Two Systems at War: Trump’s American Strategy vs. UN's New World Order

Two speeches at the UN laid out two systems at war. President Trump stood at the podium and called this "the golden age of America." Brazil's Lula da Silva stood at the same podium and defended globalization led by the City of London.

By Thursday morning, Trump was sitting down with President Xi — B-1 flyover and all. The midterms are about 40 days out, and the question on the ballot is which system wins.

It's gotta be too big to rig.
— Barbara Boyd

In any battle, it's not something that you predict. It's something that you fight for.
— Susan Kokinda

About two hours. Jump a chapter below. And take the assignment at the bottom — it's not optional this cycle.

REPLAY — Thursday, September 24th

The American System vs the City of London

Adam opened with the frame: "It's two systems at war."

Trump represents the American System of political economy. Lula stands for the globalist order run out of one square mile of England — the City of London, where even the king has to ask permission to enter.

Barbara traced the fight to America's founding. The American System spread to France through Lafayette. London answered with a fake color revolution history called the French Revolution — the same Jacobin model she sees in the DSA today.

On the UN itself, the hosts didn't cheer for tearing it down. Barbara called it a sewer that could become something different: a tool for sovereign dialogue, not an imperial headquarters. Trump inviting Russia to the G20 sent the Europeans into a snit for a reason. Susan drew the line: some institutions can be reformed; others, like central banks, were built against sovereignty and growth.

Trump–Xi, AI, and the Gas-Price Psyop

While Senate Democrats claimed Trump was bending the knee to China, Barbara quoted Marco Rubio: what happens between the United States and China right now will determine the 21st century. The British Empire is failing. The real centers of power are the nations pushing the frontiers of science and technology — which is why the AI fight matters so much.

Strip gas prices out of the equation and the economy is booming. Even Laura Ingraham ran a brutal fact-check on Republicans who won't say so. Wages up. Investment surging. Trump ended free-trade dogma with tariffs, dropped the green mandates, left theParis Accords, and stopped illegal immigration.

Susan compared the recovery to health: abuse your body for 30 years and you don't heal overnight. The midterm decides whether America sticks with the cure.

The pain at the pump is real — and physical:

• Refining is running at ~98% capacity.
• Key parts take five or six years; Elon Musk is working to fast-track them.
• Biden and Obama celebrated shutting refineries. Gavin Newsom is still doing it.
• Brownsville is the first new refinery in the pipeline since the 1970s.

Susan's line: that's the American System — not manipulating diesel so the City of London can make money.

No More Forever Wars — What That Actually Means

Most common question the show gets: "Trump said no new wars — so why are we here?" Susan answered with the 2024 platform. Two commitments that don't contradict: no more forever wars, and Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon.

No more forever wars. No more perpetual wars. We're out of the NeoCon world. The United States is the dumb giant for the empire.
— Susan Kokinda

The IRGC is hardwired to fight to the end. Trump could have done what Bolton and Pompeo wanted and turned Iran into a parking lot — more forever-war instability. Instead: no boots on the ground. Take away the IRGC's "vote" without flattening the country.

Barbara called the line "Trump is a tool of Israel because he denied Iran a nuclear weapon" insane — and walked the nuclear chain reaction that follows if Iran gets the bomb.

Too Big to Rig: The Ground Game

A viewer is running her second newspaper ad with the PAC flyer. Barbara — treasurer of Promethean PAC — answered with the midterm message she repeats every broadcast: get 10 of your friends to the polls.

You may hold your nose for a candidate. When you and your friends deliver the win, the president gets a huge tactical advantage — because the officeholders know who put them there.

Susan told the story of an activist who'd maxed out her family. She realized knocking doors would get her at least 10 voters. Now she's working a local congressional campaign. Promethean activists are also headed to North Carolina.

And never forget: we won Michigan in 2024. It can be done.

Conversation starter: https://www.prometheanpac.com/2026_flyer_4

Your Assignment

We're in a psychological shooting war — designed to make you doubt, and to make you react to what's in front of you instead of the direction the country is moving. Barbara's answer is simple:

Get 10 of your friends and take them to the polls and vote.
— Barbara Boyd

It's gotta be too big to rig. And remember — this isn't something you predict. It's something you fight for.

Here's what we covered (links jump straight to the chapter)

• Adam Opens: Two Systems at War — Trump's American System vs Lula's City-of-London globalization — live as Trump meets Xi.
• Trump at the UN: Golden Age vs Climate Con — Immigration, climate "con job," Gaza, and countries "going to hell" — in his own words.
• Barbara: Rubio on Trump–Xi and the Century — Not kneeling to China — what happens between the U.S. and China decides the 21st century.
• B-1 Flyover: Star-Spangled Banner for Xi — Trump meets Xi on the tarmac with a B-1 greeting — the image the media won't frame.
• Booming Economy — Gas-Price Psyop — Strip out gas and the economy is roaring. Democrats harping on pump prices for November.
• Laura Ingraham Fact-Check Clip — Car prices, immigration crisis over, Roe gone — the wish-cast collapse isn't happening.
• Susan: Wages Up, Million Jobs, Hot Economy — Bessent's numbers — and why the press can't admit the boom.
• Diesel: Why We're Facing This Problem — Not just a Fox talking point — refining bottlenecks and the war on fossil fuels.
• China Deal vs British Raw-Materials Empire — What if Trump and China build? The British system leaves nations undeveloped on purpose.
• UN as Dialogue Tool — Not Empire HQ — Trump still sees value in the UN for sovereign dialogue despite the rhetoric.
• Doomers, Third Parties, and the Psyop — After Charlie Kirk — cynicism as sabotage. Trump as "tool" of Wall Street is the new Russiagate.
• Susan: American System Solves Bottlenecks — Musk fast-tracking refining parts — creativity vs London price manipulation.
• Word Is Getting Out About the City of London — One square mile where even the King asks permission — the oligarch control point.
• Barbara: French Revolution Ran From London — Color revolution history — American System spread, Empire answered with chaos.
• Too Big to Rig — Get 10 Friends to the Polls — Barbara's PAC message: one assignment for the midterms.
• IRGC Hardwired — Trump Won't Parking-Lot Iran — Strangle the vote without forever-war annihilation — the dilemma on the table.
• Barbara: Iran Nuke Psyop Is Insane — "Trump is Israel's tool because he denied Iran a nuke" — think that through.
• Susan: No More Perpetual Wars — Out of the NeoCon world. U.S. as dumb giant for empire — now acts for itself.
• Maduro, Cartels, and National Security — Trump uses the military to defeat the cartel king — not Biden's 10%-a-year plan.
• Europe's War Spoof — Who Really Wants War — If you're worried about war, watch what Europe is doing.
• Immigration: Beasts vs Creative Human Beings — Constitution-and-Declaration citizenship vs one-world wrecking of language and culture.
• AfD, Die Linke, Nazis-and-Communists Script — Same Archy playbook — Trump as Nazi, DSA as communist. AfD isn't London-controlled.
• Carney's "Middle Powers" and the AI Fight — Central-banker framing vs manufacturing giants — don't listen to the AI doom agents.
• American Revolution Soldier Analogy — Fight for a republic that never existed before — and didn't look winnable.
• Not Predict — Fight For It — Susan: in any battle it's not something you predict. PAC leaflet + Monday Bootcamp.
• Door-Knock Path to 10 Voters — Family maxed out — so she knocks doors. Bootcamp is where the self-selected train.
• Refining Capacity Was Sabotaged — 98% utilization, no new refineries, green war on fossil fuels — diesel as midterm weapon.
• Closing: Terminal Disease — Then We Fought — We had a terminal disease in 2024. Turnout threw the opposition into disarray. Spotify next.

Next Midterm Bootcamp — Monday, September 28th, 8pm Eastern / 5pm Pacific

Monday, 8pm Eastern / 5pm Pacific. Connect with activists in your state. About 40 days to Election Day — under six weeks.

See you Thursday.

Adam Sturman
Producer, Promethean Action
https://x.com/AdamSturman23