Operation: Red Caesar

A simple hypothetical on how a President can become Caesar

Note: This article was originally drafted on February 16, 2023, but I deemed it too LARPy to complete and publish. I’ve decided to publish it as-is, without editing it, on January 20th, 2026, on the anniversary of President Trump’s second inauguration, as a thought experiment for how the Trump Administration might proceed over the next three years of incumbency if the Trump Administration intends to act in a serious counter-revolutionary way. There are some obvious jokes in here meant to lighten the LARP-factor (Special Military Operation, the entire thing about the ATF is a BAP joke, replacing the Post Office with Amazon, etc.), but, on a serious note, this article should set the tone for what the Trump Administration would need to accomplish regarding security forces and intelligence services over the next three years for a successful counter-revolution.

1) Declare a Special Military Operation against the Mexican, Central American, and South American drug cartels in response to their prosecuting of chemical warfare on the American people. The United States will enter into a state of war with these cartels. All cartel or “gang” members involved will be considered enemy combatants and dealt with under the laws of war. The Pentagon will be ordered to create an Expeditionary Force to enter Mexico and a National Defense Force to assault cartel strongholds in America.

Explanation: Caesar must command a military that is personally loyal.

2) Declare the mission of the FBI a resounding success with commendations and merits and order the transfer of all FBI assets in each state to the local sheriff of each jurisdiction. The local sheriffs will then use these resources to cooperate with the American military in National Defense operations against the cartels.

Explanation: Transfer military power from the President’s enemies to his friends.

3) Congratulate the CIA for its resounding success in winning the Cold War and merge the CIA into military intelligence.

Explanation: Aggregate military power under one command, the President’s command.

4) Transform the ATF into a boutique shopping mall in which all of its alcohol, tobacco, and firearms are sold out of a storefront to be established in each State. An appropriate shopping mall in each state will be purchased by the federal government to this end.

Explanation: Mostly a joke and BAP reference, but related to 2) and 3).

5) Nationalize Amazon’s AWS (Amazon Web Services), Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure as the National Computer Network Service. The NCNS will honor all existing contracts and provide each citizen with the opportunity to run one free micro virtual machine in perpetuity.

Explanation: Command and control of information.

5) Nationalize Amazon’s warehousing and delivery service and merge it into the US Postal Service, or rather, merge the postal service into Amazon as the new Post Office. An appropriate executive from Amazon will be appointed as the new Postmaster General. Amazon will establish contracts with the new Post Office to continue using its former warehouses and delivery services.

Explanation: Command and control of logistics.

6) Nationalize Google’s search engine as the National Internet Archival Service. The NIAS will display all legal search results matching a given query, with options for customizing how options are ranked, including a “bias-free” weighting based entirely on search term matching. In this and the following steps on the command and control of information, utilize RICO against enemy groups in relation to conspiracy on the internet (Reddit, Discord, etc.).

Explanation: Command and control of information.

7) Nationalize YouTube as the National Video Hosting Service. All advertisements will be removed from YouTube. All non-pornographic legal content will be permitted.

Explanation: Command and control of information.

8) Nationalize Twitter as the National Digital Public Square.

Explanation: Command and control of information.

9) Expropriate the holdings of the companies Black Rock and Vanguard and transform them into sovereign wealth funds. These funds will guarantee the 401k and similar retirement plans under the purview of these corporations, except they will be run by the central bank.

Explanation: Transfer economic power from the President’s enemies to his friends.

10) Sell off or grant the physical assets of Black Rock and Vanguard to individual American buyers.

Explanation: Transfer economic power from the President’s enemies to his friends.

11) End all existing states of emergency.

Explanation: Highlight the importance of the next step.

12) Create a new state of Constitutional Emergency. Declare the sitting Congress Unconstitutional due to its extreme dereliction of its Constitutionally required duty. Specifically, Congress is expressly forbidden from delegating its right to the Legislative Power to any other body, and it has done so in extremis the the multitude of three letter organizations and other Executive branch elements that create law as bureaucratic rules.

Explanation: The President explains why he should have power.

13) As Congress is an illegal government that has usurped the authority of the United States, declare the territory of Washington DC to be in rebellion against the United States.

Explanation: The President takes power.