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Yeah it's 90% wishful thinking glued together with a tiny smattering of reality. There is some merit in a few bits and pieces of the article, but I'm also certain that is not at all even remotely the thought process driving Trump's decisions. I'm also equally certain things will not be playing out like the author is desperately hoping they will.
What is going to happen is Trump is going to absolutely tank the US economy, possibly badly enough to qualify as the second great depression. What happens after that is pure speculation but nothing that's good for the US unless by some miracle this finally kills off the Republican party and the neo-liberal branch of the Democrats (which sadly these days is less a branch and more a trunk).
A prolonged depression might actually be the best thing for this country in terms of breaking the spell Trump has on people and realigning political parties. The biggest threat would be private ownership scooping up even more assets, so we'd have to get radical with solutions there.
Unfortunately exactly that is one of the more likely outcomes. Trump is already toying with the idea of selling off federal lands and privatizing essentially all government services except for the military. The one saving grace is that he can't touch state run services directly, but his Republican governor sycophants are more than happy to follow his example. It's essentially the recipe for every dystopian cyberpunk ever with a handful of megacorps taking the place of the government and providing basic services like police and EMS but only to the rich.