People forget that Donald Trump wrote his political strategic treatise, The Art of War in Nov. 1987. He spoke passionately about using war tactics in political, business and corporate structures and strategies in iconic interviews on The Oprah Winfrey Show (1988) and on ABC with Barbara Walters (Aug. 17, 1990). The Art of the Deal is an American classic opus co-written by Donald Trump and Tony Schwartz and is a business memoir and self-help book detailing Trump’s early career in New York City real estate, including the development of Trump Tower and his 11-step formula for success. It emphasizes aggressive deal-making, maximizing leverage, using media publicity, and fostering a “think big” mindset. But even more it integrates the ancient tactical and strategic war methods borrowed from the famous Chinese General Sun Tzu in his classic treatise, The Art of War (c. 550 B.C.).
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The 2026 Iran War isn’t so much about IRAN …. but CHINA. China engages in various activities deemed competitive or hostile by U.S. officials, including intellectual property theft, economic espionage, and cyber warfare to weaken American technological dominance. China also pursues aggressive military expansion in the South China Sea, manipulates markets, controls critical supply chains, and targets U.S. society through digital surveillance.

MattMorseTV continues his analysis of the 2026 Iran War and how that it’s really about China stating that “China has been aggressively expanding its influence throughout Latin America. As many of you know, from massive loans and oil deals in Venezuela and Cuba to investments in ports in Panama, the Panama Canal, and influence operations across Colombia and beyond, Beijing is building economic dependencies and strategic footholds right in our own backyard in direct opposition of the Monroe Doctrine, which says this hemisphere, the Western Hemisphere is ours. We these days we might even call it the “Donro” doctrine.