He says surprising U.S. midterm outcomes are one class of event that could force him to revise his current geopolitical predictions.
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Midterms
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Jiang predicts a scenario in which a failed war lets Democrats wipe out Republicans in the midterms, return in 2028, implement a globalist agenda, and destroy MAGA.
Jiang predicts emergency powers could let Trump bypass midterm elections and obtain a third term.
Jiang says the midterms will be a dumpster fire, with intimidation, election-security theater, and weak Democratic opposition all feeding domestic instability.
Jiang predicts that if the war goes badly and Congress grants emergency war powers, Trump could use wartime conditions to influence the midterms and potentially secure a third term.
Jiang argues that ICE behavior is deliberately provocative and may be aimed at creating a pretext for Trump to invoke the Insurrection Act and delay midterm elections.
He says the Democratic strategy of waiting for worsening conditions, winning midterms, and imprisoning Trump will fail because Trump is not stupid and is motivated to avoid prison.
Jiang says Democrats are tolerating shutdown chaos and possible unrest because they expect to profit electorally in the next midterms, but he questions whether normal midterms will even happen.
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"...that would destroy my prediction? Okay, all right. So the U.S. midterms is something that I can't really predict will happen, okay? It's entirely..."
"...all the blame the republicans will be wiped out in the midterms and then uh democrats can steamroll back in office in 2028 and..."
"...will get his third term and as well as bypass the midterm elections in November."
"...on social media to to provoke people um then um the midterms is something that i'm up in the air about um it seems..."
"it because they believe that well first of all they want this war to happen because they've been co -opted by the issue lobby..."
"...him emergency war powers, which will allow him to influence the midterms. So Trump is thinking about a third term. And I think at..."
"If you just look at the videos, if you just look at eyewitness testimonies, he was a man who was disarmed and then he..."
"...declare the Insurrection Act, which would allow him to delay the midterm elections. And it's a very, very dire situation for both Americans and..."
"it was a huge field and trump won by working hard by having a message that resonated with as many people as possible and..."
"...worse and and and then next number november we're with the midterms and then we'll beat Trump and then we'll send trump to prison..."
"Trump has discussed the possibility of invoking the Insurrection Act. Trump has played around the idea of running for a third term. I don't..."
"...for the chaos to erupt so that they can win the midterms in November. But sorry, next November. But who says there will be..."
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