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Trump's position before taking office in 2016, if followed through, probably would've been the best method of preserving the American empire (re-industrializing, cucking China out of Russia)
Obviously this didn't pan out, and likely inevitable. The other strategy was to peel Russia away from China against their will, by having a war in Ukraine, and making it unsustainable for Russia, leading to some form of capitulation. I'm speculating here, but the plan may have been for a somewhat larger scale war with more direct EU assistance. This didn't happen, which led to the NATO/liberation day shakeup, intending to force Europe to prepare for larger scale conflict. Of course, any strategy we implement will be diluted by donors, politicians, and constituents having different interests (as well as general complacency, which led to incompetence)
>war in our backyard
This one would've happened under any administration. Following the Monroe Doctrine is 100% retardproof decision for any empire
>another ME campaign
The US empire needs to attack China indirectly. Absorbing Russia would've been the best angle, but the ship has sailed. Their other option is to pierce through central asia by destabilizing MENA enough to topple Iran. The recent Afghan-Paki skirmish, right after Trump's talk of Bagram could also be related. Again, a lot of this is speculation/over my head. For example, I'm surprised that they've let India integrate itself with China/BRICS as much as it has.
>Just make Trump's actions even more retarded
I'll throw in a marxist interpretation. One of Trump's biggest backers is Koch, which along with Cargill, represents the old guard of the American heartland (part of why trump, a wall street native, ran on populism and re-industrialization), which had been usurped by the coastal class (nu-tech on the west, finance on the east). There may be an element of warfare between these, and a major source of strife (you'll recognize parallels to our first civil war)