>Trump Crosses the Rubicon. The Second American Civil War starts.
>The North (formed by the Nort-East and Mid West) takes the democrat's side. The South mobilices for President Trump. In the West, bastions form form for both factions and all out war breaks between neighbors. California first tries to join the North, then, seeing itself surrounded, resorts to declaring itself the New California Republic, and is promptly purged by internal infighting and external forces, in what would be known for years to come as a complete and unmitigated clusterfuck.
>China tries to take advantage, gets promptly broken into 7 by Russia, India and SEA. They didn't even come close to standing a chance.
>Putin's volunteers make a move through Alaska into the West, in response "Comrade" Justin Trudeau gives his allegiances to the Northern Liberals.
>However, this was not to last. Unbeknown to Trudeau, the Midwest was already about to fall to right wing internal rebels, while the North-East found common ground with Quebec, declaring the 5th International. In response, rural Canada's conservatives join the Midwest Rebels and declare the independent northern coalition. Trudeau, sandwiched between the two forces, looses all support and attempts to flee into exile but is found by the anarchists, publicly lynched and burned alive.
>Russia allows Alaska to join the northern coalition so long as they remain militarily allied in hopes of adding them to the belgrade pact. And keeps advancing through the West.
>Meanwhile Mexico's volunteers tried to help the south but wound up in a war against Cubaa and Venezuela, who created the Union of Caribbean Comunist Republics along Puerto Rico. Throwing the entire region into conflict.
>In Europe, the EU tried to join the Northern Liberals but the outrage caused nationalistic forces to erupt, causing most countries to either secede from the EU or be torn into their own civil war. At some point as the globalists were erradicated the nationals started fighting each other, muddying the waters even more. No one is even sure where the borders are at this point. Poland has been partitioned so many times people lost track, Germany nuked itself into submission but no one knows to whom, Luxemburg became the biggest force in central europe after France surrended to it (the day after war between the two factions was declared) and they used the army to invade Belgium, the Netherlands and the Rhineland in that order, Andorra controls the economic flow and weapons trade. There are 6 different factions all claiming to be Spain, none of which have any mutual allies or seem to have any connection to the prior government, one of which isn't even located on the Iberian Peninsula, but still claims ownership of half the planet by the Treaty of Tordesillas anyway. Portugal has become a gargantuan drug plantation and refugee camp, they seem happy about it.
>Israel was surprisingly left alone by all factions until 4 years after the start of what was now known as WW3 they were purged by nuclear fire. No one actually knows where the nuke came from, some claim it was an act of God meant to correct the timeline. Others claim nature itself couldn't bear to stand a war where the jews didn't get fucked, either way it is universally agreed this was for the better.
>After Donald Trump's death his successor Jeb Bush cemented the coalition between the Northern and Southern States, and finished their conquest of the West, creating the new american empire and being the first man to gain the official title of "Trump" in honor of his predecessor.
>He was expected to cement the entrance of America and Mexico into the Belgrade pact, but his unwavering rhetorical prowess and diplomatic might managed to change the pact in such a way that now Russia and Mexico would join the American Empire, making both presidents his client kings.
>The 5th International was eventually simply left alone because everyone agreed they weren't worth invading anyway. The region is now known as a land of ashes and mysery.
>Switzerland has eventually become the only country on the planet to remain neutral.
I'd read that book series.