"Trump is executing a 5D chess maneuver of historic proportions – cutting off China's energy supply, flipping Russia, blowing up BRICS from the inside, and riding stablecoins to dollar supremacy for the next century".

I admit, it's intriguing, it's bold, and it sounds elegant. It has this satisfying narrative arc with numbered steps and everything.

I, however, find it's almost utterly bollocks.

I'm going to walk you through it. Piece by piece. Not because the underlying geopolitical moves aren't real but because the interpretation being sold is the geopolitical equivalent of connecting random dots and calling it a masterpiece.

Let me show you why.

Step 1: Venezuela cuts China's lifeline

The theory opens with Venezuela as China's critical energy artery – and severing it as the first domino. The US moves on Venezuelan oil. China's "lifeline" gets cut. Step one complete.