Cold Civil War Getting Hot

Chronicling America’s steady march toward civil conflict.

Back in January, just days after President Trump’s inaugural, I noted that while the left was shellshocked by Trump’s victory, we were still in a Cold Civil War, that could soon turn hot.

I wrote:

Despite the big Trump win, almost half of the country is still left leaning and anti MAGA. While the overt resistance to Trump is absolutely subdued, especially compared to his first term, that left-wing resistance has just be pushed below the surface.

Limp cheers and tiny crowds: March protesting against Donald Trump falls flat
The event billed itself as the ‘People’s March’ yet compared to the crowds in 2017, not many marched at all.

And while hope things remain peaceful and quiet, it could raise its head more openly as Trump’s term continues (expect the first skirmishes to be over mass deportations of illegal aliens) or it could just remain simmering.

But don’t expect the fundamental divisions in America to just go away.

While much of the earlier discussion about increasing political violence and polarization in America revolves around whether these trends will push the country into some type of civil war or extended domestic conflict, there might be another reality.

That we are already in a Civil War, maybe a cold one, but a major national political and ideological conflict nonetheless.

The question is how long before it gets hot.

Well, as I predicted, the ongoing, and expanding anti-ICE and pro-illegal alien protests and riots show us us the answer to that question.

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