[chrismsimpson]

I don’t see this happening. Five Eyes is the US’s invite only security umbrella. Many in Australia would love to kick the Americans off our land (eg Pinegap) but as the US will “coup who they want” that ain’t happening.

[toomuchtodo]

The US is trying to kick Canada [1] and the UK [2] out. If the US is going rouge, the rest of the free world can go without them.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43200375

[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43166670

[rbanffy]

Sadly the US still has a lot of nukes and aircraft carriers ready to project power over its rebelling subjects and partners. I don’t expect the military to start refusing orders just because the president became a corrupt tyrant through legal means.

[neuronflux]

Regarding Pine Gap, they've allegedly done it before even without Elon.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alleged_CIA_involvement_in_the...

[rbanffy]

I see US influence being drastically reduced in the coming years. But we need to do something about their disinformation networks.

I see people leaving their government and media positions in protest but I’d like to remind them that they are much more effective if they remain where they are. The CIA has an excellent manual just for situations like these.