We have all looked at Trumps current war mongering as lunacy, but itβs actually a series of strategic moves to starve China of oil (energy), strategic minerals, and to isolate it from the financial system in a manner that will kill BRICS and China’s rise.
All this is courtesy of a paper dragon (China), which tried to rise to be the biggest economic power, before developing the military capacity to defend its interests from piracy. This is unlike the US, which first developed its military power to neutralize piracy attacks by the British, Spanish and French, before attempting to become the biggest economy in the world in the 1800s.
1. For years, China was dependent on the biggest oil reserves in the world in Venezuela to bust sanctions, but in 2026, the US overthrew Maduro and took control of that oil.
2. China then shifted to get its oil from the country with the second biggest reserves, Iran, and now the US has attacked Iran. If the US and Israel win the war in Iran, as they did in Syria, they will control Iranian oil and all sources of oil in the Middle East.
Even right now, while the war in Iran is happening and the Straits of Hormuz are closed, China is the biggest casualty because it can’t get oil from its ally Iran, which will slow down its economy. So the longer this war goes, the weaker China becomes.
3. Russian oil is currently being mainly bought by India, which is a proxy of the US and its Western allies. We hear that the West may offer a deal to Russia to buy more oil from her, in exchange of giving Russia more access to the financial system, and this may further reduce non-US controlled oil accessible to China.
4. As of now, the US controls all Western, American, Middle Eastern, and African oil reserves, over 80% of all oil global reserves. This includes oil in Libya, Algeria, Nigeria, Uganda, Angola, and they [the US] are fighting to wrestle South Africa from BRICS after it discovered huge reserves off the west coast.
5. The US has taken over Congo’s minerals, and they are now signing health deals and other bilateral deals with most African countries, for access to strategic minerals on the continent. If those countries give the US access to these resources, some of the agreements enjoin these countries to break ties with China. And if they refuse to give the US minerals, they will be sanctioned into regime change or invaded, knowing that China will not intervene.
By China and Russia being incapable of defending their allies and global interests militarily, the US is going to use its willingness to fight to control energy, most strategic minerals, and the financial markets to usher in a new era of dollar dominance and US empire.
This in turn will bring an end to BRICS and the multipolar world. If Iran loses this war, the US will control all the oil and can use that leverage to control strategic minerals that it will force China into renegotiating its relationship with the US on rare earths and trade.
China can forget taking Taiwan or leading the world because it simply will not have the energy (oil) to fight a war with America for oil or minerals.
Now it’s clear why the US shadow government chose Trump for this time of resurrecting the Western empire.
Written by Rutendo Matinyarare, Chairman of ZASM.
