Seems to me as is they’re acting as if they’ll never have to face another election.
Yep. So if thier future is bright, then this is just them pushing forward into victorious totalitarian rule. But if their future is dark, then this is like Hitler ordering Paris and Berlin to be destroyed out of sheer spite over losing the war.
Personally, I don't think God will abandon America - at least, the principles of freedom which America represents. How, exactly, it will all shake out, however... remains to be seen.