Strategic Overview - MAGA and A New Global Epoch? - February 16, 2026
In this Promethean PAC Monday Night strategic overview (Feb. 16), host Mike Steger discusses the Munich Security Conference and argues
When Trump ended 80 years of US-backed regime change abroad, the empire reached for a 170-year-old playbook. The same destabilization tactics used in Ukraine and Syria are now being deployed in American cities—and the new National Defense Strategy forced their hand.
In this video, Susan Kokinda delves into the connections between a Minneapolis shooting, the fallout from Davos, and a 170-year-old British playbook. Highlighting the end of America's foreign regime-change policies under President Trump, Kokinda explains how British tactics of destabilization are now being used within the US. With figures like Rachel Sayre and Vice President JD Vance shedding light on engineered chaos in Minneapolis, the discussion extends to the historical context of Lord Palmerston's strategies — tactics now resurfacing as Britain grapples with the decline of the postwar order. Tune in to understand how the new National Defense Strategy is redefining American priorities and why Minneapolis serves as ground zero for these covert operations.
00:00 The Monday Brief - They Brought the War Home: The British Playbook in Minneapolis - January 26, 2026
01:36 The USAID Operative Running Minneapolis
03:53 Why They're Suddenly Quoting Lord Palmerston
08:33 The National Defense Strategy That Changed Everything
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