Naive honest question: isn’t it in Trump’s interest to have a robust economy and deliver to working class voters to solidly his hold on power in the longer run? How can the billionaire class continue thriving in case of a financial downturn if there’s no fed gov to bail it out?
If Putin does end up with control of the White House and both houses of Congress, I don’t think they will pursue debt default; instead they will just slash the federal budget nearly fully, which will have a similar effect, i.e. bring about a big financial downturn.