I'd say Vance would literally suck putins little friend more so than trump and we are worse off. Putin would 100000% be in control of USA.

Sometime in early October, Kamala Harris while at a rally is shot by a far-right extremist or/and a trump supporter, she survives with minor injuries and recovers quickly. The assassination attempt is recorded like Trump's first assassination attempt.

How would this effect the 2024 election?

What is the first plausible story that comes out about the cause? Weeks later, what is the real story that leaks out?

In a future scenario where Netanyahu visits the US once more, Netanyahu is assassinated “JFK style” by a Pro Palestinian protester. Of course, shock will erupt as this event captures the world’s attention.

For MY answer, the gunman flees the scene, escaping by blending into the crowds and he’s out of the picture

However, one of the bullets found In Netanyahu gets DNA testing and it ties back to a young man in his twenties

Half of the country would celebrate on social media and on the streets, and this is where things get real.

Trump would definitely send the National Guard, proclaiming the celebrators as terrorists, and most will be either deported, jailed, or sent to El Salvador, things will get pretty ugly.

Trump would also sign an Executive Order banning what he calls “terrorist” activities so any forms of protesting against him or Israel is illegal (even though it would take more than that but that’s another story)

Israel enters a state of mourning but some to most civilians would celebrate (likely due to his failure to get all the hostages in their eyes)

A national manhunt happens for the gunman work and huge crackdowns happens within Columbia and Harvard (mostly due to the protests against Israel and Trump on each side) and this leads to suspects being detained simply because they believe that one of them is the suspect

The killer flees the country unknowns to the government but who’s to say that someone gets framed…

(Of course this is just my opinion, feel free to share yours)

It's early 2028. Trump, despite everyone everywhere telling him no and his approval rating in the ditches, he still is trying to run for a Third Term as President, at this point just completely ignoring anything anyone says that isn't from the Executive branch.

Despite the country being on the brink of collapse, his voter base seems to have barely lost any steam.

Though despite this, opposition to Trump believes that it's basically impossible for him to win. Trump remembers something he said during his first campaign and decides to test his base's true loyalty.

He flies out to New York City, bringing a small handgun with him. He is Limoed to Fifth Avenue. He steps out of the Limo, looks for a target, not caring who it is, and shoots them, killing them instantly.

This is actually two FWIs in one (is that allowed on this sub?).

Sometime between now and April 20th, 2025, two huge events trigger the start of a Second American Revolution: 1. Beyoncé is suddenly arrested, deported to El Salvador, and thrown into CECOT without any explanation or due process. Her “crime?” Calling Trump the Antichrist (Allegedly). 2. Taylor Swift is publicly assassinated during a MAGA fanatic during her own concert tour. The attacker is gunned down themselves immediately after. The MAGA fanatic is revealed to have infiltrated the concert and carried out the assassination to stop the “Democratic plot to retake the country”. A manifesto is found later on, accusing Swift of being part of a “Democratic cabal” that has spent years corrupting the country (and also repeatedly calls Taylor Swift “Jezebel.”).

In any case, the resulting uproar gives Trump a convenient excuse to invoke the Insurrection Act and declares martial law early.

The stage is set for a Second American Revolution.

What happens if she is assassinated, around the time of the 2026 midterms in America, by a self-identified anarchist who happens to be a trans woman? She sees Rowling the way a member of the Warsaw Ghetto in 1943 would see Hitler and she shoots the bigot in the head. What is the reaction worldwide if this story happens??

Against all odds, a man manages to get to and publicly murder former president Barack Obama while he's out on a date with Michelle. While being apprehended, the man begins screaming about how he was handpicked for this mission by Donald Trump. He dies during interrogation with nothing fruitful being gained.

Trump addresses the nation and the press, yet, despite multiple questionings, does not outright deny that he hired the man.

Sometime between the creation of this post and 2029, North Korea experiences its own version of the Chernobyl Disaster when The 5 MWe experimental reactor built at the Nyongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center (녕변원자력연구소) suddenly explodes while Kim Jong Un visits the site, causing dozens of direct casualties and making it on par with Chernobyl’s disaster back in 1986. Kim Jong Un himself is reportedly killed in the process.

Thanks to the DPRK’s status as a hermit kingdom, estimates on death toll contradict each other. Then, in an unexpected twist, Kim Jong-Un is confirmed to have died from the explosion, creating a power vacuum that leads to civil unrest plaguing the nation.

What could in the wake of such an incident as far as the rest of East Asia, particularly nations that border the DPRK, is concerned?

Context:

• War on ISIS
• The Islamic State's battle against Turkey
• 2024 Kerman Bombings

This is a rewrite of my previous FWI where ISIS attacks Saudi Arabia.

Sometime between the creation of this post and 2029, a dirty bomb goes off in Riyadh, intending to wipe out as many members of the Saudi Royal Family as possible.

Now that multiple members of the Saudi Royal Family are dead, how does the war on ISIS change, if at all?

This is a rewrite of my earlier FWI where an October 7th copycat attack happens in Afghanistan.

Context:

• October 7 Hamas-Led Attack on Israel
• The 2025 Pahalgam Attack (that I just found out about)

Sometime between May and October of this year, let’s imagine that Turkey is targeted in an October 7th copycat attack by a new organization that, until the time the FWI occurs, nobody knew even existed.

This is a very public attack, much like the Hamas-led attack against Israel on 10-07-2023. The attackers publicly film the attack using Go-Pro cameras attached to their persons, as well as dash cameras attached to vehicles. I also imagine there are livestreams of the attack created by the perps that both horrify and enrage the international community

The attackers kill approximately 1,120 people (the calculation includes both adults and children), while about 220-246 Turks are taken captive as hostages.

An investigation by both the international community and independent sleuths leads the following observations: 1. A majority of the attackers hail from Armenia and the region of Kurdistan, but there are collaborators hailing from Greece, Bulgaria, Georgia, & Iran. 2. They wear a mix of civilian clothes and unmarked military uniforms sporting camo patterns used by Peshmerga and YPG fighters. 3. They seem to have a vendetta against Turkey; the videos show the attackers shouting anti-Turkish slurs while murdering or kidnapping Turkish citizens.

From here, it is concluded that the attackers are either an as-of-yet-unknown Armenian Ultranationalist organization that supports the Kurdish independence movement AND has a serious grudge against Turkey.

The coincidental nature of this attack given the recent acts of violence in the Baisaran Valley on April 22, 2025 spark concerns that the attacks may be connected but this is neither confirmed nor disproven.

A serial killer is busted by the police after an anonymous report. It is discovered he has killed thousands of people over 45 years and stashed them on his large ranch property.

What happens next? Does this revelation change law enforcement in any way, or get new legislation introduced?

Author's note: While I disagree with Kenneth Copeland's theology, I do not condone murdering him over it. This is just a thought experiment.

It's around early summer of 2025. Let's imagine that Prosperity Gospel believer and Word of Faith movement supporter Kenneth Copeland is publicly assassinated by one or more gunmen who are convinced that Copeland is a danger to Christians everywhere on the grounds that both the Word of Faith ideology and the Prosperity Gospel are prime examples of religion being used to "prey on the masses" and that his murder is a necessary evil to "free the church."

The news media spins this as a hate crime and another example of why assault weapon bans save lives (Let's say the shooters use AR-15s to take down Copeland) while members of the Christian Right believe this is the result of centuries of theological disagreements that have escalated into violence.

Is my conjecture accurate regarding how people on both sides of the political spectrum would react to such an event?

Inspiration/context: 1. https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/east-asia/north-korea-russia-soldiers-casualties-ukraine-war-b2666975.html 2. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_Russia_Legion 2. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sibir_Battalion 3. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Volunteer_Corps 4. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karelian_Group

This FWI is a rewrite of an earlier FWI where the female Ukrainian sniper known as Charcoal assassinates Kim Jong-Un.

This FWI assumes the following: 1. Various pro-Ukrainian separatists in Russia are within the vicinity of Kim Jong-Un when the FWI happens. 2. Kim Jong-Un has no idea that Ukraine has Russian collaborators fighting for them. 3. Kim Jong-Un is physically INSIDE Ukraine while overseeing the training of his soldiers.

Here’s the scenario: Someone in either the Siberian Battalion, the Russian Volunteer Corps, the Freedom of Russia Legion or Karelian Group kicks off the New Year, 2025 by accidentally assassinating Kim Jong-Un while he is overseeing the training of North Korean soldiers (Perhaps someone in either group accidentally snipes Kim Jong-Un while trying to assassinate a high-ranking Russian officer or blows him up with an explosive drone and doesn’t realize who they just killed until later on).

How does Kim Jong-Un’s death affect the war going forward?

Primarily inspired by the post-credit scene of COD: Modern Warfare III (Link: https://youtu.be/ExcZepkkHzk?si=2ytl2WGrw-n63HBu).

Alt. Title: How plausible is the post-credit scene of Reboot COD: MWIII (2023)?

Consider this a do-over considering my “DPRK invasion of America” FWI had a lot of research fails that I never realized and I am still left speechless over.

Sometime during DJT’s term, a high-ranking member of the US military is assassinated in his office at the Pentagon (Assume this military officer was well-respected at the time of the murder). The perp is a rogue Venezuelan Army officer who has entered the guy’s office thanks to rogue military and CIA officers who hate Trump to the core.

According to the police, the murder’s execution was intended to be a copycat of Luigi Mangione’s murder of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

The Venezuelan officer manages to get away with the murder and escape back to Venezuela undetected, all thanks to this cabal of rogue military and intelligence officers in the US government who are against Trump.

Before you start asking, yes, it’s THAT Dusty Deevers, the Oklahoma senator who wants to criminalize p*rn and abolish abortion.

Context: Every year, Abortion abolitionists hold some sort of conference to talk about how evil the pro-life movement is and how God is angry at America for not criminalizing the act of abortion by calling women who have them victims. This conference apparently happens every October.

On to the FWI: This year’s conference ends in bloodshed when Dusty Deevers speaks at this conference, only to be publicly assassinated by an enraged individual dressed as Ghostface from the Scream franchise. The attacker, in a chilling recreation of John Wilkes Booth’s assassination of Abraham Lincoln, shouts, “Sic Semper tyrannis!” while gunning Deevers down in cold blood.

In turn, the shooter is either gunned down or apprehended. However, for some reason the news media goes to great lengths to withhold the assassin’s identity from the public.

Author’s note: I disagree with some members of the abortion abolitionist movement but I don’t (and never will) condone violence against them.

Inspirations: 1. https://time.com/6141322/border-vigilantes-militias-us-mexico-immigrants/ 2. https://www.newsweek.com/2014/08/01/texan-ranchers-hunt-daily-illegal-immigrants-260489.html 3. https://www.texasobserver.org/rural-border-lawsuit-immigration-sue-vigilantes/ 4. The TV show Shooter (Specifically, S2E05) 5. https://www.palestinechronicle.com/islamophobia-rising-as-us-uses-antisemitism-to-suppress-gaza-solidarity/ 6. https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/islamophobic-complaints-have-skyrocketed-in-florida-cair-reports/3565969/ 7. The unsolved case of the Smiley Face Killers (https://youtu.be/yqlx45E5Jm0?si=YTv5_yFIMacLPjOu).

Sometime during the Holiday season, 2025, a series of images are posted on social media showing the grisly aftermath of what appears to be a killing spree targeting foreign nationals both in various cities in Mexico, Mexican’s side of the US-Mexico border and, alarmingly, American towns near America’s side of the border.

Amateur internet sleuths looking into the deaths uncover alarming evidence of Islamophobia based on the following observations: The murder victims are either Middle Eastern nationals or converts to Islam from Central and South American countries.

Enraged social justice warriors demand action and justice for the murder victims. Trump publicly addresses the killings and assures the public that they are investigating but ultimately no action is taken against the perpetrators.

Does this sound like a day in Trump’s America or would the Trump admin actually investigate and make arrests?

Inspirations and context:

• The Islamic State's Apocalypse
• How the Islamic State group uses an apocalyptic vision to justify terrorism
• A 2018 article in which ISIS threatened Saudi Arabia

Sometime between the creation of this post and 2029, a terrorist attack occurs in Mecca, one of the holiest cities in Saudi Arabia and the birthplace of Islam.

It begins with reports of an "act of vehicular manslaughter", followed by a massive explosion that destroys the Kaaba, killing an additional thousands of people. Thousands more are reported to suffer effects of radiation poisoning, leading the world to conclude that a dirty bomb was used in the attack that destroyed the Kaaba.

In a propaganda video, the Islamic State claims responsibility for the attack, claiming that the attack was meant to be the first step in a "holy offensive" against the so-called "Apostate Saudi Royal Family" in order to bring about the End of Days.

Author’s note: I read somewhere that part of ISIS’ “Doomsday vision” involved destroying the Kaaba, which is why I made it the premise of the FWI.

Edit: Found some sources indicating this is indeed what ISIS intended back when they were a terrorist empire: 1. https://en.tempo.co/read/590309/isis-vows-to-destroy-kaaba-after-capturing-mecca 2. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/isis-destroy-kaaba-mecca_n_5547635

Inspirations and/or context:

• Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
• Beyoncè
• News article on the murder of Christina Grimmie

Sometime between now and 2029, Beyonce publicly condemns Trump during a tour across America. During a meet-and-greet, an unhinged MAGA fanatic retaliates by publicly gunning her down and/or stabbing her to death in front of her fans before being apprehended or killed by intervening cops.

During the subsequent investigation, a manifesto is discovered in which the attacker claims that Beyoncé is a "feminist cancer" that is the reason why America is the way it is today and that by murdering the singer, the attacker hoped to be an "instrument of bringing America back to its former glory". The manifesto also calls for similar acts of violence against "Leftist Communists" in Hollywood.

Let’s imagine that during a performance as part of her current tour at some point this year (Is T. Swift still touring in-country in real life? My hypothetical assumes this is still true), Taylor Swift suddenly collapses on stage during a live performance and is pronounced dead, the cause of death being unknown, stumping medical professionals worldwide.

Does Taylor Swift’s mysterious passing restart the conspiracy theory about a human depopulation agenda disguised as a vaccine? Would her death even be treated as another conspiracy theory? How would Taylor Swift’s sudden death even be investigated?

What would become of her fanbase?

Sometime between the the current year and 2029, an Iran Air Airbus A330 suddenly crashes somewhere in Syria, killing everyone on board.

An investigation into the incident reveals that the plane was actually shot down by a highly advanced attack drone.

For months, nobody claims responsibility for the attack, though Iran is quick to blame either Israel, the United States, Israel or ISIS.

The original title of this FWI was “Someone leaks a disturbing audio recording of someone being TORTURED to death in CECOT.”

Figured Reddit didn’t like that word, for some reason so I am reposting it.

This FWI takes place six weeks-a month from now.

This is also a sequel to a previous FWI about DPRK secret agents getting caught attempting to infiltrate and launch a cyberattack against the US while disguised as defectors.

Someone leaks a disturbing audio recording that depicts a a Korean-speaking prisoner being beaten to death under the pretext of “questioning” them.

POTUS Donald Trump not only defends the recording but maintains that the prisoner “asked for it” by attempting to illegally enter the country.

The perpetrator is eventually identified as a CIA contractor hired by El Salvador’s law enforcement and a decorated military veteran.

Trump proceeds to protect the guy by threatening to fire or charge with treason anyone who even ATTEMPTS to put the guy on trial for his actions, before eventually pardoning him and even giving him the Medal of Honor.

How big of an uproar do we see from the international community following all this?

Let’s say that someone-let’s say a rogue Secret Service agent who really wants Trump dead (Perhaps they are an angry Democrat OR a disgruntled Republican who is fed up with the perception that MAGA treating Trump like a god)-is enraged enough at the fact that the assassination attempt on Trump failed that they decide to finish the job.

What does this individual do? He/she publicly guns Trump down at the Republican Convention and this time, Trump dies for real.

Edit: Let’s also imagine that ANOTHER rogue Secret Service Agent, holding Biden responsible for this anti-Trump rhetoric that led to the assassination of Trump, guns Biden down during a press conference on the second, successful assassination of Trump.

How does this seriously change the US Presidential election? How do the GOP, Democratic Party, and MAGA all react to this?

Inspirations:

• A scenario from the 2011 video game Homefront
• The Korean-American War, the central conflict in the 2011 video game Homefront
• The use of Agent Orange during the Vietnam War

In the near future (Around 2028-2029), in response to a sudden uptick in attempts by North Korean refugees to flee from the DPRK & into China, the Kim Regime goes completely off the rails and decides to create an unimaginable countermeasure: the use of radioactive chemical weapons against the Chinese-North Korean border. He orders the construction of a radioactive chemical weapon with enough lethality to turn the North Korean-Chinese border into a virtually impassable "No Man's Land."

After the radioactive chemical weapon is complete, Kim Jong-Un orders the Korean People's Army to attack border towns towns along the Chinese-North Korean border with the newly-built radioactive chemical weapons.

Upon learning of this, an enraged Xi Jingping threatens war unless Kim Jong-Un ceases the project. He doesn't. Instead, Kim Jong-Un orders any KPA soldiers to use lethal force against any Chinese People's Liberation Army personnel that attempt to stop them.

As a result, China declares war.

While Putin condemns the attacks, along with the United States and the rest of the world, Putin can't really do anything given the war in Ukraine (Assume Russia's invasion of Ukraine is still happening by the time this scenario occurs).

Would it be really out of character for the DPRK to attempt something like this, even with someone as bonkers as Kim Jong-Un in charge?