But as Brian endlessly points out, t, the steps outlined in the Brookings paper are enacted to the letter by subsequent events. The evidence is there for all to see. And Trump doesn't need to be disciplined (or intelligent) to keep to the script, he simply does as he's told -- and if he doesn't they will release several volumes of the Epstein files / videos where he's shagging a minor or receiving a blow job.

The fact that the Brookings paper didn't foresee Iran's missile capability is neither here nor there -- their other predictions (calculated schemes) are bang on the nail. That the future might not turn out as they planned doesn't lessen Brian''s central point that it was all pre-planned and largely worked.