029 for the initial rollout because that is fast for us.

I've never understood why no country does this yet. They have the capital. Even when the US swings its dick around and sanctions ICC judges because they actually do the job they've been assigned to do no one does shit. Just let's it happen.

Not a boycott of products, a divestment from the dollar and the US stock market. Sell all treasury bonds. It's possible.

That’s impossible at the moment. The USA dominates the software industry. No modern economy can run without relying on American software. Replacing that would be hard, maybe impossible.

Yea but to do that you need decent channels to coordinate and you all deleted all your accounts and the network you built with it. It would take 10 years just to recreate it.

Let's just go back to hyper focusing on AI slop

Franco's regime in Spain lasted decades. Actually so did the fascists in Italy....

This stupid regime wants to spur domestic manufacturing. What better way to help than to cut us off?

Canada, Mexico, the EU, and others just refusing to do business with the US.

Seeing how the EU is still doing business with Russian while it's at war with Ukraine it's hard to imagine such a scenario. I didn't run the numbers but AFAIK the EU has no realistic alternative for a lot of things, starting with energy again all the way to high-end chips (CPU and GPU) and services, including software. There could be theoretical alternatives, e.g. FLOSS software and their services on lower-end chips but that would require some pretty fundamental changes.

Importantly other countries aren't that mad about it either. I saw some posts about Trump making comments that seemed to suggest that mexico and canada could be targeted in the future for intervention related to drugs, so I went to canadian news sites to see what was up. The canadian government is basically like, "I'm not angry, I'm disappointed" and mostly because it goes against the norms of polite imperialism.

I won't link to her twitter account, but here is the statement:

Alt text:

The Hon. Anita Anand Minister of Foreign Affairs

Since 2019, when Canada closed its embassy in Venezuela, we have refused to recognize any legitimacy of the Maduro regime and opposed its repression of the Venezuelan people, including the persecution of dissenters and particularly political leaders opposed to the regime.

In keeping with our long-standing commitment to upholding the rule of law and democracy, Canada calls on all parties to respect international law and we stand by the people of Venezuela and their desire to live in a peaceful and democratic society.

Canada is engaging with its international partners and monitoring developments closely.

Canada stands ready to assist Canadians in need through our consular officials and embassy in Bogotá, Colombia.

No, this is different and completely unprecedented.

We went into a foreign country, abducted their leader, and brought him back to America to be tried under our justice system for laws he was never subject to for crimes he almost had nothing to do with.

I'd love to see a source for America abducting the leader of a country we're not at war with, and bringing them to America for trial.

I think it's the first time they do it without international support.

Yeah but it has been quite uneventful for 50 years, for what I know.