Cyrus Janssen on the possibility of a hot war between the US and China

Many people don't realize how important China is to the United States economy and just to how Americans live their average life.  Without China we couldn't function.  And so the trade still goes on, though the tensions have ramped up significantly since [2008].

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As for tensions, unfortunately, if I had to make a prediction, I think that they're going to increase.  I think that we're going to see more tensions between the United States and China, but we're going to see this increase because there is a fundamental problem happening in the United States where we are experiencing a very difficult time politically...  The U.S. democracy has never been weaker than at this moment right now.  So our government has a tremendous amount of internal problems.  And the problem right now is that we're distracted by other countries.  For example, you often hear many U.S. politicians say, "the greatest threat to the future of the United States is China."  But in reality, it has nothing to do with China.  Everything is by looking in the mirror.  The biggest threat to the United States is the United States itself...  How do we fix our own house?

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So I think that what you're going to see between the United States and China is China continuing its influence around the world, for example when we look at Africa, we look at other countries in Asia, many of them are shifting towards China.  I think that the United States is going to continue wanting to sanction China, wanting to impose trade tariffs, wanting to limit Chinese technology.  And we're going to see this continuous battle for the next few years.

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I'm an optimist, I'm always an optimist, so I will always say that I'm positive about the future of the world.  And I always say this, I don't believe that the United States and China will get involved in a confrontation.  I don't believe that they will go to war because I don't think many people understand this, is that if the United States and China get involved in a hot war, that is the end of the economy.  That is the end of the world.  That literally will wreck every stock market, all of the industries.  We're talking absolute chaos for the entire globe.  No country will be unscathed from that wrath if the United States and China get into a hot war.  I do think that both sides understand that...  I do believe in humanity.  I do believe that at the end of the day that cooler heads will prevail and that peace will happen.

~ Cyrus Janssen, "Shocking Truth About China Told by an American," Max Chernov, 18:00 mark, October 14, 2024