Civil unrest in the US, stock market chaos and ‘the destruction of Europe’ are just some of the consequences of Donald Trump’s attack on Iran, warns Professor Jiang Xueqin
The Beijing-based academic who has earned himself the nickname “The Chinese Nostradamus” thanks to his uncannily accurate predictions of geopolitical events has laid out a chilling timeline for the next few years. Jiang Xueqin’s outline for the next “two to four years” culminates in a dramatic change in the world order that will include “the destruction of Europe”.
Professor Jiang uses a synthesis of detailed historical analysis and game theory to predict the outcomes of current world events with astounding accuracy. He has already seen two relatively recent predictions come true with startling accuracy. In 2024, he correctly anticipated that Donald Trump would win the election of that year.
He then predicted that if Trump did become president again, there “will be a very strong likelihood that the United States will go to war with Iran”. Both, as we now know, are totally accurate.
And now he has made eight more chilling predictions amid the current conflict in Iran.
1. US will use ground troops
In a new lecture, he predicts the US will be forced to deploy ground troops in order to retain control of Iran, which is a vast and mountainous territory four times the size of neighbouring Iraq. That, Professor Jiang maintains, will lead to the kind of domestic unrest we saw over Vietnam in the 1960s, when thousands of young Americans refused to be drafted into what they saw as an unjust war.
“A lot of young people are going to refuse to fight in this war. And this is going to create protest,” Professor Jiang predicts. “Then America will have no choice but to deploy the National Guard. And this will create the recipe for a lot of civil conflict in America.”
But the fallout from President Trump’s so-called “excursion” into the Middle East will have much more far-reaching consequences than that, he says.
2. Destruction of the GCC
Professor Jiang says the Gulf Cooperation Council [GCC] – an economic and military alliance that unites Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates in a broadly US-friendly coalition – will be obliterated.
“What’s happening in this war is that the economies of the GCC are being destroyed and that’s part of the plan,” he says.
Unconfirmed reports from within the US military have said that US troops involved in the Iran conflict have been told by their commanders that President Trump was “anointed by Jesus” to wage a holy war against Iran — even saying this could trigger Armageddon and mark Christ’s return.
Professor Jiang says this obsession with the End of the World, what is known as eschatology, is prevalent among the Evangelical Christians who have come to dominate the current US administration.
3. Turkey & Saudi Arabia will enter the war
This, he theorises, forms the background to the next phase of the conflict. He explained: “The third thing we can expect is that Turkey and Saudi Arabia will enter the war… because you want to use this war to weaken opposition to these eschatologies.”
Involvement in the war against Iran will do serious harm to Turkey, as it will the GCC nations, Jiang warns.
Taken together with Turkey’s involvement in the Iranian conflict, this represents disaster for America’s former allies. “We can expect the destruction of Europe—the end of NATO basically,” Jiang warns.
4. The Al-Aqsa Mosque will be destroyed
One of Islam’s holiest sites, the Al-Aqsa mosque lies at the very heart of Jerusalem. Professor Jiang pointed out this important site has long been a source of dispute between Israelis and Palestinians.
In April 2024, during a wave of Iranian strikes against Israel, Iran’s then-supreme leader Ali Khamenei tweeted in Hebrew: “Al-Quds [an Arabic name for Jerusalem] will be in the hands of the Muslims.” With fresh tensions between Israel and Iran, Professor Jiang believes the mosque is likely to be be massively damaged or destroyed.
5. The Rise of Persia
The professor adds that as Iran continues to fight against impossible odds, its leaders will re-embrace its ancient name of Persia.
That, again, connects to the eschatological analysis of the situation – that this current conflict is a prelude to a wider war that ends with Persian and Russian forces uniting to face a joint Israeli force at Armageddon – now known as as Tel Megiddo – in northern Israel.
6. Israel ascendant
Jiang believes that, as America’s economy is eclipsed, some multinational corporations will gravitate more to Israel: “Think of companies like Nvidia, Oracle, Microsoft, Google. They’ll probably transfer themselves to Israel because that is where the power will rest.”
7. Russian victory in Ukraine
With America bogged down in Iran, and NATO fatally compromised thanks to infighting over the Strait of Hormuz, Jiang says that, President Putin will take advantage of the growing chaos to finally defeat Ukraine.
8. Destruction of Europe
The ultimate endgame of all of these machinations, Jiang says, is a Europe hemmed in by Russia on one side and Iran – now occupying all or part of Turkey – on the other.
Against these two massive adversaries – both of which have advanced drone and cyber-warfare assets – Europe is unlikely to survive.
He adds that it’s entirely possible that Donald Trump could simply realise his mistake and withdraw his forces from the region, attempting to reassure his MAGA base that the military adventure achieved its objectives.
But even that apparently sensible move, Jiang says, carries a hidden penalty. He explained: “What happens is that Iran says to GCC, ‘Hey man, you attacked us. You destroyed our infrastructure. You destroyed our economy. You have to pay compensation.’”
Given Iran’s effective control of the Straits of Hormuz — the sole conduit for around 20% of the world’s crude oil — it could extract a toll from the oil-producing nations in order to extract this “compensation.”
That would make a significant dent in the US economy. Professor Jiang added: “So all this money from the GCC, before it’s going to United States to fuel the US economy… it goes to Iran.”
The outcome, Jiang suggests, is a resurgent Iran that uses its newfound wealth to industrialise and rebuild on an unprecedented scale, becoming the pre-eminent superpower in the Middle East “in five to 10 years.”
The rational move for Israel’s leaders at that point, Jiang says, would be to make some sort of peace deal with the Iranians. Meanwhile, the US economy could suffer enormously. He added: “Because the entire US economy is based on the stock market, on finance, on AI, on investment from the GCC.”
This may leave Trump with an impossible choice: commit ground troops to invade Iran and face a long and bloody war that will inevitably be a political disaster at home, or withdraw from the region and suffer almost inevitable economic collapse.
While either outcome will strike fear into the hearts of more rational US lawmakers, the evangelical voices that increasingly hold sway over Trump’s inner circle will see these disastrous results as a way to hasten the Second Coming of Jesus as predicted in the Book of Revelation, Jiang claims.
With Iran also dominated by theological influences, the prospect of a measured, diplomatic approach to this crisis seems remote. And if Jiang’s predictions are correct, the second half of the 2020s looks to be a very dangerous time for the entire world.
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