Bigger picture Mike,

The "Climate Crisis" is HERE, NOW.

The "tripwire" signal was the sudden decline in the ALBEDO from 2004 to 2023.

The Earth Energy Imbalance in 2004 was +0.3W/m2, in 2023 it was +1.4W/m2.

Russia, which uses secret climate models, invades Crimea in 2014. For NO APPARENT reason.

Russia, INTERFERES in American elections in 2015/2016 to HELP Trump. This is an INSANE escalation of hostilities and RISK for Putin.

2017-2020, Russia uses Trump to starve Ukraine of resources and support. Trump and GOP run an "anti-Ukraine" disinformation campaign and attempt to tie the Bidens to it.

February 2020, Covid-19 happens.

November 2020, Trump loses election in a 49%/51% narrow loss to Biden.

2021, Trump tries for a COUP after losing the Election. Trump probably would have won in 2020 if COVID hadn't happened.

May 2021, Putin and Xi meet in Siberia to sign a "moonbase" treaty.

Putin gets ready to invade Ukraine. Xi buys up 50% of the GLOBAL grain reserves by Dec 2021. Enough to supply China with 18 months of food reserves.

Feb 2022 Xi asks Putin to delay attack on Ukraine until AFTER the Winter Olympics. Putin agrees.

Putin invades Ukraine but botches the strike.

The US gets sucked into defending Ukraine. We start supplying them and BURNING through our ammunition reserves.

August 2022, China starts putting pressure on Taiwan, where 90%+ of ALL Computer Chips are MADE.

Biden sends Pelosi to Taiwan, commits to defending it "like it was the 51st state". A DIVIDED Senate passes the CHIPS Act, 99-0, to spend $55 Billion to boost US domestic production of computer chips to 10% of demand.

That's the amount we would need to "resupply" our military if we LOST Taiwan.

We will get there in about 10 years.

Meanwhile, China is making diplomatic moves across the globe from Mexico to Tuvalu in order to win allies.

In Cambodia it's revealed that a new NAVY BASE has been completed after being built in secret for 5 years.

The Saudi's join the BRIC coalition and it continues to gain traction. China pushes to dethrone the dollar as the reserve currency and destroy the American ability to "seize" the assets of anyone we don't like.

Then, for NO APPARENT REASON, Hamas attacks Israel. A US "client state" that WE HAVE to DEFEND.

Further depleting our munition stores and turning even more of the Global 80% against us.

China WANTS TRUMP to WIN in a "contested" election. Preferably one decided by the Supreme Court.

They could declare "no confidence" in the US Election result and SANCTION America. A LOT of the world would probably go along with that. Including Taiwan.

That/s when we will fight a "military engagement" with China. We will try to 'liberate" Taiwan and the Chinese will meet us.

I fear it will be like the Russians and Japanese at Tsushima (1904). The Chinese navy is now bigger than ours and it's a LOT NEWER.

The American Century is about to be OVER.

One way or Another.