You only need to watch the first 43 seconds to see how the US military leadership really views this Iran war. It's really ALL about China. Clip of General Michael Flynn giving his thoughts on Bannon's podcast, being discussed on an anti-imperialist YouTube channel.
Trump's circle is such a gaggle of maniacs that he's somehow the least insane sounding of the bunch.
At some point China would have to come to terms with the fact that the United States is not going through a phase, but terminal mental decline and prepare as such.
The intervening Biden years are the hurrah of that delusion, even the Democrats have to lean into the zeitgeist of the new Cold war. Euros waddling about like NPCs, pretending like nothing has happened, as if this mania isn't here to stay.