It is deliberately vague. Garland did not want people to immediately dismiss the movie as propaganda for either side of the political spectrum. So the story focuses on the human scale of things, intending to be a story about what it might be like to live during such events.
I have not seen it yet, but from what I have read so far, Garland seems to have done a good job in that regard. One of the few story beats includes the fact that California and Texas are allies, fighting against a dictatorial president who has trashed the Constitution so badly that a Western Alliance is formed to depose him.
What is the cause of the war?
Patriots loving America, not wanting to see it flushed down the toilet of history?
It is deliberately vague. Garland did not want people to immediately dismiss the movie as propaganda for either side of the political spectrum. So the story focuses on the human scale of things, intending to be a story about what it might be like to live during such events.
I have not seen it yet, but from what I have read so far, Garland seems to have done a good job in that regard. One of the few story beats includes the fact that California and Texas are allies, fighting against a dictatorial president who has trashed the Constitution so badly that a Western Alliance is formed to depose him.
No, it's clear the president in the movie is their view of Trump