If I were POTUS during TEXIT

Well, the Texas Nationalists (or Nat-Cs) are at it again. There is a bill in the TX house for a referendum on secession. This is an almost annual farce but TXNatCs are really upping their game. They have a plan and a website explaining how everything will be OK and making a bunch of false promises about how the economy will be fine and everyone will keep getting their US government checks.

The worst part of their fantasy is how the US will keep all its military bases in TX as part of a mutual defense pact. Their plan has all the sophistication of a high school dropout living in their parents’ basement and proclaiming their adulthood and independence.

In the background of every TX secessionist fantasy is the idea that half the soldiers at those bases will rise up and defend TX against the US.

So here’s what I would do if I were POTUS during a real TEXIT.

At the first sign of a serious TEXIT process taking place I would move all US military personnel with TX origins or family OUT of TX to other bases. Especially commanders. As things got more serious I would move TX navy commanders off of ships.

No, there will be no one to rise up and seize the bases. All those soldiers will be loyal US citizens.

I would begin moving the most significant assets (tanks, planes, etc) out of state. NASA would reorganize and move out of state.

Defense contracts would be audited for risks if the contractors headquarters were in TX and as much defense work as possible would be moved to other locations.

Long before TEXIT occurred all US Gov facilities would begin mothballing procedures.

As a formal TEXIT agreement was being negotiated I would announce that Texans remaining in TX after the secession was complete would LOSE their US citizenship. I.e. No, they would NOT get to keep their government checks. These aren’t ex-pats, these are now citizens of another country.

By the time TEXIT was complete, no US assets or investments would be left. The economy would crash within 10 years. (Some experts say 2). Then we would buy Texas back for 5 cents on the dollar and hold them as a US Territory for the same amount of time as Puerto Rico.