World War 3 needs more China and Russia. China is in spite of lots of initiatives, is not really effective at power projection.

No, Trump didn’t just start WW3:

This is still the regional-consolidation stage, the 1st-yang-stage, & WW3 is the 2nd-yang-stage, which begins in the early 2030’s.

Once the tippingpoint is crossed, ?later this next week,? then the 1st-yang-stage is in full swing.

Trump vs the Americas, China-backed Putin against Europe ( China supplanting Russia, within Russia, but Putin get to play “tsar”, so he’ll accept that ), & China having all of abandoned-by-the-west Asia to itself, & Modi’s India having bet-the-farm on Russia’s help against China … is fucked.

Saudi Arabia gets the Middle East & Africa.

Once the regional-consolidation stage is finished, then the REAL war begins.

2032-ish.

( correlelating with that monster comet’s closest-to-the-sun, around the orbit of Saturn, btw, for those who hold that Comet of Doom is a valid trope. )

That is when all other remaining regions go deathmatch against the remnant of the West.

That stage lasts nearly 1/2-century.

Then the food-chain(s) break: 3rd-yang-stage.

This is going to be a very long century.

2026-2032-ish is just the appetizer.

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