I don’t think Xi Jinping loves when Trump puts 1quadrillion% tariffs on China.

It would obviously be a net good for global society if the US federal government stopped functioning; if the government continues pursuing its current interests that will never happen, yet if foreign lobbyists whose interests are fundamentally enemical to the US (such as China, but not Israel, which is just an appendage of the US) can influence the US federal government it may happen. At least that seems more proximal than the US working class suddenly gaining the kind of militant political stances and organization that would be necessary otherwise. But if both things could happen that’d be even better.

Yeah, priests can’t run for office. However, it’s weird with the Pope because there’s restrictions on the ways in which a reigning Pope can stop being Pope (this actually was a big deal when Benedict XVI resigned, some people thought he didn’t have the right to do that just because he was sick). So while a priest just stops being a priest if he wants to run for office, I’m not sure how it works with the Pope.