This is a classic pitfall, thinking that the failings of an entire empire all fall on one man.
The reason the US cannot win in Iran and definitely cannot win in China is because the US military industrial complex exists primarily to make profit, while the Chinese and Iranian military industrial complex primarily exist to defend their countries. A system does what it is built to do. The US system is absolutely fantastic at making money because that’s what it is built to do. It’s not so good at making war because making war is secondary to making profit.
Trump hasn’t made the US system any better at making war, in fact he has definitely made it worse. But this isn’t Trump’s failing. This is the entire system’s failing, from day one, perpetuated by everyone in US leadership since before Reagan.
Democratic leadership wouldn’t make the military any better at making war either, because they all own stocks in the military industrial complex and they all get big donations from the companies it supports. The US military will slowly continue to spend more money while falling further and further behind until it collapses in on itself. It may take another 100 years to do so but it is the inevitable end of the system and neither party will ever solve that
This is a classic pitfall, thinking that the failings of an entire empire all fall on one man.
The reason the US cannot win in Iran and definitely cannot win in China is because the US military industrial complex exists primarily to make profit, while the Chinese and Iranian military industrial complex primarily exist to defend their countries. A system does what it is built to do. The US system is absolutely fantastic at making money because that’s what it is built to do. It’s not so good at making war because making war is secondary to making profit.
Trump hasn’t made the US system any better at making war, in fact he has definitely made it worse. But this isn’t Trump’s failing. This is the entire system’s failing, from day one, perpetuated by everyone in US leadership since before Reagan.
Democratic leadership wouldn’t make the military any better at making war either, because they all own stocks in the military industrial complex and they all get big donations from the companies it supports. The US military will slowly continue to spend more money while falling further and further behind until it collapses in on itself. It may take another 100 years to do so but it is the inevitable end of the system and neither party will ever solve that