The year is 2028. After Congress voted that he need not heed Supreme Court decisions, Donald J. Trump declared himself king. After denouncing as fake news the perfectly true fact that he shat himself at his coronation ceremony, he spiraled into a rant so incoherent that he was admitted to a care institution. He is visited on alternate days by Hope Hicks and Karoline Leavitt. He spews vile, copulatory remarks at both of them. 

As oldest son, Don Junior inherited the crown. (He named his brother Eric “Duke of New York.”) He sits at the White House’s resolute desk. Taking inspiration from his dad’s “hang Mike Pence” incident, Junior has directed the Marines to kill JD Vance on sight. JD is in hiding – even though the Marines’ response has been, “Yeah, yeah, whatever.”

Ivanka and Jared have long since moved to Israel. Melania has taken Barron back to Croatia or Montenegro, or wherever the hell it is that she came from.

In response to the agricultural labor crisis, Don Jr. launched a sham program that invited south-of-the-border deportees back, only to enslave them. His pet Supreme Court, of course, has nullified the 13^th amendment to the Constitution, the one that had abolished slavery. Don’s Saudi friends immediately took advantage, by buying up most of America’s farmland.

American innovation is dead, its remaining competent scientists having fled to Canada, Europe, and China. High schools graduate kids who’ve been carefully shielded from anything resembling America’s true history. Science instruction has been taken over by creationist, anti-vaxx, and flat-Earth doctrines. Grads are then steered into the fake new anti-woke “universities” that teach White supremacy under the guise of “civics.” Continued fossil fuel subsidies have polluted America’s air to the point that youths’ cognitive development has been seriously compromised. Youngsters are now incapable of absorbing good education even if it were offered.

Asked by a journalist about its intention toward Taiwan, China’s supreme leader replied, “Who needs Taiwan? We’re going to invade the United States.”

Back home, public protests are brutally suppressed. Daily, Don Jr. tells the joke about “the peasants are revolting,” and the White House staff laugh dutifully. The Democratic party remains geriatric and spineless, so Junior doesn’t even bother to ban the party. Greenlanders, though still administered by Denmark, warn their kids, “If you don’t behave, Junior’ll getcha.”

If you’ve read this far, you probably hope for a different future. Spell it out in the comments. If it upholds human dignity, we’ll pursue it together. And fight for it.