Nothing says "Great nation status is near"

... like Political purges in government cheered on by the electorate.  You, the cheering electorate of 2025 USA, may be the hole in the side of our boat.  If the success of your political plan first requires silencing voices within the government before it can  bear fruit, then your plan,  by definition, sucks. If you would Make America Great Again by first making it 90% smaller (to exclude all the "them") perhaps you should check to see if your compass to "greatness" hasn't broken.

Rant over.