USA lost the trade war.
China has ceased supply of refined rare earths to the US military industrial complex.
USA is unable to make most of its high tech weaponry without refined rare earths.
Trumps response is to attack Chinas energy supplies and reassert the petrodollar before losing the ability to do so.
China is the biggest trade partner for most gulf nations and most have already joined mBridge and BRICS.
Trump is defending his declining empire against Chinas expansion.
This is WW3.