One option would be for Hughes to start up a trucking company to do some covert smuggling of drugs and weapons and other New America prepper aligned supplies. They'd be able to unofficially but officially move all sorts of stuff around and load up warehouses/barns/etc with supplies while nominally shipping consumer goods. Areas with a strong presence of Gold Ring Trucking would be areas of stronger New America influence post-TDM.
While I largely agree that New America wouldn't pose an existential threat to either MilGov or CivGov, they can still be a major power bloc in regions just by being the best supplied and coordinated group in an area. If New America is even slightly more palatable than an out and out gang running a town they'll get that town's support. So long as they can slow walk their full fascism and slavery until they run a bunch of towns in an area it would be too late to throw off the yoke.
Once they go full fascist slavers though both MilGov and CivGov will be able to put aside their differences long enough to retake areas run by NA. At the very least they won't shoot at the other when they're fighting NA forces.
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