Dragomus

It's still his style of thinking "a deal needs a winner and a loser".
Only the US will definitely be the loser as it goes bankrupt.

Problem is he disregards the rest of the world owning a piece of the US, from real estate to dollar value or gold reserves (which might get robbed by Trump as well if he raises the gold reserve's value, he will claim "our" gold is worth 3x now but we will only count the original value of your stored gold).

So as an option Trump can confiscate foreign held real estate in the US (communism, anyone?) and perhaps deny anyone the debt owed them, or tank the dollar value to introduce a new Trumpcurrency ... but that does not rebuild any of the lost trust and respect, the world will see the US forever as a derelict and creditless country which does not pay its debts. The now decimated amount of trade will be on the premise of pay first then we deliver.

Combine this with seriously reduced tax income, because the rich and companies still won't need to pay taxes, and the US will not have any income to actually warrant a positive growth on the economic balance. Which in effect pushes it in the same deep debt situation it is now in and most likely far beyond.

After he tanks the system, internationally things will NEVER be the same, no matter how much Trump thinks it will be.

Granted, as it is now the US is and has been living far beyond its means, and a good restructuring is needed to reduce the enormous debt.
But the way Trump and the whole political system want to do it is not helping at all. To get out of such a debt one needs to take a hard look at the biggest expenditures (defense and the wages of the top everywhere) and imbalances of income (taxes).

"It's just a few months of pain, then America will be great again!"

He still seems to be stuck in the past, ranting about things and feigned enemies that are no longer direct issues.

It's kind of ironic ... by electing Trump again the US immediately fell off the "ladder of influence".
Putin taunts the US and controls its leader, Chaina fully resists the bullshit and looks down upon America, Europe no longer trusts its ally and is the one doing what is right.
Iran smirks and does its own thing, especially after Trump now is scrambling to undo his own torpedo'ing of the Nuclear accord in his first term.
Israel is going berserk on Gaza with approval by Trump, thinking it is setting an example against a Nuclear attack from Iran, assuming other Muslim states will forget about Gaza.
Meanwhile the Republicans have almost gleefully shown the world they crippled the American lady justice, made her homeless and ignore her plight to uphold the laws and constitution of the land.

Is this how Trump makes America great?

Alas, the protests so far are smirked at and largely ignored. I do hope the protests gain traction and become a force to reckon with...

Just send Trump a bill for decades of non payment of use of the grounds on which the bases are located.
To use Trump's own business-tactics against him: it was prime real estate ground worth billions that the bases blocked the development of ... no exclusive reason those troops only had to be on land, could have kept a fleet on standby in the ocean or something.

He must accelerate, the faster he cements all power the better.
The slower the process goes the higher the chance that openings are left open for opposition to step in and take away power to do something.

Sea Of Thieves has amazing ocean effects. The fog sometimes also is very atmospheric with how it seems to occlude sounds etc.

"Weekend at Elon's"

They're most likely waiting out their time 'till Trump comes with a decree where he allows it, untill then they pay the fines and shrug it off.

Yes, I think this is a first test to see how far they can stretch things with the law and deport people without justification at all.
By extension it tests the current regimes ability and efficiency on how easily they can remove people. When it is clear there are no legal roadblocks and delays the shipping containers and "train transports" will come out.....

Also, I don't think he's dead, might have been beaten and barely fed.
But they most likely will have no knowledge about his status or direct whereabouts at all, might even be handed over to El Salvador's prison anonymously. Regimes in such prisons usually strip all identity anyway.

I am a bit curious to where this will go, I agree it looks to be what you say, an opportunity to throw the case and get a ruling that will fortify things against a breakup.

On the other hand Musk despises the Zuck and is petty enough to work towards breaking up Zuckerberg's empire behind the scenes. He would love to buy up chunks of it.