[https://i.ytimg.com/vi/GD6qtc2_AQA/maxresdefault.jpg](Banana republics are nations which rely on exporting a particular, limited resource to power their economies.)

Trump, as far as I'm aware, has no plans to reduce the US economy to a single resource exporter economy, unless than resource is red hats.

It would be more accurate to call America under Trump a [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Failed_state](failed state:)

"A failed state is a political body that has disintegrated to a point where basic conditions and responsibilities of a sovereign government no longer function properly. Likewise, when a nation weakens and its standard of living declines, it introduces the possibility of governmental collapse. The Fund for Peace characterizes a failed state as having the following characteristics:

• Loss of control of its territory, or of the monopoly on the legitimate use of physical force therein Erosion of legitimate authority to make collective decisions
• Inability to provide public services
• Inability to interact with other states as a full member of the international community"