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The Strait of Hormuz is functionally closed, but the United States' economy has remained strong with high inflation and a high market.
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) controls half of the country's economy and owns billions of dollars in assets in Western Europe, including homes in London and villas.
The FBI has transcripts of a conversation in a Philadelphia hotel room where Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood laid out a 20-year plan to co-opt American universities to change Western opinion.
The United Arab Emirates has left OPEC and has stated it will participate in projecting military force with its own forces.
China's senior military leadership has been turned over three or four times in the last three years, indicating a low-trust environment.
The United States is undertaking a major industrialization effort to increase its military's 'magazine depth' to counter China's enormous industrial capacity.
The United States' clandestine services have rebuilt their capability to recruit assets within China's political structure in a very meaningful way.
The speaker predicts that both China and Iran will fall within our lifetime.
The speaker predicts that after the fall of the Chinese Communist Party, China will be run like Taiwan.
The speaker believes China can achieve its objectives regarding Taiwan without firing a shot, likely through the political victory of the KMT party, which is an accommodationist party to the CCP.
A Chinese military takeover of Taiwan would likely be followed by actions against other countries with historical grievances, such as Japan.
The U.S. Department of Defense has a designed budget of $1.5 trillion for fiscal year 2027.