Just as the US is still living with the remnants of the Civil War, the world is still dealing with the aftermath of the First World War.
The Middle East is still dealing with the mandates that divided the Ottoman Empire between the UK and France, who created states they imperialistically treated as their own, with Palestine left up for grabs by everyone.

Now, Trump wants to return to the days when we treated South America similarly. I'm sure our military wants to test out our new AI warfare strategies. So far, we are claiming Venezuelan oil as our own by technicalities/piracy.

Runaway inflation preceded the previous world wars, and Trump is on his way to causing that in the next 3 years.

Are we smart enough to turn away from another great war by psychopathic leaders?