'China's Nostradamus' predicts chilling outcome in US-Iran war

Two of Professor Jiang's three predictions from the video have since materialised with remarkable precision, with 'China's Nostradamus' having forecast that Donald Trump would triumph in the 2024 election and successfully secure the presidency, and that should Trump become President, he would enter into conflict with Iran.

His third prediction was that the United States would lose the war, "forever changing the global order".

The war as it currently stands

While this has marginally relieved pressure on the global oil economy, according to BBC Verify's analysis of ship-tracking data from MarineTraffic, only a handful of vessels have successfully managed to transit through the strait thus far. Several other vessels have reportedly completed the journey, though without transmitting their locations , reports the Daily Star.

Prior to the conflict commencing on February 28, an average of 138 ships passed through the Strait of Hormuz daily. It is clear that a significant bottleneck of vessels remains on either side of the strait, with oil failing to flow as freely as many might expect.

After failed peace talks in Pakistan's Islamabad on April 11 and April 12 between the United States and Iran, while the ceasefire is presently still holding, it is considered to be fragile.

The alarming new prediction

In a video uploaded to Professor Jiang's YouTube channel on April 2, entitled 'Trump World Order', the renowned academic states: "So remember, this war in Iran, it's not ending. In fact, many people believe it's only starting to ramp up.

"There are rumours that Donald Trump has already authorized the use of ground forces and so we could see an invasion of Iran as early as this weekend, but certainly definitely this month.

"Right now America has only about 50,000 troops in the Middle East and the geography, the terrain, makes it very hard to control."

Demonstrating his conflict theories using a map, the professor explains: "So, you have these mountains, the Zagros mountains, which allows for the Iranians to hide and conduct guerrilla warfare and use drone strikes and artillery strikes. Then you have the deserts [Dasht-e Kavir and Dasht-e-Lut] which makes it very hard to cross.

"So, even if the Americans were to attack from Iraq, they would have to face the mountains. If they were to attack from Pakistan, from the east, they would have to face deserts.

"And if they were to attack from the south, they would face all these mountains [Zagros mountains] and also you're far away from Tehran, which is ultimately your objective."

Shedding light on what he considers to be the US approach at this juncture, the professor states: "There's lots of conversations about what the Americans are trying to do.

"Right now, the consensus seems to be that the Americans first want to control the Strait of Hormuz in order to elevate the strain on the global economy.

"Already we're seeing lots of signs that America is preparing for a long, long war. There are already 50,000 troops in the Middle East and a lot of them will be deployed against Iran."

The professor also references a letter from Marine Reserve commander Lt. Gen. Leonard F. Anderson IV, which instructs reserve troops to "prepare your family" and get ready to "deploy, fight, and win", with the letter stating "this is not a rhetorical exercise" as it urges reserve troops to check their readiness. We have not independently verified this letter.

The Professor added: "So not only have they sent 50,000 troops to Middle East, but they're preparing to call the reserves as well. So this seems as though America is preparing for total war."

Returning to his earlier prediction, Professor Jiang reiterates his belief that should a ground invasion proceed: "America would lose this war because a ground invasion would fail and the Iranians are fully prepared for a ground invasion". He further warns that should America lose the conflict, the "American empire would die" and be driven out of the Middle East entirely.

"They would lose the petro dollar and the US dollar as a global reserve currency. The third thing is - the global economy would collapse."

The professor says: "Let's use game theory and say, 'What if for some strange reason, Donald Trump wants to lose his war in Iran? What if he wants the American empire to collapse? What if Donald Trump wants to destroy the global economy?' Then he'd be a genius. Right?"

Professor Jiang proceeds to outline how a full-scale conflict in the Middle East between Iran and the United States would trigger a collapse of oil exports from GCC nations, which would in turn dramatically heighten the world's reliance on North America for oil and other resources.

"If the Strait of Hormuz is closed, if this war in the Gulf countries continues, it doesn't mean the world no longer has oil - all it means is the world is now much more dependent on North America and Russia for oil. And so the global economy now shifts over to North America and to Russia."

The renowned academic puts it plainly: "So in other words, the United States starts a stupid war in the GCC in the Middle East. It can't possibly win, but it still benefits. Because now the world is much more dependent on North America. America just took over Venezuela in January. Canada has a lot of oil and Trump is threatening to take over Canada.

"So, yes, I understand Donald Trump is an idiot. Yes, I understand that he's going to lose his war in the Middle East. Yes, I understand he's going to destroy the global economy, but for some strange reason, he benefits and the United States benefits, because now Europe and China, Japan, Australia, they're much more dependent on North America for resources, for food, for energy."