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Jiang frames the Iran war as a structural problem: empires that enter forceful conflicts without strategic reserve burn out, and the current administration is trying to steer around collapse, domestic optics, and a volatile...
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Jiang frames the Iran war as a structural problem: empires that enter forceful conflicts without strategic reserve burn out, and the current administration is trying to steer around collapse, domestic optics, and a volatile...
Jiang says Europe currently lacks charismatic leaders capable of rallying populations around a nationalist war project, citing Starmer, Merz, and Macron as hated or weak figures in their own countries.
Jiang says current European leaders such as Macron, Starmer, and Merz are NATO puppets rather than sovereign representatives of their own peoples.
"...You look at Starmer, you look at Merge, you look at Macron. These are heated figures who've been in their own countries. You look..."
"Right now, the leaders of Europe, Macron, Stormer, Merz, they are NATO puppets. They just listen to whatever the American generals tell them to..."
"...in europe who are extremely unpopular who are just incompetent like macron starmer super unpopular yeah and you know and macron it has been..."
"...that i mean to your point europe in in really france macron has been a huge huge problem of this the main reason why..."
"...consolation. He's doing better than European leaders. He's doing better than Macron in France. He's doing better than Starmer. Doing better than Merz in..."
"...course, but Keir Starmer is not in charge of Great Britain. Macron isn't in charge of France. I'm not sure how many leaders really..."
"...production. And so, Europe is completely screwed in the process. And Macron has talked about sending an aircraft carrier, to the Middle East. What's..."
"...don't know but it gets real wacky dude just like uh macron's wife having a dick is the least of it uh let's see..."
"...have these leaders in uh europe you have starmer in britain macron and france merce in germany they're extremely unpopular the people don't want..."
"...are not very popular in their countries, right? They're not popular Macron in France, Merce in Germany. There's not one"
"...der leyen my god god help me i listen to emmanuel macron these people have completely lost touch all connection to reality they inhabit..."
"...why we're seeing all these signs of war preparation throughout Europe. Macron has told hospitals to prepare for casualties starting early next year. Same..."
Jiang frames the Iran war as a structural problem: empires that enter forceful conflicts without strategic reserve burn out, and the current administration is trying to steer around collapse, domestic optics, and a volatile...
Glenn Diesen asks Jiang the practical questions first: what is this war for, who is exhausting whom, where is the weak point, and why would Washington choose such a disaster?
The interview begins with a European emergency and ends in the Caribbean, but Jiang treats both as one argument: Washington is willing to let allies absorb the blast radius while using regional pressure to...
Jiang's through-line is that a declining empire does not retreat cleanly.
Mercouris opens by asking for predictive geopolitics rather than another issue-by-issue panel, and Jiang answers by folding Ukraine, Europe, Iran, China, and domestic American disorder into one machine.
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