My guess is that Trump will be more the agent of chaos he seems to be, than any dictator.

While there might be quite a number of people getting screwed over by the system, I just don't see any coherent structure to tie them together.

All the real dictators, the Stalins, Hitlers, Mao's etc, had coherent cultures and historically defined nations, while America is still very much the melting pot and the only real glue is the dollar.

What happens when they do finally blow it up?

Debt doesn't matter. Until it does.

My suspicion is that it will be less a civil war, than a breakup, like the Soviet Union.

Will Texas and California be part of the same country in 25 years?

When the big tree falls, saplings grow up in the space.