He predicts the next civil war would unfold as many violent episodes over 10, 20, or 50 years rather than as one clean conflict like the first Civil War.
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Secession
Jiang reframes the Iran-Israel-U.S.-Russia conflict as a long-horizon contest in worldview and political systems, where structural elites, narrative control, and religious grammar shape strategy more than leaders changing seats.
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Jiang reframes the Iran-Israel-U.S.-Russia conflict as a long-horizon contest in worldview and political systems, where structural elites, narrative control, and religious grammar shape strategy more than leaders changing seats.
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He argues that a Trump vice-presidential workaround in 2028 would create a constitutional crisis with riots, secession threats, civil conflict, and insurgencies.
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"So, no one cares who's president anymore. And that's going to help Trump in November. Okay? Any more questions before I move on? Okay...."
"They succeed. And guess what? They have their own army. Their citizens are armed. Okay? But they'll most likely be attacked by other states..."
"And the reason why is the moment he leaves office, he's going to be sued. He's going to be put in jail. He's going..."
"That's a trick he can use in 2028, okay? Because I guarantee you, the moment he steps into the White House, he's like, okay,..."
"...that if this man were to die, you would have a secession crisis. So the American strategy to defeat Russia is not to destroy..."
"...to happen, that that was a regional conflict over slavery and secession. I mean, it was a war of secession in many ways. I..."
"...spot. If you can make them first secede or back to secession, then this is how we're going to do it. You break it..."
"Because Alberta has talked about secession. So I think eventually, America will colonize Canada. Though the they'll need to pick it up first. And..."
"...of China met to discuss a new trade deal. And some secessions were made on both sides. On China's side, they agreed to not..."
"...political assassinations it will involve civil unrest it would involve um secession maybe california san francisco succeeds um so so it would be a..."
"...like to assassinate the Ayatollah Khomeini because that would trigger a secession crisis in Iran. Right now, their main strategy is to decrease the..."
"...Americans kill the Supreme Leader of Iran? This would trigger a secession crisis. His son is supposed"
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