Actually I have watched the first three episodes and I don’t think we know exactly how the Capitol was destroyed—that is part of the mystery of the show.
(Of course we suspect domestic right-wing extremists—wink—wink—wink...) ;-)
Re: Designated Survivor
My opinion is that they are putting in enough red herrings and misdirection so that they can go whichever way the wind is blowing. They can back Hitlery or Trump as needed and suck up to whoever is in power.
The current meme of “the poor muslims and dark-skinned people always take the blame even though they are oh so innocent” makes me puke.
Kal Penn, who plays the Indian speechwriter who is racially profiled makes me puke. He quit his previous acting gig to work for 0vomit. I would like to never see him on tv again. And it’s not because of his skin color. (Also he looks super blubbery since he was last on tv.)