Set aside: this claim can't be checked against events, so it is not scored.
P182
The US will abandon 'rules-based international order' in favor of 'concrete interests first' and 'warrior ethos' unrestricted warfare
What Jiang said
“concrete interest first means that we have to think about resources... Before it was about ideals. Now it's about interest. Before it was about globalism. Now it's about America first. Before it was about rules of engagement. Now it's about the warrior ethos... Screw rules of engagement. We should just fight wars to win wars. That means we kill as many people as we need.”
Analysis
The January 2026 National Defense Strategy explicitly rejects ideals, globalism, and rules of engagement in favor of fighting wars to win with 'warrior ethos' - killing as many people as necessary
Status history
- 2026-05-23 · Pending (glm)
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2026-09-25 ·
Pending → Likely Confirmed
(deepseek-v4.1-flash+claude-sonnet-5)
Headlines describe a 'ruptured world order,' US retreat/rebellion from multilateralism under Trump 2.0, sanctions defying international law bodies like the ICC, consistent with a shift toward interests-first unilateralism, though this structural trend remains ongoing and unresolved. · Source: Retreat, Rebel, Replace, or Reform? Making Sense of Multilateralism Under Trump 2.0 - Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (Tue, 16 Jun 2026 07:00:00 GMT) -
2026-09-25 ·
Likely Confirmed → Pending
(rejudge:deepseek-v4.1-flash)
Re-checked with the date rule + auditor: re-judged not_yet; no supported lean -
2026-09-25 ·
Pending → Unverifiable
(manual)
Not a forecast (claim audit 2026-09-26, operator-approved): in the 2026-04-21 lecture Jiang described something already true or under way. He speaks in present/explanatory terms ('concrete interest first means... Now it's about interest... Now it's about warrior ethos') describing an already-adopted stance rather than predicting a future US abandonment of the rules-based order.