That’s silly. They hate us, sure. But they would gladly be rid of us. Do you think the typical Republican cultist knows how poor their states are, how they have low life expectancies compared to liberal states, how uninsured they are, how dependent they are on tax transfers from rich states?

Others like the Christian nationalists want us gone

Exactly. So give them an option of separating the normal states from them and see what happens. I bet they will gladly agree to it so long as they get to keep Dear Leader as their king.

Except Trump wouldn't

Of course he would. Anything to let him cling to power.