Prof Jiang: Trump Can't End This War — If He Loses Power, He Goes to Prison
Prof. Jiang joins Tom Bilyeu to argue that the U.S. conflict with Iran is driven by dollar hegemony and Eurasian geopolitics, not nuclear concerns, and risks becoming a Vietnam-style quagmire.
The gist
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Prof. Jiang says Iran's nuclear program is a false pretext; the real goal is controlling the Strait of Hormuz and blocking a Russia-China-Iran trade bloc.
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Trump cannot pull back from the Middle East without triggering dollar collapse, making a slow military escalation to tens of thousands of troops mathematically inevitable.
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Prof. Jiang argues Trump's personal incentive is staying in power, and a prolonged war gives him national security cover to avoid leaving office.
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Prof. Jiang says Japan is better placed than China to survive the coming shift to regional economic blocs because of its history of rapid transformation under pressure.
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