Sure, if you take in the information in a vacuum, it might actually be a curb stomp. Once you take in the international relations situation it would cause, it would ultimately be anything BUT a curb stomp. Unfortunately, there's already evidence that DT only prefers information that is effectively provided in a vacuum, and the administration's treatment of the State Department shows that international relations are so far down priority chain as to be non-existent.
The fallout wouldn't be a military invasion of us, but I can imagine it would involve accelerating our slide into irrelevancy through various methods. And it would provide additional ammunition for arguments against democracy as a government method. "See, not only did they elect someone who was not in the interest of being for the people, they elected someone who was wanting war for the glory of it."
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"You know how parents tell you everything's going to fine, but you know they're lying to make you feel better? Everything's going to be fine." - The Doctor
The fallout wouldn't be a military invasion of us, but I can imagine it would involve accelerating our slide into irrelevancy through various methods. And it would provide additional ammunition for arguments against democracy as a government method. "See, not only did they elect someone who was not in the interest of being for the people, they elected someone who was wanting war for the glory of it."
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"You know how parents tell you everything's going to fine, but you know they're lying to make you feel better? Everything's going to be fine." - The Doctor