Trump – Iran – Israel – China – Prophecy – The Real Battle

By Dr. Jake Baker
May 12, 2026

Life is dangerously interesting for someone like Donald Trump. I believe that historically, one would have to go back to Lincoln to find a president taking the kind of fire aimed at 47. If he does nothing, America dies in a planned operation to slowly collapse her into the prison of obscurity waiting at the end of a slow suicide.

If he takes action to save the nation, he’s a dictator according to the American left that actively roots for the destruction of the country and for the success of our enemies. Finally, because he sees Iran as an existential threat to the Middle East and the world’s oil supply he acted, which was the cue for the isolationist wing of the GOP to lambast his kinetic strikes against Iran.

I also find it interesting that the hard right which criticizes Trump for not doing more to defeat China and Russia, and accuses him of fighting the wrong war, decrying the war in Iran because as they see it, this war is secretly all about protecting Israel, which is again in their minds, the wrong war.  In my mind that makes them five times as guilty of fighting the wrong war as Trump, whom they decry. Yes, I know I have some explaining to do so, if you’ll bear with me, I’ll try to clarify my thoughts.

Many of these hard right theoretical purists believe that wasting money on the war in the middle east is wrong, that not crushing Russia and China makes Trump blind, geopolitically ignorant or arrogant. Most of them are quick to level the charge of narcissism. They claim he fights all the wrong battles. He fights for “corrupt” Israel while ignoring Ukraine which threatens Europe.

But truth be told it is they who are fighting the wrong battle. In the end Trump, albeit clumsily at times, is closer to fighting the real war than most of his critics on the left and the right. He understands that this is a battle between good and evil, right, and wrong and he understands that there is, from a spiritual perspective, real evil in the world. That is not to imply that he sees the world from eyes of faith, but rather that he at least recognizes that there is a spiritual battle taking place even now for the soul of America and the world. And whether he or we know it or not, Israel is in the middle of the prophetic unfolding happening across the globe.

He has of course been accused of engaging in the Iran war as nothing more than a war for Israel. I believe those critics are right in part, which we will return to shortly. But first …

I believe that Trump fully understands that Iran is a proxy of China. I think he knows that there is a political, spiritual, and economic symbiosis between Iran and China and I believe he see the dangers of that toxic mixology.

Is China a massive threat to the United States and to the world in general? Unquestionably, I believe that they are. From his actions, I believe it obvious that Trump also understands and his actions in Panama, Venezuela, and Iran are forcing Ching to walk back many of their domination plans both militarily and economically.  He has snatched from them three spheres of influence, by hurting then economically in depriving them of cheap oil, a foothold in South America by taking Venezuela off the board and snatching the Panama Canal right out of their hands.

The TDS crowd on the left and the right will never give him credit for removing China from the Panama Canal, ending China’s influence in Venezuela which limits their influence in our hemisphere, and ending a major source of cheap oil for their flailing economy. Nor will they give him credit for further choking off of China’s cheap oil supply from Iran, as well as severely tamping down their influence in the middle east.

No, instead they will carp about his allowing a quarter million Chinese students here in the U.S. to study at our universities. This despite the fact that there are more than 100K less Chinese students here this year than there were last year. He cut that number down without any support from congress. And in this discussion critics fail to mention two major factors.

First, limits on Chinese students in congressional legislation has been an uphill battle. Many politicians like Mitch McConnell, John Thune, and Nancy Pelosy are in bed with China. Now add to that lobbying pressure from powerful universities financed by the Chinese, big pharma, the NBA, big tech, big agriculture, the music industry, Hollywood, and countless industries dependent on the chips and cheap electronics produced in China and one can easily see the uphill battle the administration has faced on this issue. 

But of course, for never Trumpers the cry is always consistent. He is a narcissist who doesn’t understand the threat. He is arrogant and ignorant … this despite the comprehensive effort to shatter the globalist system that almost had us completely ensnared while working to limit the power, influence and control China has over our economy. He was at least aware enough to understand that “they” were slowly guiding our controlled decline into oblivion and took steps to stop it.

Now back to Iran and Israel. The consistent accusation is an arrogant Trump has gotten us into a kinetic war with China through their proxy Iran. It is costing us billions of dollars and all he is really doing is fighting a war for Israel. Many of these critics are the same people who supported sending $200 billion to Ukraine. These statements are made despite the fact that we now know that Iran has long range missiles, they have enriched uranium to the 60% level which means another few trips to the centrifuges and they have weapons grade material with delivery systems that can reach out 2500 miles.

That is no small point. That puts London, Paris, Rome, the Hague, Bonn, and most of Europe within the target range of Iran’s missiles as they exist today. Add a nuclear tip to that and a world-wide nuclear holocaust is one crazy Twelver ayatollah away form being tomorrow’s headline … that is if there is anybody left to print that headline.

Now for those who say that Iran is just a proxy state of China, I have news for you. Iran is a lot more than a proxy of China. While China may believe they are using Iran, in reality Iran is using China through whom they gain military hardware, technology, and military and financial backing, using illicit and deeply discounted oil sales.

Iran allows China to believe that they are gaining a foothold in the Middle East. That of course if the siren song they use to lure China into funding their mad push for the final Imam who is in fact probably the anti-Christ. In reality, China is funding their own eventual demise. So, who is using whom? What China doesn’t know is that all they are doing is paying for the bear to eat them last.  But in the end, they will be assimilated into the system of the Anti-Christ.

Iran is ruled by the draconian doctrines of Shia Islam. All Islam is maniacal insanity, but Shia Islam is walking in a double portion of crazy and evil. It is all about the end of the world and facilitating a scenario which will send the world back to the stone age through World War III, bringing darkness to the planet. That is the exact scenario that Twelvers believe will eventually facilitate the return of the 12^th Imam. At his appearance they believe that he will conquer the world, rid the planet of any religion that is not Shia Islam, kill a couple of billion infidels and set himself up as god. I believe we can see the results of his influence in Revelation chapter 6 at the ride of the fourth horseman where 2 billion people are killed in global madness.

Let us now move on to the accusation that he is just protecting Israel. According to critics on both the left and the right, this is Israel’s war and we need no part in it. If we turn our backs on Israel, the Arab world will think much more highly of us and the entire region will settle down.

First let me say, I do not believe that Trump is there to fight Israel’s war. I believe Trump knew that Iran’s nuclear intentions had to be stopped, their ability to threaten the region, and the region’s oil had to ended, and as an added benefit, this action stuck another dagger in the Chinese economy.

But for the sake of argument, let’s assume that protecting Israel is one of his goals. Is that wrong? Is that somehow evil? Critics would say that this is not the Israel of the Bible. This Israel is being run by dark forces who pretend to be Hebrews but are in fact counterfeit “Jews” who are evil.

I believe that is at least partially true. There are a lot of evil players in leadership roles in Israel. But is that any different than here in the US, or in England, Germany, Spain, Rome or anywhere else in the West? Look at our neighbor to the north Canada?

But again, for the sake of argument lets say that Israel is controlled by evil men with evil intent. Does that condemn all the Hebrew people in Israel? And if so, can the same standard be applied to the people of America based on our leaders like Joe Biden or Barrack Obama?

As my critics know I approach every situation from the perspective of biblical understanding and unfolding prophecy. As such I would like to share a passage with you that might shed a bright light on the nations of the earth, the broader middle east, and Israel in specific.

Donald J. Trump whether knowingly or unknowingly, is protecting Israel which Yahweh calls the apple of His eye and separately he calls them His portion. In several passages, He says He will save and restore the land, not for the Hebrew people but for the sacredness of His land and His holy name.

Trump whether knowingly or unknowingly, is defending the heritage of Yahweh. And his critics who say Russia or China are the problem, and Trump is fighting the wrong war, in my estimation, clearly lack a prophetic understanding. In ignorance and arrogance, they are waiting in line to fight the wrong battle at the wrong time in history with a mistaken understanding of the real problem. Stopping Russia or China is at best a delaying action. It is not solving the real problem, and it will never end the continued decay of America or our continued sojourn into a political, economic, and military morass.

The real battle is not Russia, China, Iran or even the globalists. The real battle is our own unrighteousness. If we continue failing to fight that battle it won’t matter how strong our military is, our economic power will be irrelevant, our constitution will dissolve away, and our way of life will evaporate like the morning mist.

Proverbs 14: 34 tells us, “Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.” 

Psalm 9:17
“The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.”

And finally there is Deuteronomy 28: ¹⁵ But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee:

¹⁶ Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field.

¹⁷ Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store.

¹⁸ Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.

¹⁹ Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out.

²⁰ The Lord shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.

²¹ The Lord shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it.

²² The Lord shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.

²³ And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.

²⁴ The Lord shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.

²⁵ The Lord shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.

… ⁴³ The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low.

⁴⁴ He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.

⁴⁵ Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee:

So once again, for those who don’t recognize the real battle it is not in trenches fighting Russia, China or Iran, although those are perhaps worthwhile delaying actions, it is the battle of righteousness in the land and the struggle against principalities and powers that will win or lose the day. 

Ephesians 6:12

For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

That is the war in the heavenlies. It is the real battle and all the wars in the trenches will serve at best as delaying action. There are two things that need to happen if we are to buy more time as a world power. A restoration of righteousness across the country and protecting Israel. Trump, even if by accident, is accomplishing the latter.

And again, I can already hear my critics. Israel is corrupt. It is controlled by Jews who are no Jews but sit in the synagogue of Satan.

Revelation 2:9  I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.

I could argue with you about this passage and it real meaning, but for the sake of brevity lets say the critics are right and these “Jews” are not whom they profess to be. It doesn’t matter. Here’s why. Israel, not just the people but the land itself, Yahweh says is His portion. Let’s look at the scripture as the Lord share His heart toward “Israel.” 

Deuteronomy 32:7-9  ⁷ Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee.

⁸ When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.

⁹ For the Lord’s portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.

And you might say, ok why does this matter. Two reasons; first how were the nations divided and who watches over them, and why is Jacob listed as the lord inheritance? Both of these must be understood to comprehend the prophetic times in which we live, and how Israel, it is both the people and perhaps more importantly, the land as well.

In this verse we see the words, “when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.”  But there seems to be some confusion about the last three words of this passage; “children of Israel.” 

Let’s look at when that separation of the nations took place. It happened back in Genesis chapter 11 at the tower of Bable. At that time, Yahweh confused the language and set the boundaries of the nations. At that time Jacob wasn’t yet born. There was no Israel. Now could Yahweh have been looking forward to when Israel and the tribes did exist. Yes. But is there any evidence that this translation may not be the most accurate translation of the passage.

And that friends, it is important because of Daniel’s account of the angel taking 21 days to get to him and because of the passages in Ephesians 6 dealing with principalities and powers – that is what we see on earth is just a pale shadow of the ruling spirits of those principalities and powers and the war in the heavenlies.  Were the nations divided, to be ruled under the hand of men or were they assigned to the Sons of God.

That translation concerning the number of the children of Israel comes from Masoretic Text (bene Israel). But the Septuagint and further powerful evidence on the proper translation of the passage, comes from a fragment called 4QDeutᶥ (4Q37) from Qumran the Dead Sea Scrolls. It reads “בני אלוהים” (bene elohim), which meaning “Sons of God.”   Which means it was not a human council as in the sons of Israel. So, the Septuagint and the Dead Sea Scrolls both say that the nations were divided and set under the rule of heavenly beings whose job it was to guide and guard them.

Interestingly the English Standard Version of the bible which I seldom use renders the translation as follows.

⁷ Remember the days of old; consider the years of many generations;
ask your father, and he will show you, your elders, and they will tell you.
⁸ When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, when he divided mankind,
he fixed the borders^[a] of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God.(bene Elohim)
⁹ But the Lord’s portion is his people, Jacob his allotted heritage.

I think this passage from Deuteronomy 32 more closely reflects the understanding of both Genesis 11 and Ephesians 6 as concerns angelic princes being assigned to the nations and how the fallen ones are competing for power in those nations. That is exemplified by Daniel’s account of the angel and his fight against the Prince of Persia which interestingly is still the prince of Iran in today’s geopolitical alignment. Here is what Daniel 10 tells us:

¹² Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words.

¹³ But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia.

The point here is that our battle is not with China, Russia, or Iran. They are proxies of the princes of the power of the air. This is a spiritual battle that is being played out in the heavenlies and what we see here on the ground or in the trenches if you will, is but a pallid visage of that manifestation and ongoing struggle. Now, to be sure, that does not mean that we do not attack the problems we see with enemies, in a delaying action, but is important that we do not mistake the actions of Iran, Russia or Chiana as the problem. They are symptoms or judgments stemming from the real problem. The problem America is facing is sin, the shedding of innocent blood (abortion) and idolatry. You may not know this but through U.S. courts we have annulled every one of Yahweh’s ten commandments. (for more on this see my writings on “From Sinai to SCOTUS – Killing America.”

But all of this is a prelude to the real importance of this passage and that is found in verse 9. Here is how the King James states it. “⁹ For the Lord’s portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.”  This implies that there is a special place in Yahweh’s heart for Israel. But it is in my opinion made clearer in the text from the Septuagint or 4QDeutᶥ (4Q37).

  ⁹ But the Lord’s portion is his people, Jacob his allotted heritage.

Isreal then, is a portion that Yahweh did not assign to the sons of God, it is a portion that he kept for Himself … He maintained it as an allotted heritage for Himself. Israel is special to Yahweh. But it is about much more than the people, more than Judah and Israel and the ten tribes. More on that in a minute.

So, what does all of this mean? It means that there is no nation on earth that Yahweh’s looks at in the same way he views Israel. But it goes well beyond just the Hebrew people. It is also about the land itself – His Land.

So, in anticipation of Israel, he divided the nations but kept for himself a future portion, an inheritance or heritage, which would be the nation of Israel. The Lord says that while Israel is His chosen people the land is His chosen land … His portion. And He says that even though Israel will be disbursed across the world to all the nations he would restore the people to the land. But he says he is not restoring Israel for the sake of the people but for the sake of the land and for His Holy name.

The Lord says He is going to restore the land, make it fruitful again, build the cities, even the waste land shall produce but this is not for His people Israel who have profaned His name. Look at Ezekiell 36 verses 8-11.

⁸ But ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall shoot forth your branches, and yield your fruit to my people of Israel; for they are at hand to come.

⁹ For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn unto you, and ye shall be tilled and sown:

¹⁰ And I will multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, even all of it: and the cities shall be inhabited, and the wastes shall be builded:

¹¹ And I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and bring fruit: and I will settle you after your old estates, and will do better unto you than at your beginnings: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

Now look at verse 22 which tells us that the Lord is restoring the land not because of the people of Israel but despite them.

²² Therefore say unto the house of Israel, thus saith the Lord God; I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name’s sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went.

He tells them they will be restored to bring the land back to life because this is His land and His holy name. He guards it jealously. That does not annul his claim on Israel but it makes clear that their sin is still a separating factor, but because he sees the Holy Land as His portion, He will bring them back and eventually, He will redeem them and they shall once again be His people, honor Him, seek His righteousness and live in peace.  But all that He is doing now is not for them, it is for the land which He loves and for his Name’s sake.

And for those who say that Israel is corrupt and we should not fight for them and for the land of Israel remember Yahweh still says that they are the apple of his eye and insists that the land itself is sacred to him. He still promises blessing for those who protect Israel whether it be for the people or the land.

This he does for His glory not for the glory of Israel. But it is also important we acknowledge that even in their corruption Israel still has a special place in the heart of Yahweh.

Zech 2:8 For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he, that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye.

Even as they are in exile for their sins and abominations, Yahweh still calls them the apple of his eye.

And in the new Testament here is what Paul has to say:

Romans 11: ²⁵ For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.

²⁶ And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:

²⁷ For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.

²⁸ As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the father’s sakes.

²⁹ For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.

It is therefore important that we take from these three understandings. First, we must understand that our military might will do us no good when Yahweh brings judgment on the land for our sin, shedding of innocent blood and for our idolatry. That time is coming and it is both inevitable and deserved.

In studying Jeremiah 50, as it speaks of end time Babylon, which I have taught for 40 years is America, we see that that nation has a powerful army, but when the Lord withdraws His hand of blessing those armies do no good. He says, “³⁷ A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mingled people that are in the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a sword is upon her treasures; and they shall be robbed.”

Verse 38 then goes on to say, ³⁸ A drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols. (Again, see my writing on From Sinai to SCOTUS – Killing America – on Idolatry in America)

Currently two thirds of the U.S. is under dangerous drought conditions. Currently 45 states are under moderate or severe drought conditions. From California to Florida the drought is impacting rivers, streams, damns, crops and even the power grid. If there is no rain soon, Lake Mede will not be able to provide enough water to keep the power plant at the Hoover dam operating. Lake Powell is also facing a critical water shortage which means the Glenn Canyon dam’s ability to produce energy is also at risk. These lakes provide both water and power to millions of people in Nevada, Arizona, and California. Should they cease to function the outcome would be apocalyptic.

Imagine what a severe shortage of water would mean to Arizona, Nevada, and California. The first water to be cut off from the water supply would be agriculture. That means loss of crops and food shortages, which would be followed by water rationing in general, and if the drought continues, a gallon of water would quickly rise to a level that would dwarf $4 gasoline. Water is life and a prolonged drought would mean death.

That of course would be followed by demands on the remaining rivers and streams and we would soon be back to the days of water wars. If the drought continues across the other 45 states it would be catastrophic. Let’s look at Florida.

If the Biscayne Aquifer dries up, very quickly the ocean rushes in to fill that void. That would in turn contaminate wells and drinking water. Then there is the problem with soil liquification and the fragile limestone sitting under Miami settling or caving in.

Should that happen the southeastern coast of Florida could literally disappear. Meanwhile depending on the depth and duration of the drought, the entire state of Florida, but particularly from the middle of the state, could find their drinking water polluted, their cities in real danger of soil erosion or even collapse. The everglades could become brackish, and the entire ecosystem of Florida could be destroyed.

There are a million ways for judgment to come to America. These are just a few and we have yet to mention the caldera at Yellow Stone or the New Madrid Fault, an internal terrorist or gorilla type action, or nuclear attack from enemies or a financial collapse under the weight of a $38 trillion dollar debt that cannot be repaid.

In conclusion then, when I hear the left and the far-right harping about fighting the wrong war and how the real enemy is China or Russia, I would remind them that it is indeed they that are fighting the wrong war. All of our asymmetric war plans, our military and economic might mean nothing when divine judgment lands.

My advice America is learn the difference between the war in the trenches, which is fighting to stop Russia, China, and Iran and the war in the heavenlies fighting to stop the corruption, the idolatry, and the shedding of innocent blood in America. Without repentance, which is the real war we need to fight, nothing else we do will really matter.

Second, bless Yahweh with our repentance and bless Israel with our protection. The day we turn our back on both the people and the lands of Israel; is the day the long overdue judgment settles the debt America owes eternity. And while his critics say Trump doesn’t know what he is doing in the middle east protecting Israel, they speak darkness in arrogant ignorance … they speak death for our nation. If we do nothing else but protect the land of Israel it will do more to delay judgment than all the military plans, asymmetric war gaming, and military power we might ever possess.