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What happens when a defeated president still controls the world's most powerful military? In this Geopolitical Economy Hour, Beijing-based American commentator Einar Tangen joins me to unpack Trump's crushing midterm defeat and why the US is in free fall, as China sees it. Meanwhile, Trump is not retreating and has made Stephen Miller, a man with ties to white power groups, his chief of staff. Einar explains why an angry Trump, checked at home by a Democratic Congress, will turn to foreign policy, where his power is still largely unchecked, as Iran braces for a possible nuclear strike. We discuss JD Vance blaming the Iran war for the Republican defeat, the MAGA split as Tucker Carlson courts young white men, and the leadership battle facing Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer. At the same time, Xi Jinping and Beijing are managing a reckless Washington, and China cannot afford a US collapse.