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Do you think it's possible for one party to make arrangements with other countries who share their views or who would agree to back them for gain while allowing them to remain in power in America? I've been wondering about this for a while. Another thing I've been wondering is whether another country might step in to try to dislodge a President?

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On the first question:

Yes. To oversimplify tremendously, the situation you describe is called "diplomacy." It is the job that the US State Department is chartered to do.

On the second question:

Yes, this is a normal move in international relations, and we've been doing it in other countries on a regular basis since our ambassadors suborned the French Revolution. The probability that more than one of our Presidents was pushed over the top due to electioneering of some sort (anything from propaganda to bribery to campaign contributions to ballot box stuffing) is, to my mind, somewhere approaching 1.

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Thank you for answering. This confirms my understanding and my worry.

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There are two “invitations” to help out ONE SIDE when internal conflict breaks out into the open: the Visigoths and their descendants on the Iberian Peninsula invited the Berbers from North Africa. The first time they went home. The second time they stayed for 900 years (give or take). The second situation was when the Celts in Britain invited several northern German tribes to come help out. The first time the Angles and the Saxons went home; the second time…well, hell. They’re still there!

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Very true. They aren't coming to help for free.

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Well. That’s terrifying. I had hoped that being in the Antipodes would be outside the minimum safe distance.

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There is an interactive blast and fallout calculator somewhere online--lost my bookmark--and there are places that will be relatively safe through the event. The supply chain breakdown and famines on the far end are a bit of a dicier proposition

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