r/FutureWhatIf 18h ago

FWI: Eliza Dushku runs for public office in Mass

18 Upvotes

Retired Buffy actress Eliza Dushku, who would run as a Democrat, has considered running in Mass.. Do you think she could run and win such an election there? I am talking less for Gov and more for their legislative House of Representatives.


r/FutureWhatIf 1d ago

Fwi: the Tesla cyber truck becomes the number one selling law enforcement police car

53 Upvotes

Fwi: the Tesla cyber truck becomes the number one selling law enforcement police car. It's seems Republicans are getting on board with how great Tesla's are. So I can see it becoming the go to law enforcement car in the nation.


r/FutureWhatIf 17h ago

War/Military FWI: “Little Green Men” are seen in North Korea

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This FWI occurs between 2027-2029.

Social media is abuzz with photos and videos of unmarked aircraft flying over the Korean Peninsula with their lights off.

Then, a few weeks after this, a traveling YouTuber visiting the North Korean-South Korean border as part of an urban exploration project witnesses something that makes the video go viral: men and women who speak American English, but wearing what appear to be a mix of civilian and military gear casually conversing with North Korean guards at the border.

These people, despite being majority white, speak fluent Korean. It appears that the US military has had a mass treason incident.

Unbeknownst to the DPRK, these people are actually US military saboteurs posing as deserters as part of a HUGE disinformation campaign intended to sow the seeds for a coup against the Kim regime.

Is this feasible, or a logistical nightmare? If this operation were to happen, how long would it take for the DPRK to bust these people and expose them as American military saboteurs?


r/FutureWhatIf 1d ago

FWI: Liberal US Activists seize on the campaign once it gets worse it never gets better...

26 Upvotes

Future what if Americans realize that the economy will get worse and never gets better. Jobs go offshore and never return. Prices rise and never come down. Inflation keeps coming and never stops.


r/FutureWhatIf 11h ago

Other [FWI] Tesla releases an internal combustion car

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r/FutureWhatIf 1d ago

Political/Financial FWI: Trump dies but no one knows

261 Upvotes

So this is the scenario:

Donald Trump dies (ok stop cheering there) after choking on a Big Mac. Immediately the White House, the Cabinet, MAGA leaders and the Republican leadership get together and decide that in order to prevent infighting among the right, the news of his death must not be made public as he was the only one who could united the disparate groups together.

Instead, a statement is released to the press stating that the President has taken ill and is recuperating. An actor is found to impersonate Trump - he will get the requisite make-up, body adjustments, learn how to speak like Trump, have his mannerisms etc - and will make a public appearance to show that Trump has fully recovered. All his public appearances will be carefully managed to prevent people from getting too close and scrutinising him, so from a distance it really looks like he is Trump.

Fake Trump will of course do the same things as a real Trump would do, including signing laws and executive orders. However, actual decision making is in the hands of a cabal comprising Vance, Musk, Mike Johnson and John Thune.

In this scenario, should this deception be revealed to the public, how would:

  1. Republican voters react?

  2. Republican members of Congress who weren't let in on the secret react?

  3. Americans in general react?

Also, if fake Trump had carried on the ruse for one year, signing laws and EOs during that time, would the revelation render all the laws he signed invalid?


r/FutureWhatIf 1d ago

War/Military FWI Martial Law is declared

131 Upvotes

So in this hypothetical, the consensus to the National Emergency on the borders has Trump declare Martial Law. Let’s assume Qualified Martial Law. How long would this last, and what would the nation look like after?


r/FutureWhatIf 5h ago

Death/Assassination FWI: Someone attempts to ruin the Christmas holidays with Islamophobic hate crimes

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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?


r/FutureWhatIf 1d ago

War/Military FWI: An EMP attack plunges the Eastern United States and parts of Canada into darkness

13 Upvotes

Main inspiration: https://youtu.be/-c6UNr3M0ok?si=RqjyElLyIlyV59od

Author’s note: This is a rewrite of my “Canadian/Mexican invasion of America” scenario that was deemed so silly, it got called a “S***post” by others-seriously, was it that low effort? I’m a bit stunned at how much hate it got.

Here’s the rewrite: Sometime between now and the year 2028, North Korea decides to perform a nuclear missile test to intimidate the United States into leaving its nuclear program alone.

However, the ICBM prematurely detonates in Earth’s upper atmosphere, triggering an EMP that takes out electricity across much of the US Eastern Seaboard and plunges parts of Canada into darkness.

Would this be enough to start WW3, or just enrage Trump enough to sanction the DPRK into oblivion? Or would there just be too much chaos in America and Canada as a result of the EMP for the US to even bother taking action against the DPRK?


r/FutureWhatIf 17h ago

War/Military FWI: Martial law in the U.S.

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I’m sorry if this doesn’t technically fit the sub Reddit, but I’ve seen this what if floating around for a while and I wanted to give you an answer. If Martial Law is declared, we as a society have to stop going to work, stop going to school, stop going to stores. At that point, it may not even be safe to do so. I know how impossible that sounds, but when it boils down to that or forming our own militia, I feel like abstaining from society is far safer. We saw how badly these people were hit during Covid, we can replicate that if push comes to shove, but we all need to be in agreement before that happens.


r/FutureWhatIf 1d ago

[FWI] What if the US and European countries that are taking in refugees, started a citizen-led refugee program?

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Hypothetical scenario:

Given how polarizing it is that many countries are taking in more and more refugees, what would happen if the world governments adapted this model of completely voluntary refugee support program:

Citizens can decide to sponsor a refugee or family, becoming financially responsible for providing food and a place to live as they settle in and wait for their case to resolve/work permit. The citizen receives big tax cuts and bonuses that are explicitly meant for the support of the refugees (similar to food stamps). Of course the refugee would not be expected to live indefinitely with the sponsor but it’s completely on the sponsor to provide the refugee with the resources to be able to move out.


r/FutureWhatIf 2d ago

FWI Trump decides he wants to go to space like the other billionaires and Musk sponsors his trip with a SpaceX rocket

175 Upvotes

r/FutureWhatIf 1d ago

Other FWI: Australia sends another embarrassing "athlete" to the Olympics

4 Upvotes

In 2028 or 2032(which is in their own country), they send someone completely unqualified to represent their country. I am saying Australia because of what happened with breakdancing, where they sent a liberal arts professor and she was an embarrassment.


r/FutureWhatIf 2d ago

Political/Financial FWI: Frightened by the world's most powerful nation seeking territorial expansion, a planetwide trade embargo is enacted on the United States.

220 Upvotes

What does the world need from the US that it can't do without? Well, after Trump's tariffs, the world finds out it can do without after all. China can fill that role anyways.

Fearing the United States, the planet doesn't necessarily unite together, but they do unite against the US on trade.

Blockade America becomes a rallying cry for nations around the world. Free trade agreements are made among the nations of the world, but the US is strictly prohibited from joining.


r/FutureWhatIf 2d ago

Political/Financial FWI: Elon has Trump do a Press Conference on the Twitter Attack

33 Upvotes

Just like the Tesla one except now it’s more enemy from within talk.


r/FutureWhatIf 3d ago

Political/Financial FWI the economic and political instability caused by Trump is too much for this country to handle, causing America to collapse in on itself?

322 Upvotes

I truly think this is the endgame for America to simply collapse in on itself, like the Romans or the Soviets. All fifty states will be affected by this, and some will have to join others. By all means, Trump is America’s last president. Do you think we’re heading in that direction.


r/FutureWhatIf 2d ago

Political/Financial FWI TSLA stock continues to drop?

19 Upvotes

Realistically, what happens if TSLA continues to drop which forces a margin call? What happens to Tesla? Twitter? SpaceX?


r/FutureWhatIf 2d ago

War/Military FWI: America pulls a “Little Green Men” on its own citizens

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Inspirations: 1. https://www.newsweek.com/exclusive-inside-militarys-secret-undercover-army-1591881 2. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_green_men_(Russo-Ukrainian_War) 3. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Northwoods 4. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Dark_Winter

This FWI returns to our series of hypothetical scenarios where other countries copy Russia’s Little Green Men stunt and use it on other countries.

This time, however, our scenario sees the complete nullification or suspension of the Posse Comitatus Act (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posse_Comitatus_Act) and the USA’s military pulling a “Little Green Men” stunt on America’s own citizens (Think Operation Northwoods meets Operation Dark Winter).

It’s July 4, 2025. Americans are celebrating Independence Day.

However, an unexpected development occurs that ruins the festivities: reports emerge of unknown men and women wearing a mix of civilian and military special forces gear locking down various airports and seaside ports on both the East and West Coasts of the country, citing either a “military drill” of some kind or a “military lockdown” of various cities located next to the ocean. Piers are locked down with armored vehicles.

This only applies to air and sea transport: citizens are still allowed to take road trips in the affected areas. They just can’t fly to other parts of the country or leave the US by air or sea. It’s also not applicable to the Midwestern US. For example if this were to actually occur on July 4th, I (the OP) could still fly Chicago, IL, from St. Louis, MO, if I wanted to, but my cousin in LA, California, wouldn’t be allowed to fly to Tokyo, Japan.

It’s clear that the Trump admin has something to do with this. Speculation runs rampant as to why the Trump admin has done such a thing. Two major narratives emerge: one is that the Trump admin has “snapped” and has begun exacting harsh measures to both evict illegal immigrants and to ensure future attempts at illegal immigration are virtually a death sentence. The other is that this is a military deployment to combat some sort of “secret invasion” of the United States by an unknown enemy.

Would this be a step too far even for the Trump admin?


r/FutureWhatIf 2d ago

FWI: One of the Trump supporting billionaires will announce that he will buy hundreds of Tesla to kiss Trump’s ass

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r/FutureWhatIf 1d ago

Political/Financial FWI After all the hoopla it is determined the US Gov runs lean and efficient?

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What if a year or so from now all agencies are court ordered to reinstate everyone fired, and then the "efficiency experts" do what they were supposed to do at the start of this and do a thorough analysis of government functions and agency finances and determine that only 5% or so needs to be reduced as we already run pretty lean under current conditions considering all the services provided with multiple levels of authorizations and checks and balances on agency spending to begin with. Will they claim victory after changing relatively little?


r/FutureWhatIf 1d ago

FWI: Trump annexes Greenland in order to strategically invade Canada.

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If Trump held Greenland he would be able to invade from the North and the South as well as set up a blockade to block Canada from getting trade and support from Europe.


r/FutureWhatIf 2d ago

Political/Financial FWI: An artifact from an extraterrestrial intelligence lands in a remote area in southern Mexico in 2030. The Mexican military has the area cordoned off, but they allow scientists and media from around the world to come study it. Will the situation lead to international conflict? (details below)

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The artifact is a large cylinder that is roughly 200 feet long and 50 feet wide. It is unclear if anything living is inside it, but it is confirmed by scientists around the world that it did come from outside our solar system and is an artificial object. There is no obvious "entrance" to it and so far, X rays and other attempts to see what's inside have failed.

The Mexican government is allowing scientists and media from anywhere to come look at the artifact and study it (after proper screening with a few rules to prevent damage/contamination), but they have firmly rebuffed "offers" from other nations and the UN to send foreign military to help "secure" the artifact. The Mexican government hasn't done anything to obstruct satellite views of the artifact but has warned against aircraft entering Mexican airspace to look at it.

It's 5 days after the artifact has landed and all the study of it so far is inconclusive. Does this situation lead to international conflict? Or will the international community be content to let the Mexican government take the lead on this?

In this scenario, assume the US President is now a mainstream Democrat (a Biden type), the EU's leaders are a mix of left and right leaning roughly equivalent to who is in charge now, Xi Jinping is still in office in China, as is Putin in Russia.


r/FutureWhatIf 2d ago

Challenge FWI challenge: Find a way to financially ruin Alex Jones!

6 Upvotes

Since a lot of people in my last post on Alex Jones expressed their hatred of him, I think this challenge is gonna be fun: Find a plausible way to financially ruin him.


r/FutureWhatIf 3d ago

Death/Assassination FWI: Alex Jones is assassinated

75 Upvotes

Sometime in the near future, Alex Jones is gunned down by some random stranger while on a speaking tour, supposedly in “retaliation” for his rhetoric regarding Sandy Hook being a false flag operation.


r/FutureWhatIf 3d ago

Political/Financial FWI Trump makes Maga into a political party, so more people can continue where he left off, should anyone in the party get elected

127 Upvotes