This Too Shall Pass: Why the Trump Autocracy Will Fail

What if the most dangerous political movement of our time was already in decline?
This Too Shall Pass: Why the Trump Autocracy Will Fail is a piercing, timely, and unflinching examination of Donald Trump’s autocratic ambitions—and why they are structurally doomed. Drawing on global history, American constitutional resilience, and the most current political events through mid-2025, this book makes a bold case: authoritarianism isn’t advancing. It’s cracking under pressure.
With a tone that’s direct, contrarian, and deeply informed, author Mick Southerland exposes the fragility behind Trump’s spectacle. From failed loyalty tests and legal setbacks to the disintegration of elite support and youth-driven civic opposition, This Too Shall Pass walks readers through the 30 strategic miscalculations that have turned Trump’s movement from threat to unraveling mythology.
You’ll learn how just 3.5% of a population can trigger regime change, why the U.S. military won’t be co-opted, and how the Posse Comitatus Act, media fragmentation, and state-level decentralization have quietly outmaneuvered centralized power grabs. Chapters draw from real-time developments—including court rulings, financial disclosures, and resistance from unlikely bipartisan alliances—to show how American democracy hasn’t just survived—it’s evolved.
Perfect for readers of political non-fiction, anti-authoritarian analysis, and real-world strategy, this book is not a call to panic. It’s a field manual for recognizing how systems defend themselves—when people step up and institutions remember.
If you’re tired of alarmism and want a smart, confident breakdown of why autocracy is already losing, this is your answer.
Because in the end, the spectacle fades. But the Constitution—and the people—hold.