Professor Jiang predicts that Donald Trump will initiate a war with Iran not for strategic reasons, but out of necessity to preserve the US dollar's status as the global reserve currency. He argues that the US dollar's value is a 'Ponzi scheme' dependent on oil trade, and failure to control Iran's potential challenge to this system would lead to its collapse and the loss of American empire. This war is seen as a desperate measure to maintain economic hegemony.
Impact: High. This claim reframes the conflict from a geopolitical dispute to an economic survival tactic for the US, suggesting a deeper, systemic motivation behind military action.
In the source video, this keypoint occurs from 00:02:54 to 00:05:59.
Sources in support: Professor Jiang (Geopolitical Analyst)

