We're a different country now, especially now that all they do to appeal to people is to scare them, and all the charm from even the Obama era has been thrown out the window as inconvenient. We aren't going back to any kind of normal we've known at this point - this will flare to some kind of confrontation.

I think this confrontation is coming sooner than people think. The foundations are already being laid. City, county and even some state governments will simply refuse to acknowledge federal authority, as some already have. Eventually every jurisdiction will be forced to choose a side. At some point the federal (or in some cases state) government will try to impose it's will by force and there will be armed stand-offs between local law enforcement and federal agencies. The military may get involved. Local militias will get involved. The ugliest game of chicken will ensue. At some point foreign powers may try to take advantage of our divisions and either invade for some trumped up reason or influence one side or the other to their advantage (as they already are, most likely).